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Jordan's Prince Hamzah strikes defiant tone amid palace turmoil
But 41-year-old Hamzah vowed he would defy orders limiting his movement and communications, in an audio recording posted on Twitter late Sunday.
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UK to announce new international travel rules
The UK has set a tentative date of 17 May to relaunch foreign travel, currently banned except for a handful of permitted reasons.
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India tightens screws as Covid-19 infections hit new record
In Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, nearly 60,000 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.
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Greece reopens shops despite high infection rate
Customers must pre-book appointments before visiting shops, and up to 20 people will be allowed inside at a time.
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More than 75 dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods, dozens missing
Mud and continued extreme weather have made it difficult for rescue workers to reach trapped survivors.
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Jordan king's half-brother accused in plot to 'destabilise' kingdom
Hamzah - a former crown prince who lost that title in 2004 - and the others had worked with a foreign power to "undermine the security" of Jordan, Deputy Prime Minister Ayman Safadi said.
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Millions mark Easter under virus curbs as Pope urges jabs for poor
Despite vaccine rollouts gathering pace in many richer countries, dramatic spikes in cases have seen deeply unpopular restrictions enforced from Canada to Europe and South America.
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UK to trial virus certificates at mass events
The Downing Street statement confirmed that Britain plans to issue identification showing whether people are vaccinated, have antibodies or have tested negative, despite opposition from lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's own party.
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Indonesia flash floods kill 44, toll expected to rise: authorities
"There are 44 people dead with nine injured" in East Flores regency, and "many (...) are still under the mud", National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati told AFP.
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Protesters decorate Easter eggs in coup-hit Myanmar
Myanmar has been gripped by turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag after same-sex blessing ban
The powerful Vatican office responsible for defending church doctrine, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), handed down a ruling that same-sex unions could not be blessed despite their "positive elements".
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Paris medics fear worst of Covid wave still to come
As one recovered elderly patient is being wheeled out of the ward, smiling weakly, boss Jean-Pierre Deyme is on the phone arranging the next arrival and calling out instructions to staff.
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Germans protest in thousands against virus curbs
The protesters, few of whom were wearing face masks, marched from the city centre to a main square in northeastern Stuttgart.
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Taiwan mourns after deadliest train disaster in decades
Officials said Friday's devastating collision, which killed at least 51 people and injured nearly 190, was caused when a parked railway maintenance vehicle slipped down an embankment and onto the tracks.
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7 deaths in UK among AstraZen jab patients after blood clots: medical regulator
The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood clots.
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Dramatic week of testimony in George Floyd murder trial
Among those taking the stand in the heavily-guarded downtown Minneapolis courtroom have been Floyd's girlfriend, witnesses to his May 25, 2020 arrest and fellow police officers.
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Argentine president tests positive for COVID-19
"At the end of today, after presenting a fever of 37.3 and a slight headache, I performed an antigen test, which was positive," he tweeted, adding he was waiting for the results of a PCR test to confirm the diagnosis.
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Taiwan mourns after deadliest train disaster in decades
Officials said Friday's devastating collision was caused when a parked railway maintenance vehicle slipped down an embankment and onto the tracks.
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French family files case over woman's death after AstraZeneca jab
The complaint was filed "against X" -- not targeting any individual or entity at this stage -- a practice allowed in France when the circumstances of a case are still unclear.
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Ronaldo's castaway armband makes 64,000 euros at charity auction
Djordje Vukicevic, a local firemen who was deployed at the stadium who picked the armband up and suggested raising funds required to treat a six-month-old baby, Gavrilo Djurdjevic, who suffers from a rare disease.
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UPDATE: At least 51 dead as Taiwan train derails in tunnel
Officials said the accident could have been caused by a maintenance vehicle sliding down an embankment and striking the train before it entered the tunnel near the coastal city of Hualien.
