The enormous number of new cases comes as major hospitals warn of oxygen running out - and many more in search of beds.

Indonesia’s navy and neighbouring countries’ rescue ships are searching for a submarine that went missing during a training exercise with 53 people on board.

Four children and two young adults from Portugal have brought a case against dozens of European governments over their climate crisis responses.

Three groups of sanctions have been presented: those the US is prepared to lift, those it is not, and those that require further study.

Julie Fisher, who has yet to present her credentials in Minsk, said the meeting sent "a clear signal that the U.S. stands with the Belarusian people".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law allowing to call up reservists for military service without announcing a mobilization, as tensions with Russia on the border continue.

Newly-appointed foreign minister Jakub Kulhanek said Russia has until Thursday afternoon to restore Czech diplomats at the embassy in Moscow.

Violence has again marred the already turbulent pre-electoral atmosphere in Albania after a shooting outside the capital left one person dead and four injured on Wednesday.

Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murdering George Floyd, a killing that sparked protests worldwide over racial injustice.

The Home Office has published guidance on how to implement new immigration rules that could see non-UK nationals sleeping rough lose permission to remain in the country

More than 1,400 people were reportedly arrested during the demonstrations that swept Russia on Wednesday night in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Around 995 people sought shelter in EU countries between August and December 2020, compared with 545 over the same period in 2019.

France's government said it would only lift its semi-lockdown restrictions if the number of daily coronavirus cases fell to around 20,000 within a month.

Deliberations are underway over the possible withdrawal of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Kabul by July 4, the German defence ministry said.

Denmark has said it is safe for Syrian families to return to their home country, but immigration and children's rights advocates do not agree

German legislators have given the green light to an overhaul of coronavirus restrictions as police clashed with demonstrators near the Reichstag.

It's far more complex than the UK just leading the way.

The military is trying to re-establish contact with the German-made submarine and its crew, which went missing during a torpedo drill on Wednesday.

Amnesty International recorded 483 executions across 18 countries during 2020 - a drop of 26% compared to the previous year.

Italy's Five Star Movement founder Bebbe Grillo has been criticised for defending his son from sexual assault allegations in a passionate video.

The Danish Foreign Ministry said they were still deciding what to do with the remaining 145,000 unwanted doses of AstraZeneca.

Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two people with a knife on Tuesday.

Experts mandated by the UN said on Tuesday that they "are alarmed" that they have yet to receive "concrete information from the authorities" on Latifa's situation.

President Joe Biden said the verdict "can be a giant step forward" in the fight against systemic racism in America but stressed that "it's not enough".

US President Joe Biden says he believes that the evidence in Derek Chauvin's trial is "overwhelming" and he is praying for the "right" outcome.

The Czech Republic and Russia are embroiled in a row over allegations of Russian involvement in a 2014 explosion.

United Nations human rights experts have expressed alarm at the deteriorating health of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who doctors have warned he "could die at any moment".

Experts have poured cold water on claims from anti-vaxxers that COVID-19 vaccines can adversely affect menstrual cycles.

The US leader stressed his personal connection to Kosovo in a letter to the country's new president.

Several opposition parties have agreed to enter parliament, which they had been boycotting since elections last year.

Idriss Deby was killed on Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the country's top military commander said.

Reporters without Borders warns governments are using the coronavirus pandemic as a means to crack down on freedom of the press.

Energy-related demand for coal and natural gas is expected to surge this year as economies worldwide sputter back to life.

Loujain al-Hathloul received the Council of Europe's Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The activist had pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia.

Jimmy Carter said in a statement on Monday night that he considered Mondale "the best vice president in our country's history."

Laschet, the 60-year-old premier for North Rhine-Westphalia was picked over Markus Soder, the popular leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union.

Attorneys and witnesses have used the words "reasonable" or "unreasonable" often at the trial.

Prague has excluded `Russian energy giant Rosatom from a multibillion-euro tender amid a diplomatic row with Moscow.

Police have not disclosed any motive for the attack and are investigating.

Former French President Francois Mitterrand and his administration had knowledge of preparations for the massacres — yet kept supporting the government, the report says.

An explosive memo that advocates redrawing the borders of independent countries formed after Yugoslavia’s breakup and reducing Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to a third of its current size has sparked fears of renewed conflict in the region.

Players of 12 clubs warned that they may not be able to represent their countries in international fixtures.

Austria's new health minister caused a stir by arriving for his swearing-in ceremony by public transport and wearing trainers.

Jose Mourinho sacked as Tottenham manager days before cup final

The Ingenuity helicopter, which landed on the Red Planet along with the Perseverance Rover on 18 February, is expected to fly for just 40 seconds for this first test flight.

Four wagons of a passenger train bound for Cairo ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province this afternoon, killing at least 11 people and injuring scores of others.

Spanish police have released images of a raid on an illegal workshop in Tenerife that was making guns from 3D printers. They also found white supremacist literature and manuals on making explosives.

Czech detectives have linked the UK Salisbury poisoning suspects with a deadly blast at an arms depot in the Czech Republic in 2014.

In December 2020 Serbia's Constitutional Court ruled that border control officers had violated the rights of 17 Afghan refugees they abandoned in a forest in freezing cold temperatures near the Bulgarian border.

The pope has expressed alarm at Russia's military deployment near the Ukrainian border and urged both countries to work towards building 'reciprocal trust'.