Covid: Does Tanzania have a hidden epidemic?

The Tanzanian authorities have not published data on coronavirus infections or deaths for many months.


Myanmar coup: The 'battle tactics' used in crackdowns on protests

Human rights group Amnesty says videos show the military are using increasingly deadly force.


Brussels bombers 'murdered elderly man as a test'

Two brothers who killed 31 people in 2016 earlier shot dead a 76-year-old, a Belgian report says.


Covid pandemic: Biden to order all US adults be eligible for vaccine

The president is set to announce the move during a speech on Thursday evening.


Running from terror in north-east Mozambique

A militant Islamist insurgency has forced half a million people to flee, amid fears of beheadings and abductions.


A yak herder in the Himalayas: ‘I am the last shepherd in my family’

Phuntsog Tsering lives a tough life, herding yaks at 5,000m in the Himalayas and is one of the last shepherds left in his village.


EU declared 'LGBT freedom zone' in response to Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'

MEP's overwhelmingly support a resolution that aims for all people in the EU to live "without fear".


Covid stimulus: Biden signs $1.9tn relief bill into law

The US government has now spent more than $5tn on recovery efforts during the pandemic.


Oxford-AstraZeneca: EU regulator says 'no indication' vaccine linked to blood clots

The EU's medicines regulator reassures states after several countries suspended use of the vaccine.


China's parliament remakes Hong Kong in its own image

"One Country, Two Systems" was an experiment centred on the defining ideological divide of our time.