A flag bearing a swastika placed on a coffin after a funeral in Italy at which far-right extremists gave Nazi salutes has prompted a wave of condemnation.Rome's Catholic archdiocese said in a statement that...

It is too soon for countries to be treating COVID as an endemic illness like flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned, because there is still a "huge amount of uncertainty" regarding the...

About 20 million people in China are now under a stay-at-home order after a third city brought in a strict COVID lockdown.Anyang in Henan province, with a population of 5.5 million, confirmed a lockdown...

The United Nations is seeking a record $5bn (?3.7bn) in aid for Afghanistan this year to help protect the country's future after the Taliban's seizure of power.The appeal includes $4.4bn (?3.3bn) in humanitarian aid...

Global experts are now more worried about the failure to act on the climate crisis than they are about infectious diseases, as the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow and major protest movements brought the...

Australian authorities are investigating the declaration form Novak Djokovic provided to enter the country.Since the tennis star won his court appeal against the cancellation of his visa, questions have emerged over the form.It comes...

The dispute over Novak Djokovic's visa to enter Australia has been "damaging on all fronts", the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has said.The governing body of men's tennis applauded the court's ruling quashing the...

Ukraine's military chief has said his forces would defend the country "until the last drop of blood" as he urged people to calm down about threats of a new Russian invasion.Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi,...