Mayor of South Korean capital found dead after writing apology to 'everyone'

Vietnam redeploys tracing system in 'full force' to halt new virus contagion

Belarus leader, jabbing at private sector opponents before election, demands higher minimum wage

Spain not planning to make masks compulsory at all times, source says

Australia posts daily virus record, more deaths expected

Malaysian court hears contempt case against news portal amid media crackdown

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, dies

Timeline: Lebanon's ordeal - Economic and political crises since civil war

Sudan declares emergency in North Darfur state after violence

France's Macron says he is confident but cautious on EU deal

Hong Kong details new powers under controversial China law

Making masks compulsory everywhere bad for tourism, Balearic lobby group says

Pompeo bars two former Venezuelan officials from traveling to United States

Malaysian ex-PM Najib convicted on all charges in first 1MDB trial

China says artificial blocks to bilateral cooperation will harm India

Kenya police arrest prison warden over rape of patient in COVID-19 quarantine

Russia working on immediate Libya ceasefire with Turkey - Interfax

Pandemic costs Africa travel, tourism almost $55 billion

Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes buildings in Mexico City

China raises flood alert to second highest level

Former Pemex boss facing corruption trial leaves hospital

Shock and ale: electric fence keeps drinkers back from the bar in English pub

Namibia to close schools, limit public gatherings as COVID-19 cases surge

Russia, China veto Syria aid via Turkey for second time this week

New Genoa bridge to open in August, two years after fatal collapse

Ukraine to stage exercises to coincide with Russian manoeuvres

Jordan says to reopen airport for commercial flights next month

Egypt says Turkish seismic survey plans could encroach on its waters

Africa urged to test more as coronavirus cases exceed 500,000

China says U.S. consulate in Chengdu closed as of Monday morning

Trump administration exempts European students from coronavirus travel restrictions

Tight security outside U.S. Chengdu consulate after China orders closure

Austria's Kurz voices satisfaction after night of EU summit talks

India's clinical research body defends timeline for coronavirus vaccine trials

Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes buildings in Mexico City

U.S. senior diplomat complains Europe not doing enough in Libya

U.S. ambassador says EU criticism of Poland 'overblown'

Madagascar's president says two lawmakers have died from COVID-19

Voting amid coronavirus crisis, Singaporeans question need for foreigners

Sweden extends entry restrictions on visitors from outside the EU

Court overturns local lockdown on German slaughterhouse town

Explosion as fire breaks out at Iranian industrial complex

Nigeria restarts domestic flights amid easing coronavirus restrictions

UK PM to tell firms to order staff back to workplaces, Daily Mail reports

Guatemalan court opens process in case alleging political misconduct by VP

U.S. says 'deeply concerned' by Beijing's detention of Chinese law professor

City of London seeks confidence in transport to refill offices

Thai LGBT activists raise pride flag in anti-government rally

Romania passes law to stop COVID-19 patients from leaving hospitals

China says it is not afraid of any U.S. sanctions over South China Sea

Turkey's Halkbank to seek removal of U.S. judge in Iran sanctions case

Swiss warn over faulty respirators bought during COVID-19 rush

‘Ugly face’: U.S. and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South China Sea rift deepens

Namibia to close schools, limit public gatherings as COVID-19 cases surge

South Korea, U.S. drills should be put off to draw North Korea into talks, nominee says

Israeli public health director quits, raps swift reopening of economy

Sun-seekers crowd Barcelona beaches, defying coronavirus stay-at-home advice

Ireland's chief doctor says rise in COVID-19 infections concerning

Vietnam reports four new COVID-19 cases; two are imported

Philippines confirms 11 new coronavirus deaths, 1,392 cases

Sudan says Ethiopia denies filling the Renaissance dam reservoir

Britain to spend 705 million pounds on EU border infrastructure

Hong Kong opposition kicks off primary elections under shadow of security law

Vietnam goes on coronavirus alert after first local infection in 100 days

China reports 43 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 49 a day earlier

Man fatally shot in Venezuela gasoline protest; second such incident this month

Fire breaks out at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility but operations unaffected, officials say

Tunisia sentences woman to six months for Koranic Facebook joke

Green or Brown? As lockdowns lift, governments face a recovery climate choice

Foreign doctors' hopes for fast-track pandemic licenses in Canada fading

European border closures must be avoided if possible: French minister

Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge

Serbia-Kosovo peace deal is possible, Vucic says

Public housing residents decry 'lockup' as Australia contains COVID-19 threat

U.S. adds 11 firms to economic blacklist over China's treatment of Uighurs

Thai youths burn image of PM as resignation calls grow

Portugal on high alert as firefighters battle blaze

UK to review potentially faulty England COVID-19 death data

Australia new virus cases fall, but testing blitz runs into resistance

Australia tightens restrictions as COVID-19 cases top 10,000

Cubans celebrate no local transmission of COVID-19 for first time in four months

Philippines reports 65 new coronavirus deaths, 836 more infections

UK minister: there is no silver bullet on testing to allow travel

Big majority of Japanese reject government tourism campaign amid new coronavirus fears: media surveys

Factbox: Britain imposes sanctions on Russians, Saudis, Myanmar over rights abuses

Prosecutor raids on Bulgarian president's offices draw public anger

Greece passes law regulating demonstrations, thousands march in Athens

Five dead, 85 wounded in car bomb attack in Syria's Azaz: Turkish state media

Zarif says U.S. warplane fly-by of Iranian airliner may have led to 'disaster'

Netanyahu's corruption trial to hear first witnesses in January

Kuwait bans flights to 31 'high risk' countries due to coronavirus

Slovenian parliament endorses coronavirus contact tracking app

Masks mandatory at Mickey's when Disneyland Paris reopens

Retired German policeman investigated over far-right threats

Muslims perform Eid prayers, socially distanced and masked

Macron taps trio to help drive coronavirus recovery

Cat tests positive for coronavirus in England

Malaysia's opposition gearing up for snap polls, says potential PM candidate

Opposition from Dutch PM ends first day of EU summit without deal

U.S. forces should quit Syria immediately, Iran president say