The Milan-born medic's humanitarian agency has treated more than 11 million people in 19 war-torn countries since it was founded in 1994.

The Russian foreign ministry said the move came in retaliation to Britain's "persecution of Russian journalists".

A country-by-country look at how Europe has reacted to the crisis in Afghanistan.

The proportion of white people went from just over 63% in 2010 to just under 58%, the lowest on record.

Dozens of fake accounts are using Snapchat to sell "fake health passes" for up to €300 each.

Officials started counting the results in Zambia after polling stations closed on Thursday as voters waited in long lines to cast their ballots.

Politicians and military figures have condemned the British and American governments for betraying the Afghan people by pulling troops out, as Taliban fighters make their biggest gains yet.

Russian authorities have expanded a state of emergency in northeast Siberia to bring in outside resources to combat wildfires.

A Danish court has convicted former MEP Morten Messerschmidt of fraud and forgery, after wrongly receiving nearly 100,000 Danish kroner during his term as MEP in 2015.

Poland's draft bill has been criticised by Brussels and Washington for threatening media freedom.

The western Austrian town of Imst is reportedly planning to remove a memorial to three soldiers who were members of the Waffen SS during World War II.

Many people are ignoring government pleas to avoid travel and stay away from bars and restaurants even as the coronavirus spikes at record levels.

Authorities believe the blast on Thursday evening in Voronezh is not terror-related.

The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital Kabul as the group continued to make military gains across the country on Saturday morning.

More than 580 fires have been observed since late July with over 100,000 hectares of forests and olive groves razed to the ground.

"It is vindication for Britney," her lawyer said.

According to the Viasna Human Rights Centre, there are currently 631 political prisoners in the country.

Several other countries, including France and Israel, have similar recommendations.

The series employed 1,200 people in New Zealand directly and another 700 indirectly, according to the figures.

“This is a truly shocking and tragic incident," said Shaun Sawyer, Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police

The EU has warned the Taliban faces international "isolation" if it takes power by force, as more Afghan cities fall to the rebels.

Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for three decades before being deposed in 2019, faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

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Iranian officials said the photo "extremely inappropriate" given its links to the 1943 Tehran agreement - when Iran was under Allied control.

A total of 124,000 illegal border crossings were recorded in 2020. So far this year Frontex has observed more than 82,000.

Satellite images showed damage from the leak may have been misreported, with the spill appearing to be 400 times larger than initially claimed.

Police detained 76 people in connection with attacks on homes and businesses owned by Syrians amid heightened tensions in Turkey against refugees.

About 45 people are eligible for evacuation with the spouses and children

The floods battered the Black Sea coastal provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu, Sinop, and Samsun on Wednesday, demolishing a number of homes and buildings.

"Media pluralism and diversity of opinions are what strong democracies welcome, not fight against," said Vera Jourova, the EC's vice-president for values and transparency.

These children are learning how to adapt after fleeing countries such as Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan without parents or family.

The country has been able to successfully stamp out the pandemic by shutting its borders early and only allowing in residents and citizens.

Indigenous people in Brazil have filed a complaint against far-right president Jair Bolsonaro at the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Tribes say his negligence led to at least 1,160 deaths.

The country is battling a surge of infections blamed on the Delta variant.

Australia has used strict measures to control COVID-19 cases in the country.

The Taliban have raised their flags over the city of Ghazni, just 130 kilometres southwest of Kabul. It is the tenth provincial capital taken by the insurgents over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan.

Hundreds of firefighters from several countries are helping Greek colleagues contain the wildfires, whose spread officials say has been largely halted.

Two weeks ago, Tunisia's President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the activities of the parliament

Police fear that more than 8,500 people could have been affected by the scandal.

France's Arc de Triomphe will be wrapped up in recyclable fabric and red rope in tribute to Bulgarian artist Christo.

US lawyers appealed a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his mental health.

EU states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, who all share a land border with Belarus, have seen a sharp rise in the number of migrants making illegal border crossings from Belarus.

Portugal’s prime minister warned the hot weather increases the threat of wildfires, which in 2017 killed more than 100 people in his country.

The IPCC report on climate change dominated the news earlier this week. Here are five main takeaways from that paper.

The vote on Sunday, September 26 will determine who will take over from Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after 16 years in office.

Poland's ruling right-wing Law and Justice party lost its majority in parliament on Wednesday after a small party left the governing coalition.

The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes to escape the fighting.

Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court in a case linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian government over the arrest of a Huawei executive.

Travellers have been warned to expect disruption after the GDL union which represents railway workers announced a two-day nationwide strike.

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered a three-day mourning period as wildfires ravaged the mountainous Kabyle region, killing at least 65 people.