Gaddafi’s son announces candidacy for Libya’s presidential elections

The son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has announced his candidacy for the country's presidential elections next month.Seif al-Islam submitted his candidacy papers in the southern town of Sabha, 650km (400 miles) south...

Israel to begin vaccinating 1.2 million children as young as five against coronavirus

Israel has announced that a campaign to vaccinate some 1.2 million children aged five to 11 will begin within days.The decision to green light jabs for children in this age group was announced by...

Austria imposes lockdown on all unvaccinated to deal with surge in COVID infections

Austria has put all unvaccinated residents into lockdown in an attempt to slow the fast spread of coronavirus in the country.Anyone over the age of 12 who has not been double-jabbed is now only...

‘The government has failed’: Inside the underground Polish movement helping migrants on Belarus border

Driving through the Bialowieza forest - next to Poland's border with Belarus - a green light shines out from the porch of a house.The bulb throwing off a luminous hue into the darkness around. Pulling...

Fifteen people arrested after protests in the Netherlands over COVID lockdown

Fifteen people have been arrested after protests broke out in the Netherlands over a newly-imposed COVID-19 lockdown. Hundreds of people gathered in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden on Saturday night, where videos showed them...

‘If we give up now, all hope is lost’ – the island in desperate need of climate justice

Beyond Glasgow, beyond the ambition and the pledges, and the conclusions, the forests of Great Abaco have gone.The storm, Dorian, was two years ago, and yet for mile after mile, this Bahamian island still...

At least 68 inmates killed in drug gang shootout at notorious Ecuador prison

At least 68 inmates have died following a gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador's largest prison.It is the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which only a few weeks ago was the...

New Delhi to shut schools and construction sites due to dangerous air pollution

New Delhi schools will shut for a week and construction sites for four days to try to protect people from air pollution.Air quality in India's capital has worsened due to factors such as transport...