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Government invites citizen volunteers to flag 'anti-national' content as activists fear creation of surveillance state.

Relatives forced out of cemeteries as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones who died in the conflict.

Aid groups, experts say international sanctions on the Taliban have led to the collapse of the aid-dependent economy.

Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia have implemented or discussed tougher restrictions in fresh blow to travel.

Israeli FM Yair Lapid visits London and Paris to discuss Iran, as talks on 2015 nuclear deal restart in Vienna.

Doctors treating the ex-PM say they fear for her life if she was not allowed to fly abroad for medical care.

WHO warns against travel curbs as a number of countries reinstate tough border measures.

Officials say the emergence of the Omicron variant has underlined the need for vaccination against the coronavirus.

Over the weekend, Paytm parent reported its first financial results as a public company and saw losses widening.

Maryam Nouri, 24, died along with at least 26 other people while trying to cross the English Channel in a flimsy boat.

Munawar Faruqui announces retirement after right-wing Hindu groups force cancellation of nearly 12 shows in two months.

Prime minister says new rule, which goes beyond initial curbs on arrivals from southern Africa, will start on Tuesday.

Victory for Xiomara Castro could make her Honduras's first female president and first from the left since 2009.

WHO has stressed little is known about variant, with doctor behind discovery reporting "extremely mild" symptoms.

Test would avoid the 'years of trial and error' that currently characterise the disorders' diagnosis and treatment.

Arrests come a day after junket mogul Alvin Chau is questioned by police in the special administrative region.

Tributes pour in for designer who brought streetwear aesthetic to luxury fashion and championed diversity and inclusion.

National science agency says climate 'overwhelming factor' in driving fires, with fire seasons getting longer.

Cyril Ramaphosa says travel curbs 'scientifically unjustified' as more countries find cases of highly mutated variant.

As Moscow deploys troops along the border, Kyiv is warning of a possible invasion.

Dead bodies 'everywhere on streets' of Afari town as Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to front line of escalating war.

Maryam Nuri Hama Amin, 24, was among 27 people who died this week trying to cross to the UK from France.

Government committee says decision taken because of quick spread of new variant 'in Europe and Africa'.

As wealthy nations continue hoarding vaccines, new dangerous COVID-19 variants will continue emerging.

Ahead of polls, activists pledge to keep up fight after filing report into abuses committed under ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh.

Israel will continue exporting harmful surveillance tech unless Washington stops turning a blind eye.

New Omicron variant of the coronavirus leaves South Africans isolated as countries ban travellers from the region.

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel urges joint action after France withdraws invitation to discuss Channel refugee crisis.

Fiala leads a bloc of five parties that controls 108 seats in the 200-member lower house of parliament.

Morocco and Israel ban inbound flights, while Germany and the UK announce more cases of the new variant.

Despite the furore surrounding the case, legal scholars say many others do not get the same level of attention.

Early results show two-thirds of voters supported legislation to impose strict coronavirus restrictions.

The violence in central Nigeria is now one of the country's deadliest security threats after Boko Haram and banditry.

Opposition fears of a rigged vote and reports of pre-election intimidation have led to high tensions.

New South Wales health authorities confirm that two people who landed in Sydney have tested positive for the new strain.

ISIL still poses a threat in several provinces in Iraq with hit-and-run attacks, kidnappings, and roadside bombs.

Vote expected to favour allies of President Sadyr Japarov, who has cemented his grip since coming to power last year.

Honiara residents clean up streets after deadly riots as Australia dispatches more police to keep the peace.

National Institute for Public Health 'almost certain' cases are of the new variant Omicron.

Military sources tell Reuters at least six Sudanese soldiers were killed in an attack in a disputed border region.

The restrictions, pending government approval, will come into effect at midnight.

UK, Germany and Italy latest to find infections of new coronavirus variant as South Africa condemns travel curbs.

Environmental groups are angry over a recent referendum reform and oppose a new expropriation law.

Nigerien gov't says two people killed, 18 wounded after the convoy, which is heading to Mali, ran into trouble in Tera.

The world faces yet another variant 'of concern', nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medics say dozens of people have been killed as security forces sought to crush weeks of anti-coup protests.

President, 77, leaves military hospital in Prague and will name Petr Fiala as prime minister on Sunday, his office says.

Tanzania became one of the last two countries in Africa to lift a ban against pregnant girls from accessing education.

About 100 protesters attempt to march in Ouagadougo to protest against the government's failure to quell violence.

And this week's World Health Assembly is a great place to start.