Japan is sending a second team of experts to help clean up more than 1,000 tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned bulk carrier into pristine waters off the coast of Mauritius.
US Democrats opened their unprecedented online nominating convention on Monday with a show of unity behind Joe Biden, as former first lady Michelle Obama said the party's presidential candidate "knows what it takes" to lead the nation out of crisis.
Barcelona have sacked Quique Setien as coach, the club confirmed on Monday, with Ronald Koeman the frontrunner to be his replacement.
Pakistan's army chief arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday, officials said, amid strained relations between the two countries over the disputed region of Kashmir.
Haiti's High Court of Auditors released a report on Monday slamming the fraudulent and often illegal management by various ministers and administrations of nearly US$2 billion in aid from Venezuela between 2008 and 2016.
Canada's finance minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation on Monday, on the heels of an ethics scandal and amid a reported split with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over pandemic spending.
Hundreds of supporters and opponents of gay rights faced off in Warsaw at angry rival rallies on Sunday, with lines of police keeping the two sides apart.
Tens of thousands of Belarusian opposition supporters gathered for the largest protest rally in recent history in Minsk as President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls to step down in a defiant speech.
As Democrats on Monday open an unprecedented virtual convention, the party's disparate factions are projecting a united front behind Joe Biden, brought together by their common determination to oust Donald Trump in November's election.
The European Union urged Turkey on Sunday to "immediately" stop exploring for gas in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean, as tensions rise with other countries in the region.
Ten civilians and one police officer were killed in a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia's capital on Sunday, an official said.
A crisis can trigger ruin and catastrophe, but it also sometimes brings out the best in people and nations. More than any other country in the world, India has shown vividly how to creatively and resolutely harness challenges thrown by the ongoing coronavirus crisis to script its own resurgence as well as contribute to global recovery.
Eight children under five years of age have died within days in a northeastern Syria camp hosting thousands of relatives of jihadists, the Save the Children charity said on Thursday.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hoped the Israel-UAE deal can help realise a two-state solution with the Palestinians for peace in the Middle East.
Afghan authorities said on Friday they had started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in launching long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides.
Negotiators from the United States and China will on Saturday discuss the "phase one" trade deal signed earlier this year -- before the coronavirus slammed the world economy and relations between the two economic powers took a turn for the worse.
The Brazilian state of Parana signed a deal on Wednesday to test and produce Russia's new coronavirus vaccine, though officials stressed they would have to be sure of its safety and effectiveness first.
A coronavirus cluster in Auckland has risen to 17 cases, New Zealand health officials said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of an extended lockdown in the country's biggest city to battle the resurgent virus.
