Lockdown measures in Belgium will continue for the next two weeks at least. The government's decision came during a virtual meeting Friday of the country's Consultative Committee on COVID-19, with Prime Minister Alexander de Croo saying it is "too early"...

Three people have been killed in an avalanche at a ski resort in the Russian Arctic. It swept through the Mount Otdelnaya ski complex near the city of Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk region at 00.30 on Saturday morning. So far, rescuers...

Twitter says it has "permanently suspended" outgoing US President Donald Trump's account in the wake of recent tweets linked to riots in the Capitol. The tech giant said in a statement that it had taken the measure to "due to...

The UK has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours. The latest data emerged on the first day of England's third nationwide lockdown, announced on Monday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. That was sparked by a new,...

The EU's medicines regulator on Wednesday recommended authorising a second coronavirus vaccine developed by biotechnology company Moderna. The European Commission now needs to approve the vaccine to make it available to member states. Many hope that with multiple vaccines authorised...

Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman has criticised interim president Carlos Tusquets after he said the club should have sold Lionel Messi in the summer. Tusquets said selling the forward, 33, was "desirable" because of the money the Spanish giants could have...

Denmark will end all new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, as part of a wider plan to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050. Its government also agreed to cancel its latest licensing round on Thursday, which gives...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hopes France will get rid of Emmanuel Macron as soon as possible, the latest salvo in an escalating war of words between the two leaders. Turkey is embroiled in a series...

Slovakia’s supreme court has increased the prison sentence of a former soldier convicted of killing an investigative journalist and his fiancee. Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova were shot dead in February 2018 at their home in Velka Maca, east of...

The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Health Minister Matt Hancock announced on Wednesday that the UK's medicines regulatory agency has given its authorisation to the vaccine and that the NHS would...