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Over 160,000 coronavirus cases reported every day in past week, a record: WHO
Data provided by the UN health agency showed that the highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases ever recorded came on 28 June, when more than 189,500 new cases were registered worldwide.
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UN adopts resolution calling for pandemic-related halt to conflicts
It is the Security Council's first statement on the pandemic and its first real action since the outbreak started.
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Israel signals delay in West Bank annexation moves
Palestinian leaders, the United Nations, European powers and Arab countries have denounced any unilateral territorial steps planned by Israel.
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Initial results show Russians give Putin the right to extend his rule until 2036
Partial results, announced five hours before polls closed, indicate the former KGB officer will win the right to run for two more terms.
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Hong Kong makes first security law arrests as thousands defy protest ban
Police used water cannon, pepper spray and tear gas throughout in a series of confrontations with protesters, a day after China drew global criticism for imposing the controversial legislation on the financial hub.
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Palestinians protest as worldwide opposition to Israel's annexation grows
With no announcement currently scheduled on Israel's self-imposed annexation kick-off date, opponents of the plan - notably Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza - were mobilising.
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China downplays swine flu pandemic concerns
China's foreign ministry has downplayed concerns raised by a US science journal claiming a swine flu there has pandemic potential.
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Pandor: Denial of the rights of Palestinians is intolerable
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng drew criticism last week after he seemed to publicly support Israel, contradicting South Africa's official foreign policy.
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UK employers demand action now to survive COVID-19 crisis
The British Chamber of Commerce said on Wednesday its quarterly survey of 7,700 firms found the share of companies reporting growth in sales was far below even the low point of the global financial crisis of 2007-08.
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US coronavirus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike of pandemic
California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new US epicentres of the pandemic, reporting record increases in COVID-19 cases.
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Australia: Second largest city orders 36 suburbs locked down to stop virus spike
From midnight on Wednesday the first suburb-specific stay-home order will be imposed on some 320,000 people, the Victorian state Premier Daniel Andrews told a news conference on Tuesday.
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China must reconsider HK security law, 27 countries tell UN
The 27 countries have 'deep and growing concerns' over the new security law, which has clear implications on the human rights of people in Hong Kong, the statement said.
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US could hit 100,000 new virus cases a day: Fauci
Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, a leading member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, said the United States was headed in the 'wrong direction' on the pandemic.
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EU excludes United States from 'safe' travel list
The 27-member bloc gave approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents EU governments, said in a statement.
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China imposes feared Hong Kong security law
As the law was signed by President Xi Jinping little more than six weeks after it was first unveiled, Beijing described it as a "sword" hanging over the heads of those who endanger national security.
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UK PM pledges 'infrastructure revolution' for virus crisis
But his optimistic message, thin on detail and reminiscent of last year's election pledges, was overshadowed by the first local lockdown since an easing of measures was announced, because of a spike in cases in the city of Leicester.
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New swine flu virus found in China has pandemic potential - US science journal
Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009, say the authors of the study.
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US records more than 42,000 new virus cases in 24 hours: tally
The number of daily US deaths in the world's largest economic power continues to decline however, with 355 deaths in 24 hours.
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HIV treatment 'has no benefit' for hospitalised COVID-19 patients in trial
The scientists found no difference in mortality, length of hospital stay or the risk of being put on a ventilator, when they compared 1,596 patients given lopinavir-ritonavir with 3,376 patients in a control group.
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Palestinians say ready for direct talks with Israel
A Palestinian Authority text sent to the international peacemaking Quartet and seen Monday by AFP, says the Palestinians are 'ready to resume direct bilateral negotiations where they stopped,' in 2014.
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Top Democrats ask US spy chiefs for briefing on Russia bounty reports
The New York Times report, which has been confirmed by several American and British media outlets, said that US intelligence concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill troops of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.
