Japanese authorities legally can only urge people to stay at home and businesses to close

The Air Force said it had evacuated 12 patients from hospitals in the state capital Manaus

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accuses Putin of ordering his poisoning with the deadly nerve agent Novichok

Expo 2020 Dubai expected to attract 11 million foreign visitors, more than the population of United Arab Emirates

Dozens of mountaineers have been competing over the past few weeks to summit world's second highest mountain

Ten days after rioters breached the US Capitol in a deadly attack that stunned the world

The event raised HK$5.2 million ($670,639) in donations

More than 820 people were injured and over 27,800 left their homes after the 6.2 magnitude quake

From pushing policy changes on housing, student loans, climate change and immigration

The president says emotional set-up of a woman and a man is totally different

China is also working to provide this vaccine to Pakistan in a couple of weeks

As Western drugmakers struggle to meet demand at home, Beijing has sent millions of doses round the world

Green groups alarmed after more than 1.5 billion masks made their way into the world's oceans last year

From the first cases in central China to vaccinations being rolled out a year later

Christian Democrats elected Armin Laschet as chairman on Saturday aiming to unify their divided party

Early decline in suicides was affected by such factors as state subsidies, reduced working hours and school closure

Many countries double down on virus restrictions, with vaccination drives still in their infancy

Scammers tricked Nidhi Razdan into quitting her job at NDTV in 2020

The three powers say that Iran’s production of uranium metal has potentially serious military implications

Manish Kumar receives his shot at Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, one of 3,006 vaccination centres

General Assembly president appoints two co-chairs for inter-governmental negotiations from 25th

US was aware of reports of India’s planned purchase of the S-400s, but noted there had been no deliveries yet

Shoji Morimoto has amassed over 270,000 Twitter followers, even inspired a television drama