The hasty mass burial of animals infected with coronavirus was declared illegal.

A trench is being dug around a rubbish dump in Sri Lanka to try and stop elephants from scavenging for food among mounds of plastic waste.

Elephants regularly swarm to the landfill site near a wildlife sanctuary in the eastern town of Ampara.

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Carla Sacchi was allowed home days after her husband played his accordion below her hospital window.

The funeral parlour says it is "devastated" by the pictures, as Maradona's lawyer vows legal action.

Farmers from India's Punjab state have begun entering Delhi to protest reforms they say are against their interests.

Thousands of them marched to Delhi, where barricades at the border led to clashes with police.

But they are now being escorted by the police…

Key maps and charts explaining how the virus has spread around the world.

The 21 travellers were bound for the UAE - which has already stopped issuing visas to Kenyans.

The president demands proposals to rebuild trust between France's citizens and police.

Pig guts were thrown and scuffles broke out in Taiwan's parliament over the easing of US pork imports.

The government have been criticised for a recent decision to allow pork containing ractopamine in to the country.

The additive ractopamine is currently…

Iran's foreign minister has condemned the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh "as an act of state terror".

Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed.

Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard, in Damavand county.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad…

Despite restrictions, some traditions have continued - including New York City's Thanksgiving parade.

Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed.

Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard, in Damavand county.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad…

Calgary Zoo had to send the two Chinese pandas home early after the pandemic hit bamboo supplies.

But opposition leaders dismiss Alexander Lukashenko's comments as a mere stalling tactic.

Sir Philip Green's retail empire Arcadia - which owns big name high street stores like Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins - is on the brink of collapse, putting 13 thousand jobs at risk.

The business has more than 500 stores and has been run by Sir Philip…

The three judges said no specific allegations or proof of election fraud were given by Trump's team.

The Prime Minister has defended England's new coronavirus restrictions that begin when lockdown ends on 2nd December.

Many Conservative MPs reacted angrily when it was revealed that almost the entire country would be placed into the two highest tiers -…

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In a country where marriages are steeped in tradition, Sanjana Rishi's wedding outfit drew criticism.