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Week after dozens were killed in deadly protests, President Tokayev assigns Alikhan Smailov as PM.

It is a disgraceful legacy that we cannot afford to pass on to future generations.

India imposed curbs amid a bloody border standoff with China and also to avert risks of opportunistic takeovers.

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths appeals to international community, saying 'full-blown humanitarian catastrophe looms'.

Nearly a million Hindus expected to gather on banks of river for pilgrimage in the state reporting second-highest cases.

Bab al-Hawa crossing serves millions in Idlib, allowing aid passage without going through gov't channels in Damascus.

Match at the State Roumde Adjia in Garoua will mark the ninth time that the two sides have played each other at AFCON.

Former television newsreader was in hospital since December 26 due to a dysfunction of the immune system.

At least 62 protesters have been killed since the October coup.

Experts worry about effect on broader vaccination programme, with many outside key centres still not fully covered.

Nepal reported 1,357 new cases on Monday, the biggest single-day jump since September last year.

Strong November figures come as shops and restaurants currently suffer steep drop in customers due to surge in Omicron.

Tokyo in November banned new entry to non-Japanese, including students and family members, in response to Omicron.

The slashing of flights into the city is set to raise costs and boost inflation.

Five million people placed on home confinement in the city of Anyang, where cases were linked to an outbreak in Tianjin.

Surgeons hope genetic modifications will help patient's body accept the organ, raising chances of future transplants.

Japan and South Korea detected launch, which comes after six countries urged Pyongyang to end "destabilising" actions.

Survivors recall horror of fire that killed 17 people, including eight children, in a Bronx apartment building.

US President Joe Biden says he wants to close the controversial facility in Cuba, but expansion plans are in the works.

California would be the first US state to cover everyone under its Medicaid plan regardless of immigration status.

Sick with COVID-19, Durst died on Monday of cardiac arrest at a hospital in California.

The move comes after President Daniel Ortega won a questionable consecutive fourth term in office in November.

A new report argues that firms must change how they view workers to compete in the war for talent.

Rallies held in 14 countries over fears that Bosnian Serb moves towards secession could trigger conflict.

Russia and US discuss Ukraine frictions and European security at talks in Geneva with no sign of progress.

Yale, Georgetown among 16 universities accused of breaking antitrust laws in how they determine financial aid awards.

White House says the two leaders discussed the continuing conflict in Tigray and humanitarian access to the region.

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, one of Egypt's last independent rights groups, has shut down.

Armed groups kill at least 200 villagers in apparent retaliation for military air raids.

Palestinian Authority says Dutch decision to cut off funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees was 'unjust'.

The normally glamorous Hollywood event is relegated to a live-blog with no red carpet, telecast or stars.

The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service says the last seven years were the warmest since records began.

United Nations envoy says consultations with Sudanese civil society groups to begin on Monday.

The acquisition hopes to combine Take-Two's industry clout with Zynga's massive mobile gaming following.

Bitcoin dipped below $40,000 on Monday.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic shares a photo of himself at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena after winning court battle.

As Omicron rages across US, workers who don't get paid sick leave forced to choose between physical or financial health.

Security forces arrested hundreds of migrants protesting outside a shuttered UN centre, activists and migrants said.

Diplomat for Jewish diaspora sacked for taking aim at Warsaw's attempts to distance Poland from WWII-era mass killings.

With shifting migratory controls, 'coyotes' are charging ever-higher prices to facilitate border journeys to the US.

Blast occurred when a food cart struck an old, unexploded mortar shell in Nangarhar province, local officials say.

President Tokayev says 'counterterrorism' operation to end soon after days of bloody protests.

Netanyahu alleges Olmert sought to harm his reputation and is seeking nearly $270,000 in damages.

There is something grounding and uplifting about communities in which the dead effectively remain a part of life.

Demonstrators in Kyiv fly the blue and gold flag of Kazakhstan, where Russian troops have been sent to quell riots.

Dozens of Cuban nationals in legal limbo in Turkey after reporting violent and illegal expulsions from Greece.

Saget gained the reputation of "America's Dad" during eight seasons on the ABC show, which ran from 1987 to 1995.

Sohail Ahmadi was just two months old when he went missing on August 19, as thousands rushed to leave Afghanistan.

Iran has been in constant contact with the Taliban since its August takeover, but has called for inclusive government.

Are quarantine rule changes based on the best health science or are they being governed by concern for the economy?