International Archive

Paris slashes speed limit to 30kph to boost safety, air quality

Monday, August 30th, 2021 7:51pm

Australian state warns COVID-19 hospitalisations to peak in October

Monday, August 30th, 2021 3:35pm

Duterte's top aide declines Philippine presidential nomination

Monday, August 30th, 2021 3:34pm

New Zealand's Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death

Monday, August 30th, 2021 10:52am

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

Monday, August 30th, 2021 9:43am

Rockets fired at Kabul airport as US troops race to complete evacuation

Monday, August 30th, 2021 8:50am

Biden travels to air base to honour US troops killed in Afghanistan

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 8:44pm

US drone strike in Kabul hits suspected bomber

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 5:41pm

Japan eyes mixed use of COVID-19 shots to speed vaccine rollout

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 12:55pm

New Zealand reports 83 local COVID-19 cases as Delta outbreak grows

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 10:46am

India's new COVID-19 cases rise by 45,083

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 10:28am

US in final phase of evacuations from Kabul

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 8:47am

Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Saturday, August 28th, 2021 11:01am

U.S. launches drone strike on I.S. after Afghan airport blast

Saturday, August 28th, 2021 10:40am

India asks two states to consider night curfew as COVID-19 cases rise

Friday, August 27th, 2021 1:19pm

New Zealand keeps curbs until next week to beat Delta

Friday, August 27th, 2021 1:18pm

US braces for more ISIS attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage

Friday, August 27th, 2021 10:26am

Explosions outside Kabul airport amid evacuations

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 5:56pm

Qatar offering COVID vaccines to Afghanistan evacuees yet to transit

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 3:22pm

Lebanese army deployed to area in north after deadly violence

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 3:20pm

Japan suspends 1.6 million doses of Moderna shot after contamination reports

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 3:13pm

New Zealand's Ardern says lockdown working to limit Delta spread

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 10:44am

Afghans told to avoid Kabul airport as IS threat emerges

Thursday, August 26th, 2021 9:07am

Afghan all-girl robotics team members land in Mexico

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 12:07pm

Sydney hospitals battle coronavirus as daily infections hit record

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 11:53am

Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis as airlift deadline looms

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 10:09am

UN rights boss points to credible reports of Taliban executions

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 7:48pm

Biden to stick with August 31 Afghan pullout deadline

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 7:39pm

Philippines' Duterte agrees to run as vice president in 2022

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 11:13am

Rescue teams, search dogs seek dozens missing in Tennessee flooding

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 11:12am

New Zealand has highest jump in COVID-19 cases since April 2020

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 11:10am

G7 to meet on Afghan deadline, evacuation put on 'war footing'

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 10:20am

Oman to allow entry to COVID vaccine certificate holders

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 6:46pm

US FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID vaccine

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 5:58pm

Philippines reports record virus cases as Delta variant spreads

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 3:25pm

Firefight involving Western forces at Kabul airport, Afghan guard killed

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 12:41pm

Taliban won't extend August deadline for Western forces to leave

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 12:30pm

China reports no new local COVID-19 cases for first time since July

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 10:35am

North Korea develops its own PCR equipment for COVID-19 tests

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 9:54am

New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown extended as outbreak tops 100 cases

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 9:04am

Biden says US unwavering in Afghanistan evacuations

Monday, August 23rd, 2021 8:59am

Vaccinated Filipino workers can enter Hong Kong from August 30

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 4:07pm

Hurricane Henri barrels toward US Northeast coast

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 3:18pm

7 killed amid evacuation chaos outside Kabul airport

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 11:47am

US, Germany advise against travel to Kabul airport amid evacuation chaos

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 10:26am

Australian PM Morrison defends lockdown strategy as daily cases hit record

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 9:54am

Taliban imposes some order around Kabul airport

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 9:28am

India gives approval for world's first COVID DNA vaccine

Saturday, August 21st, 2021 3:55pm

Taliban leader in Kabul to discuss future government

Saturday, August 21st, 2021 3:15pm

Police clash with protesters as Australia reports record COVID cases

Saturday, August 21st, 2021 11:27am

Shanghai places hundreds in quarantine after airport COVID-19 cases

Saturday, August 21st, 2021 10:26am

New Zealand's Ardern extends lockdown as virus outbreak widens

Friday, August 20th, 2021 4:46pm

Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles worst wave of infections

Friday, August 20th, 2021 11:03am

Taliban urge Afghan unity as protests spread to Kabul

Friday, August 20th, 2021 10:24am

Oman to ease COVID-19 curfew from Saturday

Thursday, August 19th, 2021 5:12pm

Several killed in flag-waving protests against Taliban in Afghanistan

Thursday, August 19th, 2021 3:35pm

Indian states preparing for next COVID wave focus on children

Thursday, August 19th, 2021 2:43pm

'Painful days ahead' as Haitians struggle to count lives lost in quake

Thursday, August 19th, 2021 2:33pm

New Zealand identifies Delta outbreak origin as cases jump

Thursday, August 19th, 2021 9:57am

Taliban keep some evacuees from reaching Kabul airport

Thursday, August 19th, 2021 9:40am

US troops fired crowd-control shots at Kabul airport

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 8:13pm

US to start offering COVID vaccine booster shots in September

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 7:14pm

Evacuations from Afghanistan gather momentum as Taliban promise peace

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 11:58am

Helen Clark backs New Zealand's strategy to stamp out Delta variant

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 11:23am

New Zealanders begin life in lockdown, Delta cases edge up

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 10:26am

Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 9:07am

Taliban say they want peace, will respect women's rights

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 8:19pm

UK approves Moderna vaccine for 12-17 age group

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 4:49pm

Over 600 Afghans cram into US cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 3:43pm

India COVID-19 vaccinations near record, new infections at five-month low

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 3:13pm

Hopes for quake survivors dwindle as storm lashes Haiti

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 1:16pm

Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency lockdown as cases surge

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 11:47am

New Zealand's Ardern locks down nation over single COVID-19 case

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 11:25am

Evacuation flights resume at Kabul airport as Biden defends US withdrawal

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 8:48am

Malaysian PM Muhyiddin resigns as political crisis escalates

Monday, August 16th, 2021 1:01pm

Haiti hospitals overwhelmed by quake victims as death toll hits 1,297

Monday, August 16th, 2021 10:34am

Airlines reroute flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace

Monday, August 16th, 2021 9:21am

Sydney records deadliest day of pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extended

Monday, August 16th, 2021 9:14am

Five killed at chaotic Afghan airport as Taliban proclaim peace

Monday, August 16th, 2021 8:37am

Taliban want full power after return to Afghanistan capital

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 8:28pm

Taliban enter Afghan capital as US diplomats evacuate by chopper

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 12:29pm

At least 22 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 12:14pm

At least 304 killed after massive quake strikes Haiti

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 8:58am

Torrential rain lashes Japan, three feared dead after landslide

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 8:45am

Afghan government seeks to hold capital as Taliban takes Jalalabad

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 8:43am

Russia record daily high in COVID deaths

Saturday, August 14th, 2021 5:10pm

Rescue teams search for missing after floods in Turkey

Saturday, August 14th, 2021 5:02pm

India's Rahul Gandhi says blocked by Twitter for political reasons

Friday, August 13th, 2021 3:25pm

Russia tells BBC journalist to go home in row with Britain

Friday, August 13th, 2021 3:24pm

Taliban capture Afghanistan's Kandahar as embassies get staff out

Friday, August 13th, 2021 10:18am

Taliban take strategic Afghan city of Ghazni on road to Kabul

Thursday, August 12th, 2021 6:38pm

Italian wildfires rage on after 49 degree heat record

Thursday, August 12th, 2021 1:11pm

Eight feared dead in helicopter crash in Russia

Thursday, August 12th, 2021 1:07pm

Pakistan now has rapid PCR testing for flights to Dubai

Thursday, August 12th, 2021 9:16am

EU looking into new possible side-effects of mRNA COVID-19 shots

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 9:24pm

Trudeau condemns China's sentencing of Canadian citizen

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 1:54pm

Melbourne extends COVID lockdown; 'no jab, no job' in Sydney

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 10:56am

Taliban fighters capture eighth provincial capital in six days

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 10:34am

Kathy Hochul to become first woman to lead New York

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 9:05am

Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 9:01am

Taliban tighten control of Afghan north as UN fears erasure of human rights

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 3:27pm

Bangladesh starts COVID-19 vaccine drive for Rohingya refugees

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 1:49pm

China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 9:26am

PM apologises as Greece counts costs of wildfire catastrophe

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 9:19am

Indonesia extends COVID-19 curbs as infections spread

Monday, August 9th, 2021 7:24pm

Taliban capture sixth Afghan provincial capital as US troops withdraw

Monday, August 9th, 2021 7:20pm

Virus-free New Zealand plans border reopening amid labour shortage

Monday, August 9th, 2021 3:22pm

Cuomo accuser to give televised interview

Monday, August 9th, 2021 10:58am

China reports more COVID-19 cases while some cities kick off new tests

Monday, August 9th, 2021 8:49am

Survey finds Pfizer booster jab side-effects similar to 2nd dose

Monday, August 9th, 2021 8:40am

Taliban capture government buildings in Afghan city of Kunduz

Sunday, August 8th, 2021 2:17pm

Saudi Arabia opens Umrah to vaccinated people from abroad

Sunday, August 8th, 2021 9:37am

North Korea's Kim calls for relief campaign in rain-hit areas

Sunday, August 8th, 2021 9:30am

Australia's east coast continues to struggle with Delta outbreaks

Sunday, August 8th, 2021 9:29am

Wildfire rages north of Athens on fifth day

Saturday, August 7th, 2021 4:02pm

India approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Saturday, August 7th, 2021 1:06pm

Tokyo train attacker wanted to kill 'happy women'

Saturday, August 7th, 2021 11:15am

Early signs COVID vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says

Friday, August 6th, 2021 4:47pm

Taliban kills top Afghan government media officer

Friday, August 6th, 2021 3:43pm

J&J seeks emergency use nod for COVID-19 vaccine in India

Friday, August 6th, 2021 2:19pm

Manila locks down as Philippines virus cases near four-month high

Friday, August 6th, 2021 2:18pm

Italy makes COVID-19 health pass mandatory for teachers

Friday, August 6th, 2021 10:49am

Moderna vaccine 93% effective six months after second dose

Thursday, August 5th, 2021 6:22pm

Chaos at Manila vaccine sites as thousands rush to get shots before lockdown

Thursday, August 5th, 2021 1:28pm

England scraps France quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers

Thursday, August 5th, 2021 1:28pm

Greece battles wildfires for third day, site of ancient Olympics saved

Thursday, August 5th, 2021 11:43am

Indian government tells states to impose local curbs ahead of festivals

Thursday, August 5th, 2021 11:37am

Japan to expand COVID-19 curbs as surges strain hospitals

Thursday, August 5th, 2021 10:09am

People evacuated by boat in Greece as wildfires rage

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 8:26pm

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster doses

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 8:13pm

Three dead, more than 40 injured in Czech train crash

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 1:40pm

Beirut marks one year since port blast with anger and mourning

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 11:34am

Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Vienna after refusing to go home

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 8:57am

Blast in Afghan capital as Taliban battle government forces

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 8:54am

Exiled Belarus activist found dead in Ukraine, police open murder case

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 1:51pm

China's Wuhan to test all 12 million residents after Delta variant found

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 10:36am

South Korea on alert for new Delta Plus COVID-19 variant

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 9:07am

Sydney COVID lockdown could be eased if vaccination rate hits 50%

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 9:06am

Japan will only hospitalise critical COVID-19 cases as infections surge

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 8:57am

Wildfires blaze on in drought-hit Turkey

Monday, August 2nd, 2021 7:58pm

Afghan president blames worsening security situation on sudden US pullout

Monday, August 2nd, 2021 2:21pm

Philippines to extend night curfew in Manila amid COVID-19 surge

Monday, August 2nd, 2021 2:17pm

Belarus athlete 'safe and secure' in Tokyo as Poland, Czech offer visas

Monday, August 2nd, 2021 8:55am

Cambodia to mix vaccines as booster shots to fight COVID

Sunday, August 1st, 2021 1:19pm

Turkish wildfire leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes spread

Sunday, August 1st, 2021 12:45pm

Taliban rockets hit Kandahar airport, clashes intensify in Afghanistan

Sunday, August 1st, 2021 9:25am

Thousands protest against COVID-19 health pass in France

Sunday, August 1st, 2021 8:50am