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In searing rebuke, ex-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says, 'Trump tries to divide Americans'.

CDC and US Army Medical Research of Chemical Defense list tear gas as common term for riot-control agents.

Youths take to street, as people struggle to make ends meet amid dusk-to-dawn curfew and ban on regional travel.

City where coronavirus was first detected late last year, began tests in May amid fears of second post-lockdown wave.

AP tally finds 9,300 arrests have been made across the US in connection with recent protests against police brutality.

Spanish lawmakers vote to extend the state of emergency for the sixth time as cases surpass 240,300.

The move comes after the NC governor said the full capacity convention Trump requested is 'very unlikely' to happen.

Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd's neck, faces second-degree murder charge, other 3 face aiding and abetting charges.

Evangelical leader Pat Robertson says 'it isn't cool' for Trump to berate governors over unrest after Floyd's death.

Appeals court in Paris rules Kabuga should be handed over to a UN tribunal in Tanzania to stand trial.

Officials had feared the storm would cause destruction in the financial hub, further compounding the coronavirus crisis.

Airport was closed in 2014 and overrun by troops loyal to eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar last year.

Documents and video evidence provide a detailed - and at times contradictory - account of the day Floyd was killed.

Michelle Bachelet says US must address 'deep-seated' grievances at heart of protests following George Floyd's killing.

Silvia Romano kidnapped in Kenya faced a hostile welcome when she returned to Italy.

Comments come after reports that Pentagon officials are increasingly uneasy about Trump's use of military personnel.

Demonstrations against police brutality and racism spread across the US.

The deaths have at times been overshadowed by the shocking images of heavy-handed police tactics, vandalism and arson.

Protesters demand justice for victims of June 3, 2019 attack at sit-in outside military HQs in Sudanese capital.

Malta has closed off its ports to sea migrants, and is keeping them quarantined off its coast on chartered cruise boats.

Starting June 4, people can exercise outdoors without wearing a mask, and up to four people can be in the same vehicle.

Russian warplanes hit Hama for the first time since a truce brought relative calm to the region in March.

Government had blamed them for the devaluation of the local currency, but now there appears to be a deal to control the currency market.

Momodou Lamin Sisay, son of retired Gambian diplomat, was shot after a car chase in the town of Snellville, Georgia.

Fears death toll could rise after heavy pre-monsoon rains trigger mudslides that buried homes in Barak Valley.

Key backers of Haftar release joint statement calling 'for parties to fully commit to the political process'.

Duterte's congressional allies overwhelmingly back bill but opposition MP calls it 'terrorism against democracy'.

On anniversary of deadly dispersal of a sit-in protest, rape survivors describe the horror at the hands of militiamen.

China withheld vital information about the outbreak and waited more than a week before publishing the genome of the coronavirus in January, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.

Beijing slams UK after PM Boris Johnson promised sanctuary for three million who may flee Hong Kong.

Maesaiah Thabane, wife of former PM Thomas Thabane, transferred to correctional facility after court revoked her bail.

Thousands arrested across US cities including, Los Angeles and New York in the wake of anti-racism protests.

Al Jazeera speaks to a Sudanese father whose son was killed a year ago in a crackdown on a pro-democracy sit-in.

Protests following the 2014 fatal police shooting of a young Black man thrust Ferguson into the national spotlight.

The mayor of the country's capital has reimposed a total lockdown in a working-class area of more than a million people over the novel coronavirus.

The country is the first to use drones to carry defibrillators, a crucial intervention for sudden cardiac arrest.

In the last 10 years Israeli security forces have killed more than 3,400 Palestinians but only five have been convicted.

Emails sent to news organisations admonish reporting that tear gas was fired at protesters to clear Trump's way.

Civilian casualties investigated amid a surging air campaign as US prepares for possible withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maetig's visit follows agreement to restart ceasefire talks with Haftar's forces.

President Maduro and his bitter rival Guaido agree to coordinate efforts to raise funds to help combat the pandemic.

A New Jersey doctor is trying to stop the spread of coronavirus, not from a clinic, but from the back of a van.

Poles will vote on June 28 in election that was delayed for weeks by coronavirus pandemic, parliament speaker says.

National Rally led by Marine Le Pen reaches a legal deal with a Russian aviation parts firm over a controversial loan.

Having threatened the life of an innocent Black man, you have been given a small taste of what it is like to be Black.

Warnings issued as the system becomes the earliest third named storm on record in the history of Atlantic hurricanes.

A number of monuments associated with segregation and slavery taken down in the wake of George Floyd protests.

Latin America has become a global epicentre for the pandemic, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile recording high numbers.

Beijing's move to impose a national security law on Hong Kong threatens the rule of law and human rights defenders.