- Lebanon's govt on brink as ministers quit, public anger mounts in blasts fall out
- Mauritius braced for ‘worst case scenario’ over oil tanker leak, says PM
- Hong Kong media mogul and activist Jimmy Lai arrested for 'collusion with foreign powers'
- US health secretary meets Taiwan's president on breakthrough trip
- Belarus strongman Lukashenko wins re-election by landslide, election commission says
- Macron condemns 'cowardly' attack in Niger, vows to fight 'terrorist groups in the Sahel'
- Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni handed three-year jail term
- Yemen: Heavy rains threaten Sanaa’s ancient homes
- Lebanese PM announces government’s resignation over Beirut blast
- Australia's internal borders to stay shut as Covid-19 daily toll reaches record
- France's anti-terror prosecutor to investigate aid worker killings in Niger
- Manhunt starts after 8 people killed in Niger giraffe reserve
- Fresh protests over presidential election leave one dead in Belarus
- ‘I can’t sleep, I can’t even cry’: NGO worker on rebuilding Beirut after blast
- Face masks now compulsory in Paris tourist hotspots amid second-wave fears
- Afghanistan peace talks near as Taliban says ready ‘within a week’ of prisoner release
- Beirut blast destroyed landmark 19th-century palace after painstaking restoration
- UK could stop official Covid death count over claims of 'exaggeration'