South Korea will prohibit private social gatherings of more than five people and shut down major tourist spots nationwide starting from Christmas Eve as it contends with surging coronavirus infections.

The U.S. Congress has approved a $900 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation’s pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction. Following days of furious negotiation, both legislative

There is growing international alarm over a new variant of the coronavirus in the UK, with a host of countries imposing travel bans. More than 40 countries have barred UK

Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended international flights for a week over a new strain of COVID-19 and could be extended by another week “until medical information about the

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, to fund the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longer-range anti-ship missile to

Australian states and territories have begun enforcing entry bans on Sydney residents amid a growing coronavirus outbreak in the nation’s largest city. The border closures outside New South Wales (NSW)

Israel has begun its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the virus that is once again surging among its

United States President-elect Joe Biden will receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, his press secretary announced, as Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million, as the country prepares for a massive Covid-19 vaccination in the new year. But new infections have dipped to their lowest levels

Italy has ordered a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period in an effort to combat a rise in coronavirus cases. The country will be under

Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering

French President Emmanuel Macron has blamed his Covid-19 on a combination of negligence and bad luck. In what looked like a self-shot video from the presidential retreat in Versailles where

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have settled a privacy claim with a celebrity picture agency over images taken of Megan Markle on a walk with son Archie in January.

The United States has suggested that the process to find a new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be reopened, in what would be an unprecedented move.