A US judge on Thursday ordered former US military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning released from jail, a day after a support group

Greece yesterday swore in the first woman president in its history as the country grapples with over 100 coronavirus cases. Katerina

Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday said that he had sent an “ambitious” first draft of what could be a new post-Brexit trade deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Thursday for the “immediate” formation of a national unity government to tackle the

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters marched on parliament in Bangkok yesterday, wearing black T-shirts to mourn the state of

Indian authorities yesterday released an influential Kashmir lawmaker who had been held for seven months after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and detained thousands of politicians and activists.

A Chinese government campaign to cast doubt on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling a row with the US, with a Beijing official promoting conspiracy theories and Washington calling it the “Wuhan virus”.

Turkish and Russian officials yesterday agreed to start joint patrols in Syria’s Idlib at the weekend, Turkey’s defence minister said, following a fragile ceasefire in the last rebel stronghold.

Thousands of people have died, the US response has infuriated European allies, and China has gone on a propaganda offensive. The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics.

Nepal yesterday suspended permits to climb Everest over the coronavirus pandemic, closing off the world’s biggest mountain a day after

Hundreds of parents beseiged Sri Lankan schools Thursday following rumours that the coronavirus pandemic was spreading among

Europe has now become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 5,000 lives across the world, “a tragic milestone”, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

A senior Australian politician tests positive for the new coronavirus and enters hospital quarantine, days after returning from Washington where he met Ivanka Trump and US Attorney General William Barr.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for coronavirus, according to a post on his Facebook page.

A retired surgeon suspected of raping or sexually abusing as many as 349 children over nearly three decades goes on trial behind closed doors in France in what could be the country’s biggest-ever pedophilia scandal.

With the world’s governments scrambling to contain the coronavirus and the whole of Italy on lockdown as citizens quarantine themselves, the world of sports has taken a hard hit as large crowds and gatherings are being discouraged out of fear of the spread of the virus.

Iran announces another 85 deaths, pushing its total number of fatalities from the coronavirus outbreak to 514 amid 11,364 confirmed cases.

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters march on parliament in Bangkok wearing black T-shirts to mourn the state of Thailand under an army-aligned government, in the first street protest for several years.

Greece’s first female president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, is sworn in for a five-year term at a ceremony scaled down due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Japan says it is determined to hold a “safe and secure” Tokyo Olympics on schedule, after US President Donald Trump suggested a one year delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.