England’s school examinations regulator has said it made a mistake with the way it awarded grades to school students in England after their exams were cancelled due to Covid-19, and the grades would now be based on teachers’ assessments instead.

At least 16 people were killed in an attack by al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman has said, as the Islamist group launched a similar assault on a Somali military base.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel is preparing for direct flights, over Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates as part of its normalisation deal with the UAE.

Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, has said he would be willing to hand over power after a referendum, in an apparent bid to pacify mass protests and strikes that pose the biggest challenge to his 26 years in office.

Japan’s economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday.

New Zealand's prime minister postpones the country's general election by a month to October 17 as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a growing coronavirus outbreak.

The US Department of State has issued a Level-4 travel advisory for Bangladesh, warning US citizens against travelling to the country amid restrictions due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee yesterday tweeted that his father is doing “much better and stable than the

An Australian man has been hailed a “hero” after repeatedly punching a shark until it released his wife’s leg. Police said the couple were surfing at a

Donald Trump’s younger brother Robert, 71, died on Saturday after being hospitalized for an undisclosed illness, the US president said in a statement

Israel’s army launched new air strikes yesterday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave in

The United States is not entitled to force the reinstatement of sanctions on Iran via the so-called “snapback” mechanism linked to an international nuclear deal, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said.

Thousands of Thai protesters chanting “down with dictatorship” and “the country belongs to the people” joined an anti-government demonstration in Bangkok yesterday that was one of the biggest since a 2014 coup.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls to step down in a defiant speech to supporters yesterday as tens of thousands of

Belarusians chanting “Step down!” have filled the centre of the capital Minsk in the biggest protest so far against longtime president Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election a week ago after Russia said it would offer him military help if necessary.

A British minister and members of the UK parliament have paid their homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of National Mourning Day and the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh on August 15, at an event organised by the Bangladesh High Commission in London.

Russia has told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko it was ready to offer military assistance if necessary as demonstrators held one of the biggest protests yet against Lukashenko’s contested re-election.

President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement.

Taiwan finalised the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin on Friday, a source confirmed to AFP, in a $62

A 56-year-old fisherman has died in Australia after being hit by a fish which jumped into his boat, police said yesterday. “The man had been fishing