Jihadist insurgents still control large areas of the Sahel desert region after violence erupted in northern Mali in 2012.

A selection of archive photographs shows the suffering of Jewish victims at the hands of their Nazi persecutors during the Holocaust in WWII.

One protester was killed and 80 police injured after farmers stormed a symbolic fort in New Delhi on India's Republic Day in a mass protest on Tuesday against PM Narendra Modi.

The ravine near Kyiv was the site of one of the worst Nazi massacres of Jews and ethnic Poles during the Second World War

Blinken said he would set about reversing the Trump-era "America First" policy, reaching out to longstanding allies who the former president allienated.

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb posted a video message on Twitter, asking rioters: “Does it feel good to wake up with a bag full of stolen stuff next to you?”

Teachers complain of working conditions, low pay, and a bungled pandemic response.

“I think, if we knew this was going to happen, I honestly think things might have been different, people would have voted differently,"

Unlike his immediate predecessors, Biden has not held out hope for a “reset” in relations with Russia.

A third of all confirmed cases around the world are in Europe.

Election authorities have ruled that Albin Kurti is an ineligible candidate because he has been sentenced for a crime in the last three years.

President Salome Zurabishvili described the ruling as “historic."

The virtual meeting aimed to produce an agenda for dealing with effects such as rising sea levels, extreme weather and crop failure.

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It comes after a complaint by the Norwegian Consumer Council, which had alleged that users' personal data was being shared unlawfully for marketing purposes.

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Weeks after offering his resignation over his controversial holiday to the Canary Islands, Dan Eliasson has been appointed Director-General of the Government Offices in Sweden.

Having fully disengaged from the European Union, Britain's prime minister plans to use the G7 summit of advanced economies to promote a different kind of global collaboration

The Russian president said that the only interesting moment of Navalny's investigation was the part about wineries that were reportedly also part of the estate.

A giant mass of rubbish that clogged a dam has finally been cleaned up in Bulgaria. Nearly 600 tonnes of garbage and debris were removed from the Iskar river near the capital Sofia.

Arguments in the Senate trial will begin the week of Feb. 8, and the case against Trump, the first former president to face an impeachment trial.

The company said Birdwatch will not replace other labels and fact checks Twitter currently uses — primarily for election and COVID-19-related misinformation and misleading posts.

At least 70 people have been arrested amid reports of looting in Rotterdam, as demonstrators take to the streets against a national coronavirus curfew.

American voting machines manufacturer Dominion has sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over alleged false claims made during the 2020 United States Presidential election.

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President Mattarella is to begin "consultations" with the various political parties, starting with the smallest first, to see whether a new coalition can be formed.

A month before the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Giulio Regeni, an Italian academic who was tortured and killed in Egypt, Italy delivered a frigate to Egypt.

"Be careful, when I notify the authorities, it will be like I've pushed a button," a woman at the Institut Pasteur had told him as officials learned of the first COVID-19 case in France.

Since January, Montenegro has allowed unrestricted international arrivals - one of only a handful of countries worldwide to do so. But since January 25, that excludes arrivals from Great Britain.

"Many countries have failed to recognise the need to get an entire systems approach to this," said Professor Martin McKee. "It's not just a matter of buying the vaccine, getting it into the country."

Some of the animals had been hidden in socks and empty ice-cream boxes. Sadly, two chameleons did not survive.

Other regions will be holding off at least until the end of January.

US biotech firm says its vaccine protects against all emerging strains but is developing the booster for the South Africa one "out of an abundance of caution"

Two Swedish documentary makers are accused of illegally exploring the wreck of the MS Estonia, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people.

Plans include improving helplines, school programmes, workplace engagement, phoning those in at-risk groups, as well as training sessions to help people provide information and provide advice about COVID-19 and the vaccines.

The victim, identified only as Yuriy, was beaten up and left in a coma at the attack in Paris' 15th arrondissement on January 15.

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who says his symptoms are mild, joins a host of world leaders to have contracted COVID-19.

One student poll in France found 72% had suffered recent psychological distress and more than a third had had depressive symptoms.

On the fifth anniversary of the 28-year-old student's disappearance, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said he is expecting "full cooperation" from Cairo.

Professor Jean-Francois Delfraissy has called for swift government action, amid rising concerns about the spread of new variants of the virus.

The 10 richest billionaires on the planet have collectively seen their wealth increase by €444 billion since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while millions have fallen into poverty.

A readout of the call between Biden and Macron from the White House said the new American president expressed "the desire to strengthen bilateral ties with our oldest ally."

Spain's top military chief has resigned after it was revealed he and other senior officers jumped the queue for a coronavirus vaccine.

Pilots in Switzerland are switching the cockpit for the cab as they redeploy as train drivers to keep working in the pandemic.

A 56-year-old woman tested positive for the virus after spending two weeks in quarantine after being in Europe.

Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.

The alleged drug lord known as Asia's 'El Chapo' is suspected to run the Sam Gor international crime syndicate.

Boris Johnson spoke about a "potential free trade deal" in his first phone call with the newly inaugurated US president who plans on prioritising domestic investment.

Exactly a year ago, Wuhan shocked the world by confining its 11 million inhabitants to their homes, beginning a 76-day lockdown.