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At least 36 dead in Taiwan train crash

At least 36 people have died after a passenger train smashed into a vehicle on its tracks and partially derailed outside a tunnel in...

China aims to vaccinate entire city in five days after Covid outbreak

A Chinese border city hit by a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 has started a five-day drive to vaccinate its entire population of 300,000 people. State...

UN condemns violence against Myanmar protesters and deaths

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and the deaths of hundreds of civilians. But the...

Rohingya camp fire in Bangladesh kills three

A fire has destroyed more than 20 shops in a makeshift market near a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, killing at least three...

Myanmar remains mired in violence two months after coup

Protesters in Myanmar on Thursday marked two months since the military seized power by once more defying the threat of lethal violence and publicly...

Pope opens final Holy Week services but will skip Last Supper rite

Pope Francis has opened the solemn final days of Holy Week with a morning Mass in St Peter’s Basilica but planned to skip the...

Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok over ‘immoral and indecent content’

Pakistan’s media regulatory agency has reinstated access to the Chinese video service TikTok, after a court banned it weeks ago and urged authorities to...

Japanese government calls for further probe into Covid-19 origins

The Japanese government is calling for further investigation into the origins of Covid-19, claiming that the World Health Organisation (WHO) report released this week...

Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro replaces defence minister

The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned on Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defence minister. The switch...

German state suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use for under-60s

The German state of Berlin is again suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for people under 60 due to reports of blood clots. Berlin’s...

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