Lebanon's Adib secures majority support to be designated PM

Malawi to lift COVID-19 air travel, school restrictions from September

Druze leader Jumblatt urges international probe into Beirut port blast

French minister Beaune: Share concerns and fears over Putin critic Navalny

South Africa's COVID-19 infections breach 600,000 mark

U.S. envoy says any U.S. arms sales to UAE won't endanger Israel: newspaper interview

Brazil death toll from COVID-19 rises to 97,256: health ministry

Belarusian opposition politician calls for more strikes to force new elections

Canada to give provinces, territories up to C$2 billion for school restart

Jordan delays resuming international flights after COVID-19 surge abroad

In big shift, Pope names six women to Vatican financial oversight body

Turkey to issue Mediterranean exploration licences, raising tensions with Greece

French military officer investigated over suspected security breach

Australian PM extends lead as country's most preferred leader, poll shows

Current Hong Kong legislature extended for at least a year

Hungary to tighten COVID-19 restrictions from September, says PM's aide

U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises the program, says China

Egypt's Sisi welcomes UAE-Israel deal, halt to annexation of Palestinian lands

Malaysia extends coronavirus movement curbs until end-2020

Three Amazon tribesmen in Peru killed during protest against oil firm

Pakistani army chief visits Saudi Arabia to revive ties strained over Kashmir

Belarusian police detain 19 people in new protests after contested election -witness

August rains flood Pakistan's financial capital, shatter records

Egyptian-operated ship was unloading Ukrainian wheat in Beirut as port blast hit: director

France's COVID-19 cases at four-month high, health system holding up

Argentina records record number of coronavirus cases and deaths

EU foreign policy chief calls for free, fair election in Belarus

Flash floods in northern Turkey kill five, 11 missing

U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese national over fentanyl trafficking

Vietnam PM says risk of widespread COVID-19 infection 'very high'

Spain says U.S. should waive tariffs on EU goods as wine, olives hit

Families of coronavirus victims lament 'lack of control' in Mexico

Russia health officials say Navalny had tested negative for cholinesterase inhibitors

Libya sovereign fund to ask UN for freedom to invest billions

What is ammonium nitrate and why is it dangerous?

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza over rockets, fire balloons

Equinor evacuates oil platform in U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of storms

France to ramp up police checks to ensure masks are worn

New Zealand's Ardern extends lockdown to stamp out coronavirus outbreak

Canadian preacher jailed in Myanmar for holding services during virus ban

Gone fishing - English angling sees post-lockdown boom

Shooting heard at scene of demonstrations in central Beirut

Statement from UK Chief Negotiator Frost on Brexit talks

Kazakhstan secures supplies of Russian COVID-19 vaccine candidate

WHO says it trusts G7 to act together on crises amid overhaul talk

Factbox: India's long Ayodhya dispute as temple construction starts

A life’s work shattered: stained glass artist counts cost of Beirut blast

U.S. says seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela

Police break up forest rave in England amid COVID-19 clampdown

Colombia passes half a million coronavirus cases as deaths approach 16,000

Czech senate speaker will pay 'heavy price' for Taiwan visit, China says

Released tycoon Lai says Hong Kong needs patient, not radical, democracy campaign

Poland reports 843 new coronavirus cases

Wait of centuries is over, India PM says, as Hindu temple construction begins

Back to the paddy fields. COVID smashes Indian middle-class dreams

South Korean farmers bartering sugar for North Korean booze to bypass sanctions

After blast, Lebanon has less than a month's grain reserves

Jordanian police clash with protesters over union crackdown

Bahrain ends mandatory self-isolation for all arrivals

Heavy rain batters India's Mumbai disrupting rail and road traffic

The survivor: last Korean war criminal in Japan wants recognition

Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO

Most Brits, French, Germans would skip holiday if tests, masks involved: survey

Nobel laureate author emerges as powerful voice backing Belarus protests

China foreign ministry says no Indian troops died along border

Greece ready to spend more to boost its armed forces, finance minister says

France asks Afghans not to free Taliban convicted of killing French citizens

Russian opposition leader Navalny shows indications of poisoning: German hospital

Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million:tally

North Korea's Kim says Typhoon Bavi caused little damage: KCNA

Wife of Dutch ambassador seriously injured in Beirut blast: ministry

Brazil coronavirus cases pass 3.6 million, death toll at 114,744

Kremlin says does not want Navalny illness to damage ties with West

Britain says it is working with France on blocking migrant route

Japan's tripling of coronavirus tests unlikely to improve fight, experts say

Philippines reports 4,650 new coronavirus cases, 111 additional deaths

Hundreds of prisoners flee before Afghan forces end Islamic State jail siege

Yemen president Hadi to head to U.S. for medical treatment, sources say

Peru unrest flares as pandemic second wave hits, with resources firms in focus

Greece to ratify sea accord with Egypt on August 26

Sri Lankan president's party ahead in election vote count

Modi says India set to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine, launches digital health mission

Passengers from mainland China to be allowed temporary transit through Hong Kong

Poland to reopen schools despite new coronavirus record

Pakistan rolls back social distancing restrictions as virus counts drop

Germany summons Belarus ambassador over detention of journalists

Olympics: Stranded Japanese honeymooners end up as Cape Verde's team ambassadors

Protesters pack Belarus capital, Russia says military help available

German air ambulance lands in Russia seeking to collect Kremlin critic Navalny: flight data

Australian state premier apologises for cruise ship failures after COVID-19 spike

Dubai's highest court rejects superyacht seizure appeal in mammoth divorce battle

New Zealand COVID-19 outbreak grows, Australia still struggles

EU eyes softening key state aid demand in Brexit talks: sources

Czech president Zeman hospitalised after arm injury, will undergo surgery: spokesman

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong files court challenge to 2019 poll disqualification

Hezbollah 'not concerned' with verdict of U.N.-backed tribunal

Three killed in Ivory Coast protests against president's third term bid

Malaysia's Penang halts medical tourists after arrivals from Indonesia

Factbox: Political crisis unfolds in Belarus after presidential vote

Four Vietnamese arrested for coronavirus PPE scam targeting U.S. buyers