Thousands of Thai pro-democracy protesters massed in multiple locations across Bangkok yesterday, defying an emergency decree banning gatherings for the third consecutive day after confrontations saw riot police use water cannon on peaceful demonstrators.

Twitter has altered its policy on hacked content after its decision to block a news report critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden provoked Republican fury.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have discussed energy markets and the implementation of agreements by the oil producers group known as OPEC+.

A man living in the same Vatican residence as Pope Francis tested positive for Covid-19 and gone into isolation, the Vatican has said.

A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says, warning that concerted action is needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger.

French police are questioning nine people in custody after a suspected attacker beheaded a school teacher in broad daylight on the street in a Paris suburb.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern thanked New Zealanders on Saturday (Oct 17) for delivering her party a landslide general election victory on the back of her government’s success fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is headed for a landslide win and a second term in office in New Zealand’s general election.

For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police.

Azerbaijan says 12 civilians were killed and more than 40 were wounded in the city of Ganja due to shelling by Armenia.

Kashmir’s main political parties announced a grand alliance on Thursday to seek a peaceful restoration of its autonomy after India’s release of the last major Kashmiri political leader from lengthy detention.

A top Republican senator with close ties to President Donald Trump said Thursday he believed Democrat Joe Biden had a “good chance” of winning the presidency in the November 3 election

French prosecutors yesterday said that they had slapped criminal conspiracy charges on former president Nicolas Sarkozy over claims he used Libyan cash for his 2007 election campaign.

European powers yesterday condemned Israel’s decision to approve thousands more settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, calling it a “counterproductive” move that undermines regional peace efforts.

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern yesterday urged voters to deliver her a strong general election mandate, promising a swift recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A 33-year old woman who was allegedly held captive by her husband in the toilet of their home for over a year has been rescued by protection officers in the north Indian state of Haryana.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said it was now time to prepare for a no-trade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course, bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in talking any more.

Eleven million girls face being unable to return to school even after coronavirus restrictions are lifted around the world, Unesco head Audrey Azoulay said Thursday during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Thai police fired stinging liquid from water cannon at thousands of Thai protesters yesterday in the most violent escalation of three months of demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader, who refused to bow to pressure.

Supporters of Pakistan opposition parties have converged on a stadium in the city of Gujwanwala to begin a countrywide protest campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan, who they accuse of being installed by the military in a rigged 2018 election.