A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years. The country's former democratically-elected leader has been under house arrest since a military ousted her government ... Read More

An air raid alert has been issued across Ukraine, as a fresh wave of Russian missiles targets major cities. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure. At least three people - ... Read More

Federal health officials have announced that, because of the surge in coronavirus cases in China, nearly all airline passengers from the country will have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test to enter the United States starting January 5. ... Read More

FILE - Bulgarian investigative journalist and lead Russia investigator with Bellingcat Christo Grozev gives a speech during a conference at the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris, France, Sept. 5, 2022. Russia on Monday placed a senior journalist with ... Read More

Protesters take part in a march and rally in support of Afghan women's rights in London, Nov. 27, 2022. The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ... Read More

China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, officials said, marking the last major shift from the country's zero-Covid policy. After three years of closed borders, this will effectively reopen the country to those with work and study visas, or ... Read More

President Vladimir Putin Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired Sunday. Russia's Feb. 24 invasion ... Read More

China has announced that its requirement for travellers arriving in the country to go into quarantine will end on 8 January. The measure is the latest in a series of restrictions to be lifted as China abandons its zero-Covid policy. China is ... Read More

Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion. US military aid to Ukraine is not charity, but an investment in security ... Read More

Hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid concerns about a fresh Covid-19 wave hitting the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Dr Michael Ryan says intensive care units (ICU) are busy despite officials saying numbers are "relatively low". China ... Read More