Chinese authorities have said the changes are aimed at getting rid of loopholes and deficiencies that threaten national security.

The former heads of government are imploring the United Nations to act to stop the military killing spree.

It is still an idea, but one that already has substantial backing. It could avoid some of the nationalistic decisions made this time around.

Terrified villagers were forced back into Myanmar from Thailand as the junta bombed the borderlands and three ethnic armed groups vowed to join the resistance.

Indonesian police said the couple, married six months, used pressure cooker bombs in an attack on a Roman Catholic Cathedral.

“I felt he was acting in a highly flirtatious and inappropriate manner, especially in front of my family and neighbours,” the woman said.

Palma is the centre of one of Africa’s biggest gas deposits, where Total plans to extract liquified natural gas from offshore sites in the Indian Ocean.

The state prosecutor is preparing femicide charges for four Tulum police officers after an autopsy concluded they broke her neck when kneeling on her back.

Investigators are likely to examine the performance of the two Egyptian canal pilots aboard the Ever Given who were supposed to advise the captain.

The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd has begun, with prosecutors showing the jury video of Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on the black man’s neck.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a US citizen, has pleaded not guilty to charges brought a year after her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges.

Speaking during a virtual White House briefing, Dr Rochelle Walensky grew emotional as she reflected on her experience treating COVID-19 patients.

Revelation throws into question how the US government can protect individuals, companies and institutions if it can’t protect itself.

The tugs blared their horns in jubilation as they guided the Ever Given through the water after days of futility that had captivated the world, drawing scrutiny and social media ridicule.

China is once again employing the strategy it has used to great effect to project its military power in the South China Sea.

A leaked draft version of the report, however, said that the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from animals to humans was the most likely scenario.

A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular Captain Underpants series is being pulled from library and bookshop shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism”.

A contracted helicopter carrying guides and guests from a lodge on a heli-skiing trip in Alaska’s backcountry crashed, killing the pilot and four others, including the Czech Republic’s richest man.

40 years ago, just 70 days into his first term, US President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by a gunman outside the Washington Hilton.

Kim Sang-jo raised the rent on his property two days before a government-imposed cap on increases took effect.

The cargo ship has been partially refloated after being stuck in the crucial waterway for six days and causing a massive traffic jam. The crew are very pleased.

The attacks in Palma started just hours after the French energy company Total announced that it would resume work on a huge natural gas project.

At least 500 people were being evacuated from a nearby village after a massive fire broke out at the Pertamina Balongan Refinery in Indonesia’s West Java province.

Video from Tulum shows a police officer kneeling on a woman’s back as she cries out, before four of them stand around her body, then load it onto a truck.

The laws to expand the state’s existing medical marijuana program and set up a a licensing and taxation system for recreational sales are expected to pass within days.

“It’s about time... I have spent more time on housing plans than wedding plans,” the NZ Prime Minister said on Monday.

One prospective juror said that she feared for her family’s safety if chosen for the trial of a white ex-police officer charged with killing George Floyd.

Russia’s President is keen to be seen as a strong leader while the state propaganda blitz portrays Joe Biden as a stumbling, doddery old man.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi is preparing orders to unload the cargo from the ship, a risky operation requiring mega-cranes and helicopters.

The funeral of one of 114 protesters killed on Saturday was a target : “While we are singing the revolution song, security forces just arrived and shot at us.”

After beginning its free public vaccinations, the world’s fourth largest country hopes to next month begin selling millions of doses to companies for their employees and families.

With COVID-19 infections soaring, doctors in Paris have stepped up calls for another full national lockdown to replace evening curfews and regional curbs.

Scientists are working around the clock to find new vaccine-resistant variants in an effort to help end the pandemic.

Police in Indonesia say at least one suicide bomber has detonated outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during Sunday mass, wounding several people.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Chief Angus Campbell have joined the international outcry over the deaths of 114 people in a single day at the hands of security forces.

Cruise companies tired of waiting for the authorities to allow the resumption of cruises are inviting US residents to fly to the Caribbean for cruises there this summer.

China has announced new sanctions against US and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its policies in the traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang.

The long-running unrest in Belarus has spilled over into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with organisers ejecting the country from the competition for songs found to have repeatedly violated rules barring political content.

Scientists find the animals try to preen themselves like people do when put in front of a mirror.

Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in what was the bloodiest day of violence since last month’s military coup.

COVID deaths are soaring in Brazil and health experts warning that the nation is on the verge of disaster.

The global economic troubles triggered by a giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal have worsened with the blockage of more ships carrying billions of dollars of goods.

It is often called a cult, but that implies something limited and small. Others suggest it is better understood as a new religion, or political movement. It could be both.

A nine-storey apartment building collapsed in the Egyptian capital on Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring about two dozen others, an official said.

A new octopus study suggests the creatures experience short bursts of ‘active sleep’ not unlike humans, but without the “complex symbolic plots”.

Astronomers have long been worried about the uncomfortably close orbit of the asteroid Apophis. But now they say it won’t crash into Earth for at least 100 years.

Myanmar celebrates Armed Forces Day by broadcasting a threat to protesters: “You can be in danger of getting shot to the head and back”.

The accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train, which stopped abruptly and was struck from behind by another train.

As other ships risk the detour through the world’s most dangerous shipping route, there are plans to try to refloat the Ever Given at high tide on Sunday.

Coronavirus vaccine trials are being conducted on children to work out the safest dosage to protect young ones.