International news Archive

US highway collapses in Ida's wake; power, water woes worsen

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:23

Canada to take in 5,000 Afghan refugees evacuated by US

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:35

Hong Kong's strict quarantine rules threaten to erode allure of financial hub

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:03

Australia in vaccine swap pact with Singapore as COVID-19 cases surge

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:48

New Zealand COVID-19 cases drop for second day amid lockdowns

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 12:01

Taliban celebrate 'complete independence' as last US troops leave Afghanistan

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 09:04

Paris slashes speed limit to 30kph to boost safety, air quality

Monday, 30 August 2021 19:51

Australian state warns COVID-19 hospitalisations to peak in October

Monday, 30 August 2021 15:35

Duterte's top aide declines Philippine presidential nomination

Monday, 30 August 2021 15:34

New Zealand's Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death

Monday, 30 August 2021 10:52

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

Monday, 30 August 2021 09:43

Rockets fired at Kabul airport as US troops race to complete evacuation

Monday, 30 August 2021 08:50

Biden travels to air base to honour US troops killed in Afghanistan

Sunday, 29 August 2021 20:44

US drone strike in Kabul hits suspected bomber

Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:41

Japan eyes mixed use of COVID-19 shots to speed vaccine rollout

Sunday, 29 August 2021 12:55

New Zealand reports 83 local COVID-19 cases as Delta outbreak grows

Sunday, 29 August 2021 10:46

India's new COVID-19 cases rise by 45,083

Sunday, 29 August 2021 10:28

US in final phase of evacuations from Kabul

Sunday, 29 August 2021 08:47

Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Saturday, 28 August 2021 11:01

U.S. launches drone strike on I.S. after Afghan airport blast

Saturday, 28 August 2021 10:40

India asks two states to consider night curfew as COVID-19 cases rise

Friday, 27 August 2021 13:19

New Zealand keeps curbs until next week to beat Delta

Friday, 27 August 2021 13:18

US braces for more ISIS attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage

Friday, 27 August 2021 10:26

Explosions outside Kabul airport amid evacuations

Thursday, 26 August 2021 17:56

Qatar offering COVID vaccines to Afghanistan evacuees yet to transit

Thursday, 26 August 2021 15:22

Lebanese army deployed to area in north after deadly violence

Thursday, 26 August 2021 15:20

Japan suspends 1.6 million doses of Moderna shot after contamination reports

Thursday, 26 August 2021 15:13

New Zealand's Ardern says lockdown working to limit Delta spread

Thursday, 26 August 2021 10:44

Afghans told to avoid Kabul airport as IS threat emerges

Thursday, 26 August 2021 09:07

Afghan all-girl robotics team members land in Mexico

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 12:07

Sydney hospitals battle coronavirus as daily infections hit record

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 11:53

Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis as airlift deadline looms

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 10:09

UN rights boss points to credible reports of Taliban executions

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:48

Biden to stick with August 31 Afghan pullout deadline

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:39

Philippines' Duterte agrees to run as vice president in 2022

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 11:13

Rescue teams, search dogs seek dozens missing in Tennessee flooding

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 11:12

New Zealand has highest jump in COVID-19 cases since April 2020

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 11:10

G7 to meet on Afghan deadline, evacuation put on 'war footing'

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 10:20

Oman to allow entry to COVID vaccine certificate holders

Monday, 23 August 2021 18:46

US FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID vaccine

Monday, 23 August 2021 17:58

Philippines reports record virus cases as Delta variant spreads

Monday, 23 August 2021 15:25

Firefight involving Western forces at Kabul airport, Afghan guard killed

Monday, 23 August 2021 12:41

Taliban won't extend August deadline for Western forces to leave

Monday, 23 August 2021 12:30

China reports no new local COVID-19 cases for first time since July

Monday, 23 August 2021 10:35

North Korea develops its own PCR equipment for COVID-19 tests

Monday, 23 August 2021 09:54

New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown extended as outbreak tops 100 cases

Monday, 23 August 2021 09:04

Biden says US unwavering in Afghanistan evacuations

Monday, 23 August 2021 08:59

Vaccinated Filipino workers can enter Hong Kong from August 30

Sunday, 22 August 2021 16:07

Hurricane Henri barrels toward US Northeast coast

Sunday, 22 August 2021 15:18

7 killed amid evacuation chaos outside Kabul airport

Sunday, 22 August 2021 11:47

US, Germany advise against travel to Kabul airport amid evacuation chaos

Sunday, 22 August 2021 10:26

Australian PM Morrison defends lockdown strategy as daily cases hit record

Sunday, 22 August 2021 09:54

Taliban imposes some order around Kabul airport

Sunday, 22 August 2021 09:28

India gives approval for world's first COVID DNA vaccine

Saturday, 21 August 2021 15:55

Taliban leader in Kabul to discuss future government

Saturday, 21 August 2021 15:15

Police clash with protesters as Australia reports record COVID cases

Saturday, 21 August 2021 11:27

Shanghai places hundreds in quarantine after airport COVID-19 cases

Saturday, 21 August 2021 10:26

New Zealand's Ardern extends lockdown as virus outbreak widens

Friday, 20 August 2021 16:46

Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles worst wave of infections

Friday, 20 August 2021 11:03

Taliban urge Afghan unity as protests spread to Kabul

Friday, 20 August 2021 10:24

Oman to ease COVID-19 curfew from Saturday

Thursday, 19 August 2021 17:12

Several killed in flag-waving protests against Taliban in Afghanistan

Thursday, 19 August 2021 15:35

Indian states preparing for next COVID wave focus on children

Thursday, 19 August 2021 14:43

'Painful days ahead' as Haitians struggle to count lives lost in quake

Thursday, 19 August 2021 14:33

New Zealand identifies Delta outbreak origin as cases jump

Thursday, 19 August 2021 09:57

Taliban keep some evacuees from reaching Kabul airport

Thursday, 19 August 2021 09:40

US troops fired crowd-control shots at Kabul airport

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 20:13

US to start offering COVID vaccine booster shots in September

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 19:14

Evacuations from Afghanistan gather momentum as Taliban promise peace

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 11:58

Helen Clark backs New Zealand's strategy to stamp out Delta variant

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 11:23

New Zealanders begin life in lockdown, Delta cases edge up

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 10:26

Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 09:07

Taliban say they want peace, will respect women's rights

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:19

UK approves Moderna vaccine for 12-17 age group

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 16:49

Over 600 Afghans cram into US cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 15:43

India COVID-19 vaccinations near record, new infections at five-month low

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 15:13

Hopes for quake survivors dwindle as storm lashes Haiti

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 13:16

Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency lockdown as cases surge

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 11:47

New Zealand's Ardern locks down nation over single COVID-19 case

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 11:25

Evacuation flights resume at Kabul airport as Biden defends US withdrawal

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 08:48

Malaysian PM Muhyiddin resigns as political crisis escalates

Monday, 16 August 2021 13:01

Haiti hospitals overwhelmed by quake victims as death toll hits 1,297

Monday, 16 August 2021 10:34

Airlines reroute flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace

Monday, 16 August 2021 09:21

Sydney records deadliest day of pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extended

Monday, 16 August 2021 09:14

Five killed at chaotic Afghan airport as Taliban proclaim peace

Monday, 16 August 2021 08:37

Taliban want full power after return to Afghanistan capital

Sunday, 15 August 2021 20:28

Taliban enter Afghan capital as US diplomats evacuate by chopper

Sunday, 15 August 2021 12:29

At least 22 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion

Sunday, 15 August 2021 12:14

At least 304 killed after massive quake strikes Haiti

Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:58

Torrential rain lashes Japan, three feared dead after landslide

Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:45

Afghan government seeks to hold capital as Taliban takes Jalalabad

Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:43

Russia record daily high in COVID deaths

Saturday, 14 August 2021 17:10

Rescue teams search for missing after floods in Turkey

Saturday, 14 August 2021 17:02

India's Rahul Gandhi says blocked by Twitter for political reasons

Friday, 13 August 2021 15:25

Russia tells BBC journalist to go home in row with Britain

Friday, 13 August 2021 15:24

Taliban capture Afghanistan's Kandahar as embassies get staff out

Friday, 13 August 2021 10:18

Taliban take strategic Afghan city of Ghazni on road to Kabul

Thursday, 12 August 2021 18:38

Italian wildfires rage on after 49 degree heat record

Thursday, 12 August 2021 13:11

Eight feared dead in helicopter crash in Russia

Thursday, 12 August 2021 13:07

Pakistan now has rapid PCR testing for flights to Dubai

Thursday, 12 August 2021 09:16

EU looking into new possible side-effects of mRNA COVID-19 shots

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 21:24

Trudeau condemns China's sentencing of Canadian citizen

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 13:54

Melbourne extends COVID lockdown; 'no jab, no job' in Sydney

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 10:56

Taliban fighters capture eighth provincial capital in six days

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 10:34

Kathy Hochul to become first woman to lead New York

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 09:05

Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 09:01

Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as UN fears erasure of human rights

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 15:27

Bangladesh starts COVID-19 vaccine drive for Rohingya refugees

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 13:49

China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 09:26

PM apologises as Greece counts costs of wildfire catastrophe

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 09:19

Indonesia extends COVID-19 curbs as infections spread

Monday, 9 August 2021 19:24

Taliban capture sixth Afghan provincial capital as US troops withdraw

Monday, 9 August 2021 19:20

Virus-free New Zealand plans border reopening amid labour shortage

Monday, 9 August 2021 15:22

Cuomo accuser to give televised interview

Monday, 9 August 2021 10:58

China reports more COVID-19 cases while some cities kick off new tests

Monday, 9 August 2021 08:49

Survey finds Pfizer booster jab side-effects similar to 2nd dose

Monday, 9 August 2021 08:40

Taliban capture government buildings in Afghan city of Kunduz

Sunday, 8 August 2021 14:17

Saudi Arabia opens Umrah to vaccinated people from abroad

Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:37

North Korea's Kim calls for relief campaign in rain-hit areas

Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:30

Australia's east coast continues to struggle with Delta outbreaks

Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:29

Wildfire rages north of Athens on fifth day

Saturday, 7 August 2021 16:02

India approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Saturday, 7 August 2021 13:06

Tokyo train attacker wanted to kill 'happy women'

Saturday, 7 August 2021 11:15

Early signs COVID vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says

Friday, 6 August 2021 16:47

Taliban kills top Afghan government media officer

Friday, 6 August 2021 15:43

J&J seeks emergency use nod for COVID-19 vaccine in India

Friday, 6 August 2021 14:19

Manila locks down as Philippines virus cases near four-month high

Friday, 6 August 2021 14:18

Italy makes COVID-19 health pass mandatory for teachers

Friday, 6 August 2021 10:49

Moderna vaccine 93% effective six months after second dose

Thursday, 5 August 2021 18:22

Chaos at Manila vaccine sites as thousands rush to get shots before lockdown

Thursday, 5 August 2021 13:28

England scraps France quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers

Thursday, 5 August 2021 13:28

Greece battles wildfires for third day, site of ancient Olympics saved

Thursday, 5 August 2021 11:43

Indian government tells states to impose local curbs ahead of festivals

Thursday, 5 August 2021 11:37

Japan to expand COVID-19 curbs as surges strain hospitals

Thursday, 5 August 2021 10:09

People evacuated by boat in Greece as wildfires rage

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 20:26

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster doses

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 20:13

Three dead, more than 40 injured in Czech train crash

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:40

Beirut marks one year since port blast with anger and mourning

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 11:34

Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Vienna after refusing to go home

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 08:57

Blast in Afghan capital as Taliban battle government forces

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 08:54

Exiled Belarus activist found dead in Ukraine, police open murder case

Tuesday, 3 August 2021 13:51

China's Wuhan to test all 12 million residents after Delta variant found

Tuesday, 3 August 2021 10:36

South Korea on alert for new Delta Plus COVID-19 variant

Tuesday, 3 August 2021 09:07

Sydney COVID lockdown could be eased if vaccination rate hits 50%

Tuesday, 3 August 2021 09:06

Japan will only hospitalise critical COVID-19 cases as infections surge

Tuesday, 3 August 2021 08:57

Wildfires blaze on in drought-hit Turkey

Monday, 2 August 2021 19:58

Afghan president blames worsening security situation on sudden US pullout

Monday, 2 August 2021 14:21

Philippines to extend night curfew in Manila amid COVID-19 surge

Monday, 2 August 2021 14:17

Belarus athlete 'safe and secure' in Tokyo as Poland, Czech offer visas

Monday, 2 August 2021 08:55

Cambodia to mix vaccines as booster shots to fight COVID

Sunday, 1 August 2021 13:19

Turkish wildfire leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes spread

Sunday, 1 August 2021 12:45

Taliban rockets hit Kandahar airport, clashes intensify in Afghanistan

Sunday, 1 August 2021 09:25

Thousands protest against COVID-19 health pass in France

Sunday, 1 August 2021 08:50