Elliot Page has won praise for posing bare-chested for the first time since coming out as trans in December. An Instagram post shared by the actor showed him smiling while posing in a pool in swimming shorts alongside the words #transjoy and #transi...
The US will help rebuild Gaza as part of efforts to consolidate the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant groups, the secretary of state says. After meeting Israel's prime minister, Antony Blinken said it was necessary to tackle the grav...
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US last May, large protests erupted thousands of miles away in France. Black Lives Matter banners aligned with France's own domestic movement organised under the slogan "Justice for Adama". Adama Tr...
Texas legislators have passed a bill which would allow most people to carry concealed handguns without a permit. Current state rules require those carrying handguns to have a licence, training and background checks. But Texas's Republican-run sena...
Hundreds of thousands of people across the Australian state of Queensland were left without electricity after an explosion at a power station. Energy companies are now scrambling to restore power while local officials have warned of traffic chaos. ...
Indian police have visited a Twitter office to serve notice, after the social media giant labelled a tweet as "manipulated media". The incident comes after Twitter applied the label to a tweet by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sam...
The US has issued a travel warning for Japan over the country's Covid-19 surge, amid heightened scrutiny just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics. But US Olympic officials have said they are confident their athletes will be able to take part safely in ...
The EU has decided to ban Belarusian airlines from European skies after a flight was diverted to Minsk on Sunday and an dissident journalist arrested. At a meeting in Brussels, the leaders of the 27 member states also told EU airlines not to fly ove...
Australia has said it will shut its embassy in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Friday, as the withdrawal of international troops proceeds. In a statement, Canberra talked of "an increasingly uncertain security environment" in the country. It said A...
Passengers on board a Ryanair flight that was suddenly diverted as it began its descent into Vilnius, Lithuania, have described their panic as they changed course with no explanation. Flight FR4978 was bound for Lithuania from Greece when it was for...
