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Canada and Australia impose Covid rules on travellers from China

Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travellers from China to take a Covid-19 test prior to boarding their flight,...

Xi Jinping says China on ‘right side of history’

China “stands on the right side of history”, the country’s leader Xi Jinping said in a New Year’s address despite questions over his government’s...

Former pope Benedict in stable condition, says Vatican

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose health has been deteriorating, is in a stable condition and was able to participate in Mass in his room,...

Myanmar court again finds ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison...

Five dead as freight lorry and bus crash near South Korean capital

A freight lorry crashed with a bus on a road near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that killed at...

US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising threat from China

The US has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. The state department on Wednesday...

West Bank settlements ‘top priority’ for Netanyahu government

Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line government has put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities a day before it is...

UN human rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. Taliban...

Co-leader of Michigan governor kidnapping plot jailed for 16 years

The co-leader of a plot to kidnap US governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the...

China sends 71 warplanes and seven ships towards Taiwan in 24 hours

China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships towards Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defence ministry said...

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