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Sajid Javid tests positive for COVID-19 as the government prepares to lift most pandemic restrictions in England.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in after elections in May, described by the opposition as illegitimate.

This year's hajj will see only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents in Saudi Arabia take part in the five-day ritual.

Community members left reeling after days of violence and looting caused rampant destruction and more than 200 deaths.

The US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation discusses the role Washington will play moving forward.

South Korea removes banners referring to 16th-century war between Korea and Japan after IOC ruled it was provocative.

Negotiators for Afghan gov't and Taliban meeting in Doha as violence in the country escalates amid US troop exit.

Authorities record 205 new deaths as hospitals struggle with lack of oxygen supplies and vaccinations remain low.

The conflict in the north has cost $2.5bn, the dollar has sunk and international investors are staying away.

July 26 meeting to take place amid discussions over US troop exit, concerns about attacks against US targets in Iraq.

Building sites shut as authorities ban non-essential retail, threaten fines for employers who make staff work in person.

New infections cross the 10,000 threshold while 141 new deaths were reported by the country's health officials.

Chief organiser of the 2020 Games says officials are 'doing everything' to prevent outbreaks ahead of the sporting event

Latest move in response to China clampdown seen as symbolic as business community still wants market access.

UN agency says children exposed to indiscriminate violence, random shootings and arbitrary arrests by the military.

Misinformation about the virus and vaccines has spread on platforms including Facebook and Twitter.

The ruling blocks new applicants, saying the programme was created illegally by former President Obama.

The government says they are spread by counter-revolutionaries, while critics say it is the authorities themselves.

Firefighters have battled the Bootleg Fire for nearly a week in Oregon, just north of the California border.

An investigation so far reveals that former Haitian official Joseph Felix Badio may have given the order to kill Moise.

The country sinks deeper into economic devastation as no government is formed.

'I believe that the strategy of herd immunity is actually murderous,' US scientist William Haseltine said.

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.