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Governments around the world are scrambling in the face of a new, sustained rise in coronavirus cases and deaths.

UK legislator Baroness Helena Kennedy demands world leaders shun G20 meeting in Riyadh over jailed women activists.

The court rejects claims by affirmative-action opponents who said the university discriminates against Asian Americans.

With communications down and media barred, independent verification of the status of the conflict was impossible.

The president-elect is not receiving the Presidential Daily Brief, something that concerns national security experts.

Experts expect a return to multilateralism and a closer relationship with the International Criminal Court.

Making its fourth landfall, Eta has already slammed Central America, Cuba and the upper Florida Keys.

Spiking COVID-19 infections and the challenges of containing pandemic overshadow positive vaccine news this week.

Iran's death toll has soared in recent weeks, shattering records in nation with the worst outbreak in the Middle East.

Helicopter belonged to an international peacekeeping force; five Americans are among the dead, Israeli official says.

Azerbaijan's closest ally says it will resume military action if Armenia does not withdraw 'voluntarily'.

Baby boy Joseph was among six people who lost their lives in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast.

Concerns about the mink spreading a mutated strain of COVID-19 to humans may hasten the end of fur farming.

Domestic pressures will dominate US president-elect's first few months, but the China trade war will loom.

'No country would turn a blind eye to acts of betrayal by public officials,' says Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson.

Why do these killings happen and how can they be stopped?

Over the past 50 years, the accuracy of cyclone forecasts has improved, but the way we communicate the risks has not.

Russian FM, whose ties with the Obama administration were strained, expects president-elect to follow the same path.

Elyas Dayee, a radio journalist, killed in a blast in Helmand days after another journalist was killed in Kabul.

In Poland and across Europe, US-based Christian-right groups are working to limit women's access to abortion.

Owned by a Saudi sovereign fund and backed by Crown Prince MBS, the project entails developing resorts on 50 islands.

Announcement part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 development plan to reach environmental sustainability by end of decade.

As crowds throughout Azerbaijan celebrate the 'capitulation', the Armenian government is plunged into a political abyss.

The Reserve Bank of India's figures suggest the economy shrank 8.6 percent in the July-September quarter.

European countries, Gates Foundation promise to step up help to develop and distribute COVID therapies.

New Delhi reported 8,593 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday amid soaring pollution levels at the onset of winter.

Measures for athletes are likely to include coronavirus testing within 72 hours before arrival in Japan.

President hospitalised as precautionary measure, his office says, describing his health condition as 'nothing serious'.

The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered country in as many weeks has caused major flooding in the capital Manila.

UN says it is worried about a refugee emergency if more civilians are forced to flee the fighting in northern Ethiopia.

Regulator allows resumption of late-stage Brazilian clinical trials which were suspended after a study subject's death.

Protesters question why PM Pashinyan accepted a deal to stop the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as anger boils in Yerevan.

'Yemenis not going hungry, they are being starved,' says World Food Programme as it again warns of 'looming famine'.

Vice president of Guinea's leading opposition party and others held as President Conde wins controversial third term.

Air quality has descended to near 'emergency' levels as a haze of toxic smog envelopes vast swaths of northern India.

COVID-19, the South China Sea and trade are expected to dominate discussions between the Southeast Asian nations.

Southeast nation pummelled by sixth storm in five weeks, adding more pain to devastated communities.

Questions about effectiveness of possible vaccines could keep a lid on any economic and market recovery, analysts say.

The founder of Republic TV channel granted bail by the top court a week after he was arrested in a suicide case.

Ron Klain will become Chief of Staff as Biden moves forward with transition ahead of January inauguration.

Investigator will decide whether to prosecute members of military over crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan.

US, UK, Europe condemn removal of legislators on national security grounds as pro-democracy camp abandons LegCo.

Tensions in the region have risen since Donald Trump pulled the US out of the international Iran nuclear deal in 2018.

The China-friendly party is struggling to reinvent itself as Taiwan changes, and the coffers are running dry too.

Facebook says the measure to combat misinformation will continue, even as US state Georgia prepares for Senate runoffs.

Coronavirus infections, hospitalisations and deaths have surged across the United States.

Public development banks pledged to fight climate change but shied away from phasing out fossil fuel investments.

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needs to be stored at temps matching Antarctic winter - a logistical nightmare for India.

UN health agency says region saw average of 150,000 daily new coronavirus cases last week, as US breaks records.

After a year in exile, Morales returns to a polarised Bolivia following the election victory of his left-wing party.