text

Venezuelans say they need to go to work despite quarantine

Venezuela entered the first day of a quarantine on Monday, imposed by President Nicolas Maduro to prevent the spread of the coronavirus – but many across the country went out anyway, saying they c

text

Will U.S. Congress agree on COVID-19 response measures?

U.S. lawmakers held a number of hearings on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, aimed at clarifying Washington’s response to COVID-19.A House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in the morning was cut s

text

Murder trial begins in Netherlands into MH17 plane downed in Ukraine

Wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in a field near the village of Grabove, Ukraine. /Bulent Kilic/AFP A Dutch judge said the impact of the MH17 disaster on the victims' families "

text

MH17 families protest with empty chairs opposite Russian Embassy

The families of people killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 set out 298 white chairs outside the Russian Embassy on Sunday in a silent protest a

text

At least 24 killed by militiamen in northeast of DRC

File photo taken on June 13, 2019 shows people in a refugee camp in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At least 60 people have been killed in tribal clashes in Itur

text

Locals clash with police at site of new Greek island migrant camps

Residents of Lesbos and Chios have clashed with security forces amid protests over plans to build new migrant camps on the Greekislands.Tear gas was fired on locals attempting to stop riot police dis

text

Cameroonians demand Macron apologize for remarks on Anglophone crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits the 57th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l’Agriculture) at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on February 22, 2020. /

text

Car drives into German carnival parade, ten injured: police

Emergency vehicles at the scene after a car ploughed into a carnival parade injuring several people in Volkmarsen, Germany February 24, 2020. Elmar Schulten/Waldeckische Landeszeitung Ten peop

text

'Gov't Filled With Snakes': Trump Allies Draft Lists of Disloyal Officials – Report

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial on 5 February, at least two senior officials were ousted from the White House, includi

text

Assange's fate hangs in balance as UK court considers U.S. extradition

Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to

text

Sudan to investigate violence against protesters in Khartoum

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks during a Reuters interview in Khartoum, Sudan August 24, 2019. /Reuters Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Saturday ordered an investigatio

text

Assange's fate hangs in balance as UK court considers U.S. extradition bid

Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian A

text

Far-right motive suspected in mass shooting in Germany, authorities say

A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb in an attack that appeared to have been motivated by far-right beliefs,

text

9 killed in suspected far-right attack in Germany

A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb overnight in attacks that appear to have been motivated by far-right bel

text

Suspected al-Shabab militants ambush Kenyan commuter bus, casualties unknown

Suspected al-Shabab militants on Wednesday ambushed a commuter bus in Mandera county in northeast Kenya amid fears of casualties. The police and witnesses said the Nairobi-bound bus named Moyale Raha

text

Trump contradicts his own denial and admits he sent Giuliani to Ukraine to dig dirt on political opponents

Emboldened after his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump now openly admits to sending his attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about

text

Abdullahi Boru Halakhe discusses the locust invasion in Africa

03:54 As the Horn of Africa witnesses its worst locust infestation in decades, African analyst Abdullahi Boru Halakhe discusses with CGTN's Elaine Reyes its impact on food security in