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The 5.5-metre-high wall will run along 186km of the border with Belarus and is to be completed in June.

Shilpa Shetty is formally cleared of obscenity charges after Hollywood star kissed her at an AIDS awareness event.

Construction of the bridge across Ladakh's Pangong Lake comes amid military standoff between the two nuclear powers.

How past exposure to other coronaviruses can stop people from catching COVID-19 even if they live with a positive case.

The 41-year-old was promoted by President Kabore to commander of Burkina Faso's third military region in December.

Air raid by Saudi-led coalition that targeted a telecoms facility in Hodeidah was blamed for knocking out the internet.

Prostitution accusations against women working in saunas prompt four young women to attempt suicide near Bishkek.

The PA has been violently obstructing prisoner release celebrations and confiscating party banners in recent months.

On Monday, eight people died while 38 suffered injuries at stampede ahead of hosts Cameroon's match against Comoros.

The former members of the government-recruited patrols were sentenced to 30 years for raping 36 Indigenous women.

Major cities in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan hit by power outages after an 'emergency imbalance' in a power grid.

Paris and Berlin seek unified response to crisis as the Kremlin bemoans US move to put troops on high alert.

Attacks in Jonglei state killed more than 30 people, including three children who drowned in a river trying to flee.

Fans free to wear "Where is Peng Shuai?" shirts at the tournament but must not become "disruptive", organisers say.

It's asking the Supreme Court to order lenders and central bank to give it more time, not classify it as a defaulter.

Leonora Messing faces a court in Germany for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity committed in Syria.

Some governments have used the pandemic to allow corruption to flourish, Transparency International warns.

Snow blanketed most of Turkey and Greece, including several Aegean islands.

Indomitable Lions move to the last-eight after beating Comoros 2-1, the death toll from a stampede at the game climbs.

The UN, the West African bloc ECOWAS and the African Union condemn power grab by mutinous soldiers.

UBP will need a coalition to govern the breakaway state, which has been hit by COVID-19 and the Turkish currency crisis.

North Korea is not banned from cruise missile launches under UN sanctions on Pyongyang.

Red Cross says as much as $22 million is needed to support more than 400,000 people over the next 24 months.

Japan reported more than 44,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

Bank of Korea data shows Asia's fourth-largest economy expanded 4 percent in 2021 despite the pandemic.

F-35C jet was conducting 'routine flight operations' when the incident happened, injuring at least seven sailors.

Supporters were caught in crush as they tried to get into Yaounde Olembe stadium to watch their team beat Comoros.

Birthday party revelations come the week an official report into parties held during lockdown is to be published.

After three killings this month, press advocates call for end to impunity in murder of media workers.

Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive order allows parents to opt out of masking requirements in schools.

The oil squeeze is proving a boon for the world's top provider of fracking services.

Markets were rattled by geopolitical tensions and the US Federal Reserve's campaign against inflation.

President Chakwera makes move amid allegations of corruption, nepotism and economic mismanagement against his party.

The mirrors on the $10bn observatory still must be meticulously aligned before science observations can begin in June.

NATO said it was sending more ships and jets, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine.

US administration says direct talks are 'urgently needed' to facilitate communication to restore the Iran nuclear deal.

Nadia Akacha has been described as President Saied's closest and most trusted adviser.

Prosecutor tells jurors in rights case that police watched 'minute after minute' as Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.

President Roch Kabore arrested as soldiers mutiny against the government's failure to stop armed attacks.

Several injured and homes damaged in 5.3-magnitude quake and series of smaller tremors, civil protection agency says.

Bitcoin is now 50 percent below its November peak and on Monday was trading at its lowest level since July.

The closure of Europe's busiest airport grounds flights stretching from the Middle East and Africa to Europe and Asia.

Mutinous soldiers say on state television they have suspended the constitution and dissolved the government.

Suit claims Google misled US consumers by continuing to track their locations even when users sought to prevent it.

Deaths bring to 75 the number of protesters killed in a crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations, the medics say.

Peloton’s shares have tumbled more than 80 percent from their all-time high a year ago.

Challenges brought by a conservative legal activist could bring an end to affirmative action programmes at Harvard, UNC.

New York Times columnist Friedman says he has a solution to America’s democracy problem.

And Cuba can play a key role in ushering it in.

Ratzinger accused of failing to take action against clerics in four cases of alleged abuse when archbishop of Munich.