Most of the homes on three of Tonga's smaller islands have been "completely destroyed" by the tsunami that followed Saturday's undersea volcanic eruption, the Red Cross has said.
Nearly 10,000 Chinese overseas nationals have been forced to return to China after coercive means outside the justice system were used by the government, a new report has claimed.
Celebrities and fashion designers have paid tribute to former Vogue creative director Andre Leon Talley who has died aged 73.The "indomitable" fashion designer and journalist died on Tuesday in New York, his representatives at...
The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics should not be a "sportswashing" opportunity for China, Amnesty International has warned, saying that "the international community must not become complicit in a propaganda exercise".The games are due...
British Armed Forces personnel who helped evacuate more than 15,000 poeple from Afghanistan last August will receive a medal recognising their work, the Ministry of Defence has announced.Personnel will receive the Operational Service Medal...
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant, combined with the roll-out of up to 20 billion doses of vaccine, means the COVID-19 pandemic could be over this year, according to one of the world's...
A British man living on Tonga said the sounds of the volcano erupting was "like bombs going off around the place".Alistair Coldrick, who runs whale watching tours on the island of Vava'u, told Sky...
