India’s prime minister received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the country hit another peak Thursday with 126,789 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.

Rioters converged on a city flashpoint which connects Loyalist and Nationalist communities.

“The survivors of Auschwitz experienced first-hand what it is like when words become deeds. Their message to us: do not be indifferent!”

Air traffic controllers were striking over pay, causing more than a dozen flights at Albania's one international airport to be cancelled.

Countries are changing their recommendations for who should receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab after the EMA confirmed a "possible link" between the vaccine and a rare form of blood clot.

The European Space Agency's Director-General has set out an ambitious plan, which he says will keep the agency on the front foot in the space race.

Hundreds of films have been censored in Italy, most famously Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 classic "Last Tango In Paris".

It's got absolutely nothing in common with the Big Apple. But that hasn't stopped Novhorodske in Ukraine wanting to call itself New York.

Museums remain closed in Italy due to the coronavirus pandemic, but in Naples people can get their culture fix while getting vaccinated.

A total of 497 people have stood trial in Turkey since 2017 over the failed coup attempt.

Forbes released its annual list of the world's wealthiest people. We take a look at the top European billionaires.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis fired Jan Blatny on Wednesday, the third health minister who has lost the job in the pandemic.

German state of Bavaria has negotiated 'preliminary contract' for 2.5 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

Increased military exercises in the Arctic are part of Moscow’s efforts to expand its presence in the polar region.

Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organization.

Turkey summoned China's ambassador after the embassy suggested on Twitter that it could take action against two Turkish politicians that had criticised Beijing's treatment of its Muslim Uighur community.

There are fears that once coronavirus lockdowns are lifted, physical attacks on Jews could increase.

Nine officials in North Macedonia's interior ministry have been arrested on suspicion of illegally issuing passports to overseas criminals.

A new study has found that 34% of those who had COVID-19 were diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric conditions.

'Governments restricted not only freedom of movement, but also freedom of expression,' the human rights group said.

The election campaign was dominated by a dispute over a controversial mining project for the extraction of uranium and rare earth.

Only the US and Peru have had daily death tolls higher than 4,000. Brazil's pandemic toll is quickly approaching 340,000, the second-highest in the world.

The death toll from mudslides in eastern Indonesia has risen to 119 with scores still missing.

They say kids' videos smuggle hidden marketing and advertising with product placements by children's influencers who are often children themselves.

A total of 11 women and the Russian photographer have been deported from the Gulf sheikhdom after footage and photos were shared on social media.

“No more confusing rules. No more confusing restrictions," Biden said.

Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption charges, has six weeks to lure his political foes into a coalition.

Oxford University has paused a trial of the vaccine on children and teenagers until further review by the British regulator.

The Stade de France stadium was on Tuesday turned into a mass vaccination centre while across the border the Spanish Prime Minister called on people to "vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate".

Lebanon is on the edge of falling into an uncertain and terrifying freefall.

The delay in the Serbian president's vaccination had sparked fears that he was scared of needles, had already been vaccinated in secret or did not trust that the vaccine was safe.

Four accomplices of 2016 Istanbul bombing that killed 13 people, including 12 German tourists, were sentenced to life in prison.

Navalny's health appears to be deteriorating during his time in a Russian penal colony.

It comes amid rising tensions in eastern Ukraine.

North Korea is the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Officials from Iran and five other world powers who remain part of the Iran Nuclear Deal are to meet on Tuesday, amid efforts to bring the US back to the accord.

France's health minister Olivier Véran warned on Monday that the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care could reach levels seen during the first wave of the crisis a year ago.

Twenty-two years after Turkey became an EU candidate state, its membership of the bloc seems more remote than ever.

The volcano has been visited by more than 30,000 people despite Iceland's coronavirus lockdown.

More than a year after a landmark verdict for the #MeToo movement, Weinstein's lawyers argued their client's right to a fair trial was denied.

The Russian president, who has been in power for longer than any other Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin, could hold on to his job until 2036.

French authorities are trying to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations, but some people are tired of waiting and turning to new online tools to get a jab faster.

False rumours have circulated on Facebook in France that vaccinated people are more likely to infect others with new strains. Immunologists and the WHO have reiterated that there is "no evidence" of this.

Over the next two months people will be able to attend comedy gigs, football matches, and even 10k races, with COVID-19 testing before and after.

As singer of Belarussian street punk band, Mister X, Igor Bancer is well-known for his antics both on and off stage. Now he faces being sent to labour camp.

Cafes, restaurant terraces, museums, and gyms have been reopened with Portugal to limited capacity, but strict travel restrictions remain in place.

While Borissov led preliminary results with 26% of the vote, his centre-right GERB lost ground to smaller parties following months of anti-graft protests.

Johnson added that vaccine passports could be used as a way of continuing international travel without reimporting COVID-19 cases.

Stanislav Trifonov, known simply as 'Slavi' to most Bulgarians - came second according to exit poll predictions. He's a familiar face in Bulgaria, having hosted a popular late-night talk show, and now leads the new anti-establishment party called 'T...

Kyiv has accused Russia of massing troops on its northern and eastern borders and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.