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Unprecedented floodwaters devastate Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands with hundreds of people still missing.

China's main space contractor did not say how high the spacecraft flew or elaborate on its flight path.

Only 60,000 vaccinated Saudi citizens and residents between the ages of 18 and 65 started the annual ritual.

In his first remarks on the protests, the king calls them 'satanic' and says they have taken the country backwards.

Sudan's overall foreign debt is $70bn, and the Paris Club urged other lenders to provide similar debt forgiveness.

WHO chief sets out five priorities for next stage of probe into the origins of COVID-19.

Retail sales rose more than expected in June in another sign of the country's ongoing economic recovery.

Key leaders such as China's Xi, Russia's Putin and US's Biden pledge to redouble the worldwide COVID-19 fight.

Best of the week and behind the scenes.

Friday's announcement marks the first reported arrests made over a killing that shocked the country.

The Brazilian president tweeted a stern-faced photo of himself walking in hospital with a drip attached to his neck.

How shrapnel from Israeli missiles exposed French arms manufacturers, accused of complicity in a French court of law.

A creative exploration of android development and the complicated world of human-machine relationships.

The cause of the current rift between the Gulf heavyweights is more profound than mere economics, analysts say.

The US warns China’s push to exert more control over Hong Kong threatens the rule of law and endangers employee data.

The Surfside collapse has raised alarm and focused scrutiny on other older apartment buildings.

The 'Iron Lady' of Paris has been closed since October, the landmark's longest closure since World War II.

Bootleg fire is largest of 71 major wildfires in an unusually busy start to the annual western US fire season.

Behind the surge in private gift-giving looms the hand of the Chinese government.

While there are already over 3,500 emojis, some see a need for many, many more ahead of World Emoji Day on July 17.

Cuba's economy shrank by 11 percent in 2020, the sharpest contraction since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Plane, flying from the town of Kedrovy to the regional capital of Tomsk, is found after disappearing from radars.

Hospital resources pushed to limit as violence, looting grip parts of country already struggling to cope with pandemic.

'The coolest president in the world' is transforming El Salvador into a Bitcoin wonderland. What can possibly go wrong?

At least 100 people have been arrested and one person killed during rare demonstrations in the island nation.

The international conference will be held on August 4, a year after a massive port blast devastated Beirut.

Dozens of people remain missing as severe floods sweep through western Germany and other parts of Europe.

Company makes the disclosure while filing first compliance report under India's controversial new social media rules.

In first visit to area affected by weeklong unrest, president says 'anarchy and mayhem' will not be allowed to unfold.

Legislation in Uttar Pradesh proposes to make people with more than two children ineligible for government jobs.

Initial focus to be on some 50,000 Rohingya above 55, to be vaccinated with the help of UN agencies, says official.

As another constitution overhaul is being attempted, Kenyans need to continue their struggle to preserve it.

The denial of a group’s persecution is the ultimate cruelty - on some level worse than the persecution itself.

Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Joyce Beatty was leading the protest inside the US Senate building.

Latest searches extend what rights activists say is a crackdown on opponents of longtime President Alexander Lukashenko.

Siddiqui killed while covering a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan.

Regulator accuses outlet of advancing agenda of a 'terrorist' group, in a move decried by media rights organisations.

Deputy president of Amhara region, Fanta Mandefro, tells Al Jazeera additional forces deployed to borders with Tigray.

Afghanistan First Vice President accuses Pakistani forces of supporting Taliban after it captured a key border crossing.

Questions raised about level of efficacy of WHO-approved shots from China as several countries eye booster shots.

In Merkel's final visit to White House as chancellor, the leaders pledge partnership, disagree on Nord Stream pipeline.

Rights groups estimate 60,000 political prisoners held in Egyptian jails where ISIL recruitment is said to be rampant.

Cases have soared since the holiday in May when some people skirted a travel ban to visit their hometowns.

President orders investigation into allegations that some intelligence officials met people who carried out 2019 attack.

Discovery of more transmissible COVID-19 variant comes amid strain's rapid spread elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

North Korea has an estimated 10,000 artillery pieces dug in along its frontier, aimed at the South Korean capital.

The verdict means Jarrod Ramos, 41, will be sentenced to prison, not a maximum-security mental health facility.

And as Haiti decends into chaos after the assassination of its president, Biden says he is not sending US troops there.

Experts say the 200 likely graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School are only the beginning.

The Child Tax Credit is being likened to a universal basic income for children that helps people meet monthly expenses.