The announcement said the State Administrative Council acted to enhance security and restore law and order.

Four women won the top four prizes on Sunday, including Taylor Swift, who became the first female performer to win album of the year three times.

At least four people were shot dead during protests in Myanmar on Sunday, as security forces continued their violent crackdown against dissent following last month's military coup.

Police tweeted calls for protesters to return home repeatedly, stating that there were too many demonstrators even as more arrived at the protest.

British-Iranian charity worker, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who served five years in jail for allegedly working against Tehran's government, is now accused of participating in a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in London 12 years ago.

Jeanine Anez, the conservative interim president who led Bolivia for a year, was arrested on Saturday and released after questioning.

Mitrovica's Main Bridge is both a symbol of the town’s division and its most popular tourist attraction.

Sunday's elections were viewed as a key test to determine what voters think of the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine what they think of Merkel's successor.

Taylor died after being shot by police officers who breached her front door in the early morning hours of March 13, 2020, as part of a drug raid. No officers were charged in connection with her death.

"We will never give up to an unjust military but we will carve our future together with our united power," Mahn Win Khaing Than, who was named the acting vice president by Myanmar's ousted lawmakers, said on Saturday.

The Home Secretary has demanded a "full report" of what happened after footage posted online showed police pushing and detaining people.

Spacewalking astronauts worked to avoid getting toxic ammonia on their suits from the International Space Station's external cooling system on Saturday.

Italy plans to vaccinate around 80% of the population against COVID-19 by the end of September, the new government said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

There were more than 1.3 million passengers screened at US airport security checkpoints, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) which manages US airport screenings.

The country's health minister stepped down after the incident, while Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh ordered an investigation into the deaths at the hospital in Salt, 20 kilometres north of the capital Amman.

Bitcoin crossed the $60,000 mark for the first time in its history on Saturday.

The detained included leading opposition figures, like Yulia Galyamina.

Actor Corinne Masiero presented the Best Costume Award dressed as a donkey covered in fake blood with "Give us back the art Jean," written on her back as she stripped naked, making a reference to Prime Minister Jean Castex after theatres and cinemas ...

Three deaths were reported in Mandalay, the country's second-biggest city, and one in Pyay, a town in south-central Myanmar.

A military plane has crashed, killing four people and injuring two others in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

Ireland and the Netherlands follow Denmark and Norway in suspending the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine over blood clotting concerns.

"We are deeply concerned," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.

Italy will tighten its restrictions and the French government is concerned about ICU COVID-19 patients reaching 95% in Paris.

Serbia has been highlighted as a success story for its vaccination programme, but rising coronavirus cases have health experts worried.

Everard's disappearance sparked a public debate about women's safety.

Despite being shown to prevent against severe disease, AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine has attracted negative publicity. Here's a closer look.

2021 is set to be a pivotal year in the independence movements in Scotland and Catalonia. But are there lessons each movement can learn from the other to avoid the pitfalls that threaten to derail their cause?

The civil lawsuit settlement comes as jurors are being selected for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who held Floyd down with a knee to the neck for nearly nine minutes.

A viral photo on Twitter of an empty hospital corridor in Geneva is "misinformation", Swiss authorities have said.

A third conservative politician from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's bloc has resigned over corruption allegations.

The popular streaming service has been asking some users of the popular streaming site to verify their account via email or text, or to “verify later."

Italy will move several regions to "red zones" with shops and restaurants closed amid rising coronavirus cases.

"COVID has exacerbated all of the inequalities" - Mary Robinson, chair of the Elders, discusses the pressing issues affecting Europe today.

The mayor of Vlora in Albania sees his region as the "future queen of the Mediterranean" and he's happy for infrastructural development to increase tourism. But plans to build an airport in an environmentally protected area are leaving bird experts h...

Rates of twin births have more than doubled in Europe over the past 30 years and soared by 71 per cent in North America, according to research by the University of Oxford.

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

The latest abduction took place late Thursday night at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in the Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, police said.

Hungary became the first EU country to order the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Now it's published its contract with Russia for the jabs.

The body of Sarah Everard, who went missing in London on March 3, has been found, police confirm.

He resigned to avoid Slovakia's ruling coalition crumbling apart.

Delphine Guyon-Gellin is the manager of the 'universal vaccine' project at Osivax based in Lyon. She says, "We are targeting a part inside the virus, which is not accessible for the antibodies, so we train the immune system to develop another type of...

On Sunday two German states with a combined population of over 15 million people will elect new regional governments. It's the start of the so-called 'super election year' culminating with federal elections in September.

Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested during the February 1 coup. This is the fifth offence she has been charged with since then.

Figures from the UK’s Office for National Statistics show exports to the EU fell £5.6 billion and imports fell £6.6 billion in the first month after the end of the Brexit transition period.

A number of European countries have already suspended the vaccine pending an investigation into reports of blood clots in some people.

Tashnuva Anan Shishir made her debut on International Women's Day

Japan has confirmed 345 cases of the more contagious new variants.

'The hardest part, for me especially, is finding a reason to wake up in the morning.'