A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trad...
The new variant of Covid-19 is "hugely" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.It concludes the new variant increases theReproduction or R numberby betwe...
An Afghan journalist has been shot dead in an attack by gunmen in the central province of Ghor.Bismillah Aimaq, the editor-in-chief of a local radio station, is at least the fifth journalist to be kil...
Minneapolis police have released bodycam footage of a fatal shooting by officers, the first death at the hands of police in the US city since that of George Floyd, a black man, in May.The victim, Dola...
Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN's atomic watchdog says - its most significant breach of an international nuclear deal so far.This remains short of the 90% required to...
The US Congress has overturned President Donald Trump's veto of a defence spending bill, the first time this has happened in his presidency.The Republican-controlled Senate held a rare New Year...
