David Dinkins, who has died aged 93, served as the city's first and only black mayor from 1990-1993.

Malaysia's Top Glove will close more than half of its plants after a surge in virus cases.

Police dismantled the makeshift camp, tipped migrants out of their tents, and used tear gas.

Wildlife officials spotted the "unusual" structure while counting sheep, leaving them baffled.

Finland is led by a coalition of five female party leaders, and is home to the world’s youngest woman prime minister, Sanna Marin.

We meet them ahead of the launch of an ambitious new equality plan, and hear claims that more needs to be done to truly represent…

Mohamed Ramadan is accused of "insulting the Egyptian people" with the images from a Dubai party.

Americans appear to disregard health officials' warnings as airports are their busiest since March.

Fighting has ended in and around Nagorno-Karabakh but some civilians are still suffering.

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have been accused of using banned cluster bombs. Both sides deny using them.

Human rights groups have verified their use and called their…

The battle for Nagorno-Karabakh was not only for land, but also for a sense of national identity, and pride.

Something that generations of Armenian and Azerbaijani residents of this region have been willing to fight, and die for.

After six weeks of war…

Two ex-aides of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are among 20 on trial in absentia for the killing.

Tristram Shapeero has apologised publicly to Lukas Gage after making comments about his apartment.

The president-elect says the US is "ready to lead the world", as his transition gathers pace.

Ethiopia's human rights Commission says at least 600 civilians were killed in a massacre in the northern Tigray state earlier this month.

United Nations aid workers have warned that emergency relief supplies are running out in the Ethiopian region of Tigray…

Authorities open a new criminal case against the religious group, banned in Russia since 2017.

Christophe Dominici was best known for helping France knock New Zealand out of the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

The UN condemns "aggressive rhetoric" that could risk lives in the conflict-torn Tigray region.

Afghanistan is becoming a significant producer of the dangerously addictive and illegal drug methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, a new report has warned.

The country is already the source of the majority of the world’s heroin. Now the European…

Wanda still invites Jamal to dinner four years after a mistaken text - but this year there was an empty seat.

In recent days, three different vaccines against coronavirus infection have been unveiled — each appearing to show huge promise.

The latest, a vaccine developed by Astra Zeneca and scientists at Oxford University, is expected to be relatively cheap and…

Several leading student activists are summoned to face charges under the country's lèse-majesté law.

US President-elect Joe Biden formally introduces his first choices for top cabinet positions.