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El Salvador women jailed for 30 years under anti-abortion laws are released

Three El Salvador women who were jailed for 30 years under the nation’s strict anti-abortion laws after suffering obstetric emergencies have been released, according...

Taliban dissolves ‘unnecessary’ election commissions

The Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan’s two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs. Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan’s...

Eruption of Spanish island volcano declared over after starting in September

Authorities on one of Spain’s Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished on Saturday following 10 days of no...

Muted Christmas in Philippines in wake of deadly typhoon

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, have been marking Christmas without homes, adequate food and water, electricity...

China increases efforts to control Covid outbreaks ahead of Winter Olympics

China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi’an following...

Germany expecting surge of Omicron cases around New Year

Germany’s health minister said on Thursday that he expects a surge in coronavirus cases around New Year and that people will likely need a...

EU takes Poland to court amid fears for bloc’s legal order

The European Union has launched legal action against Poland over recent decisions by one of the country’s top courts that have raised troubling questions...

Dutch prosecutors demand life sentences for men accused of MH17 downing

Dutch prosecutors have demanded life sentences for four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. Prosecutors said the...

China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi’an

China has ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighbourhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi’an, the capital...

‘Another storm coming’ as Omicron surges in Europe

The World Health Organisation’s leading official in Europe has urged governments to prepare for a “significant surge” in coronavirus cases across the continent due...

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