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China has again said that Taiwan has “no right” to join the United Nations, a day after the United States voiced support for the island’s “meaningful participation” at the organisation. The back-and-forth comes days after Taiwanese…

Brazilian senators have voted to recommend charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the devastating Covid pandemic. A Senate panel backed a report calling for charges against Mr Bolsonaro including crimes against…

China has again said that Taiwan has “no right” to join the United Nations, a day after the United States voiced support for the island’s “meaningful participation” at the organisation. The back-and-forth comes days after Taiwanese…

Turkey’s parliament has extended the military’s mandate to launch cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq by two more years. The motion was first approved in 2013 to support the international campaign against ISIL (ISIS) and has…

Security was being stepped up in Rome ahead of a two-day summit of G20 leaders at the weekend. “This is a moment of great tension,’’ Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Wednesday. Twenty years after violence marred a…

At least 11 people have been killed and others wounded in an ISIL (ISIS) attack on a village in Diyala province in eastern Iraq, according to the country’s security forces. Aljazeera news also report that the attack on Tuesday targeted…

A care worker accused of killing four residents in a home for people living with disabilities, PLWD, in Germany, described her joyless childhood at the start of her murder trial on Tuesday. The 52-year-old woman told the court in Potsdam…

Islamic State group's affiliate in Afghanistan is poised to develop the capability to launch attacks against the US in as soon as six months, US intelligence agencies believe. One of the Pentagon's top civilian officials revealed…

The Queen has carried out virtual audiences at Windsor Castle - her first official engagements in seven days since she was ordered to rest by doctors. It is the first time the 95-year-old head of state has been seen - albeit on a…

The Mali Government has given the ECOWAS Special Representative in Bamako, Hamidou Boly, 72 hours to leave Mali for "acts incompatible with his status." ECOWAS has suspended Mali's membership over two military coups within one year and…