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India has seen another record daily rise in coronavirus infections, as 18 people died in a fire on a COVID-19 hospital ward. A further...

The first funerals have been taking place for victims of a stampede disaster at a crowded religious festival in northern Israel. At least 45...

At least 44 people have died after a stampede at a religious festival in Israel resulted in a crush. More than 100 have been...

At least 28 people have been killed after a “disastrous” crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel. The country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has appeared in public for the first time since going on hunger strike – via video link during a court...

Russian and Chinese media are trying to sow mistrust in western COVID-19 vaccines, according to a European report. The report says that between December...

China is “preparing for its final military assault” on Taiwan, the island’s foreign minister has told Sky News, as he vowed to “defend ourselves...

The number of people who have died with coronavirus in India has passed 200,000. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare gave an updated...

A major new report by Human Rights Watch has concluded that Israel is presiding over a system of apartheid in the Palestinian Territories which...

India’s hospitals are already full to bursting, but doctors in Delhi are warning there could be even worse to come. Hard to imagine just...

Families in India are being left to ferry their loved ones from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as the country’s new coronavirus...

The frantic hunt for oxygen is an ugly one at the epicentre of the world’s coronavirus pandemic. There’s shouting. There’s pleading. There’s crying. And...

Ventilators are among 600 pieces of life-saving medical equipment being sent from the UK to India as the country battles a surge in COVID-19...

The heat is intense. The grief is palpable. Fires just do not stop burning in the Indian capital, Delhi, right now. The coronavirus dead...

The oxygen supply for the 53 crew members of an Indonesian navy submarine missing in waters off Bali is believed to have run out,...

People were dying on the pavement outside one of the biggest hospitals in the Indian capital, Delhi, as doctors struggled to cope with the...

A French police officer has been stabbed to death inside her police station and her attacker shot and killed nearby, authorities have said. A...

In his neat flat in the Polish town of Rybnik, Emil Nagalewski sips a coffee, strokes his cat and then asks if we want...

The US will commit to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, Joe Biden is set to announce. It comes as the US president...