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Tedros Ghebreyesus met the Taliban health minister who is part of Taliban delegation currently visiting Switzerland.

School board meeting have devolved into shouting matches and arrests over whether masks should be worn.

Deposed dictator's son emerges as frontrunner to replace Rodrigo Duterte in May election.

The officials were previously involved in seizing property and firing bureaucrats linked to former ruler Omar al-Bashir.

Their protests come amid soaring consumer prices, including a sharp spike in the cost of housing.

Visuals of Muslim girls being shut outside college gates in Karnataka state for wearing the hijab have led to outrage.

Rukirabashaija was released from jail in late January after arrest related to tweets about President Yoweri Museveni.

Ahead of the African Cup of Nations, racist predictions of a sporting disaster abounded. But they were all wrong.

Entertainment Weekly and InStyle are among the magazines affected by the digital push.

Harris will seek to unify NATO allies in face of potential Russian aggression as US troops begin to arrive in Europe.

Law requiring those infected to isolate could be scrapped this month as PM plans to end domestic COVID restrictions.

Mexico's president wants to raise investment in fossil fuels while limiting private wind, natural gas and solar power.

The husband and wife are accused of trying to launder billions worth of Bitcoin stolen in a 2016 hack.

Many protesters work in industries other than trucking, but are joining in solidarity to oppose COVID vaccine mandates.

Push to harness the power of the stars takes a leap forward with 'milestone' results in atom fusing experiment.

Salah Abdeslam, the key suspect in a rampage that killed 130 people across Paris in 2015, says he 'didn't hurt anyone'.

Cultivating genetically modified corn is banned in Mexico, but the country still imports it from the US.

Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have likely re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, SpaceX said.

The UAE is looking to bolster its air defence with purchases from South Korea, Israel and France - and its own systems.

The International Court of Justice orders Kampala to pay the damages which is a fraction of the $11bn demanded by DRC.

Cyclone which left 91,000 people with destroyed or damaged homes was the nation's second destructive storm in two weeks.

Tensions and threats of war can be overcome with 'serious dialogue', the head of the Catholic Church says.

France's Macron says the 2015 ceasefire deal between Kyiv and Moscow offers a 'path' to peace.

We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.

Dismissed as 'militants' by Russian officials, Ukrainians from a range of backgrounds prepare for war.

Authorities hope the vaccine, which suffered delays since 2020, will be authorised for use by mid-2022.

How strong are the Houthis? And how have seven years of war affected Yemen? Key questions answered, in seven graphics.

Members of the judiciary say they live under a growing climate of intimidation following the president's power grab.

Interim PM says he will not hand over power, a position that could lead to flare-up of conflicts between rival factions.

Experts raise alarm over imminent drills which NATO says mark the biggest deployment to Belarus since the Cold War.

Sri Lanka is facing its worst financial crisis in decades, and foreign exchange reserves have fallen to $2.36bn.

Pedro Castillo's latest reshuffle comes amid internal struggles in the government and attacks by right-wing groups.

US's top diplomat expected to discuss growing China-Russia ties at Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne.

Three Israeli carriers to stop flying to Dubai if arrangements at its airport did not change, security service said.

Darya Dolidovich, 17, was stripped of the right to compete over her father's participation in anti-government protests.

A 73-year-old man died shortly after being admitted to hospital, as Hong Kong reports a surge in Omicron cases.

A large-scale military operation does not fit into Moscow's cost-benefit calculus.

Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa says harsh pandemic restrictions are now 'more difficult to justify'.

Surface-to-surface missile attacks came 'from the direction of the occupied Golan', Syrian state media says.

Top UN court to rule if Uganda should pay more than $11bn to DR Congo for its role in conflicts in Ituri.

The Stream also revisits Tonga after the volcanic eruption and the rape crisis in Sierra Leone.

A landslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia killed at least 14 people and injured 35.

Funds urgently needed for ACT-Accelerator, an initiative to provide poorer nations with tests, treatments and vaccines.

Rescuers continue to scour the mud for survivors following the disaster in the coffee-growing province of Risalda.

CEO Albert Bourla says final sales for COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid could be "way bigger" than forecasts.

Bernard Chan says authorities in the financial hub may aim to shorten quarantine.

Farming communities say high voltage power lines linking wind farms to urban centres will upend their livelihoods.

Samuel Bickett's appeal over his conviction for assaulting plainclothes police officer during 2019 protests rejected.

Experts say vaccine rollout failed to involve the Indigenous community or recognise their greater health risks.

The incident comes after similar threats were made against several Black colleges and universities across the country.