The UK’s terrorism threat level has been raised to ‘severe’ as a precaution following attacks in France and Austria. The decision announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel came after a

Sri Lanka’s navy and a band of volunteers from nearby villages have managed to rescue 120 pilot whales that became stranded in the country’s biggest mass beaching, but at least

Gunmen armed with rifles opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna on Monday, killing three people and wounding several more, police say. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called it

The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) efforts to elect a new leader next week could be delayed for at least another month because of the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland.

A three-year-old girl has been rescued alive from a collapsed apartment building in Izmir, Turkey, following Friday’s strong earthquake, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu. The child, identified by

Oil prices fell 4% on Monday on worries that widening coronavirus lockdowns in Europe would weaken fuel demand and amid concerns about turbulence over this week’s U.S. presidential election. Brent

One of England’s greatest footballers, Sir Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia- a disease characterized by loss of memory. He featured for Manchester United and was a member of

No fewer than nine Nigerian-Americans are on the ballot for Tuesday’s elections in the United States. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and will go into quarantine. “I have

Some 10,000 foreign pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah after a seven-month pause because of the coronavirus pandemic. The pilgrims must isolate for three days after arrival

A super typhoon has barrelled into the eastern Philippines bringing “catastrophic” winds and intense rains as about a million people were evacuated in its projected path including in the capital,

Seven pro-democratic lawmakers were arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday on charges related to obstructing a legislative council meeting in May, they said on Facebook, a move that comes after

Protesters in Mexico burned effigies of Donald Trump and a border patrol agent on the US border on Saturday, condemning President Donald Trump’s migration policies and urging Americans to reject

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second national lockdown for England as the country passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases on Saturday. Only essential shops, nurseries,

President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his re-election campaign criticizing public officials and medical professionals who are trying to combat the coronavirus pandemic even as it surges

The US recorded at least 94,000 new Covid-19 cases between Thursday and Friday, with spikes in dozens of states days before the presidential election. It is the second day in

Nineteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday, bringing buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves which slammed into

United States officials revealed on Thursday they had seized Iranian missiles bound for  Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of previously-seized Iranian oil bound for Venezuela. The unsealing of the

Belgium has announced a return to a national lockdown as the latest coronavirus figures show it has the highest infection rate in Europe. Non-essential shops and businesses offering personal services