The Department for Transport said in a statement that the change — effective from 05:00 CEST on Sunday, August 8 — is because "the proportion of Beta variant cases has fallen".

Images posted online by the mayor of Milas, Muhammet Tokat, showed the fire at the gates of the plant.

A Belgian official described the operation as the biggest ever conducted in the country which has become a hub for cigarette trafficking to neighbouring countries.

Two weeks after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the activities of parliament, Tunisia is still facing its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy.

Tsimanouskaya claimed her team tried to force her to return home to Belarus, where she fears reprisal from the government after posting criticism on social media.

The head of the UN agency stressed that "hundreds of millions" worldwide are still waiting for their first dose.

A year has passed since a massive port explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, leaving more than 200 civilians killed, over 6,500 injured and hundreds of thousands internally displaced. Not a single official report was issued to tell the people the tr...

But campaigners say the announcement amounts to "an admission of failure" from the British government.

Ukraine is considering giving hero status to controversial figures, including Nazi cooperators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, who fought for independence in the 1930s and 1940s.

The raid is symptomatic of a wider crackdown on dissent in Belarus since the disputed reelection of Lukashenko last August had sparked huge protests.

Barbie created a new "vaccinologist doll" in honour of Sarah Gilbert, the scientist behind the Oxford coronavirus vaccine.

From cycling to skateboarding, here is a roundup of what's happening today at the Olympics.

Some countries in Europe are seeing their number of COVID-19 cases fall, while others fear a fourth wave of infections is underway.

An incident identified as a "potential hijack" of a ship in the Gulf of Oman has ended and the vessel is safe, the British navy said.

A year after a massive explosion at the Beirut port killed 200, the victims’ grieving families are still waiting for answers, accountability and justice.

The ECHR considers that an expulsion under the current conditions could constitute a violation by Vienna of the European Convention on Human Rights.

"We are in a catastrophic situation, we have exceeded 3,000 cases per week," Guadeloupe health chief Valérie Denux told reporters.

Gunshots were fired on Tuesday morning near the entrance of the Pentagon, resulting in multiple injuries.

Dramatic footage shows villagers in Cokertme racing to battle the wildfire threatening their homes.

About half of the deaths involved opiates.

Serbia's vaccine rollout was once one of the fastest in Europe. But vaccine scepticism has seen it slow significantly in recent months.

A nanoparticle diagnostic tool developed by MIT can detect cancer in urine. It could also be used in scans to detect the disease anywhere in the body.

A Taliban ground offensive and Afghan airstrikes killed and injured civilians in southern Afghanistan, the UN mission said.

Chinese authorities ordered mass testing in Wuhan following a small local outbreak in the city where the virus was first detected in 2019.

Some countries are starting to offer a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for the most vulnerable, in an attempt to combat the spread of the Delta variant.

Karsten Warholm of Norway obliterated his own world record in the Olympic 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 45.94 seconds.

German police say three people have suffered minor injuries in a suspected blowgun attack in the western city of Cologne.

President Joe Biden had set a goal of reaching the 70% threshold by the Fourth of July holiday.

So far, the country’s standing committee on vaccination has been reluctant to give the go-ahead for all youngsters and only explicitly recommended the vaccination for the age group between 12 and 16 if they suffer from certain chronic illnesses.

They are Turkey's worst wildfires in at least a decade and have seen eight people killed and thousands evacuated.

There are concerns that the decision will further affect the city's economy after it was bruised by a drop in tourism due to the pandemic.

In a speech, Schmid pledged that he will work to help Bosnia reach stability and economic prosperity nearly three decades after the war that killed over 100,000 people and left millions homeless.

An ancient Roman vessel has been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea off the Sicilian coast of Palermo, lying at a depth of 92 metres. Images from the dive site, taken by a submarine robot, indicate that the ship was carrying a copious cargo of wine.

A number of ride-hailing and food delivery apps are offering discounts to customers, including free rides to vaccination centres and reduced prices on food deliveries.

Forced sterilisation of Roma women happened in the Czech Republic and its predecessor, Czechoslovakia, over four decades. Now, finally, victims can ask for compensation.

The centenarian -- whose name was withheld in line with German privacy laws -- is considered fit enough to stand trial, despite his age.

53,637 people occupy the approximately 47,000 prison cells in Italy, according to the annual report of prisoners’ rights association Antigone.

Hackers attacked the IT systems behind COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region.

"The silence of our political leaders in Europe to his death stood in contrast to the vocal statements that surrounded the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, last year."

London said the tanker attack that killed two people off the coast of Oman was "deliberate, targeted and a clear violation of international law by Iran.”

Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has been granted a visa to travel to Poland, the country's deputy foreign minister has said.

About 600 people were detained during the demonstrations, which saw thousands defy rules against mass gatherings over the weekend.

Government plans to make access to public spaces conditional on health checks have provoked more protest demonstrations in France, Switzerland and Italy.

The Polish president attended the annual remembrance ceremony in the capital.

A few hundred Albanians joined the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria and most were killed. Since then, their families have been stuck in camps.

All the news and results from the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo.

“Everyone knows I won!”, Mourad Aliev screamed to the empty arena.

Laschet has told a Polish newspaper that Germany "must always be aware of its historical responsibility for Poland's freedom and independence.”

Carrie Johnson made the announcement on Instagram.

France will require the vaccine pass from August 9 in most places. Critics say that the measures are 'absurd' and an attack on liberty.