Image copyright EPA Claims by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that "foreign powers" are organising a build-up of troops on the country's border are baseless, says Nato.
Dressed in military fatigues, the president said he had placed his armed forces on "high alert".
Protests continued in the streets of Minsk on Saturday following a disputed election two weeks ago.
Demonstrators are demanding that Mr Lukashenko stand down.
The leader, who
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks, in line with recommended practice for adults in their country or area.
It admits little is known about how children transmit the virus but cites evidence that teenagers can infect others in the same way as adults.
Children aged five and under should not normally wear masks, the WHO said.
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Image copyright Reuters The acutely ill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has arrived in Germany from Siberia for treatment.
He fell into a coma after drinking what his supporters suspect was poisoned tea; they accuse the authorities of trying to conceal a crime.
Doctors treating him in Omsk had insisted on Friday that he was too ill to be moved.
But they later said his condition was stable enough for the flight. His wife Yulia is travelling with him.
Image copyright US Department of Justice A former US special forces captain has been arrested on charges of espionage, the US Department of Justice says.
Peter Debbins is alleged to have passed classified information to the Russian military intelligence agency (GRU) over a period of more than 10 years.
A DoJ press release says during several visits to Russia in the 2000s he had contact with GRU agents , who knew him by the code name Ikar Lesnikov.
Capt Debbins, 45, faces life imprisonment if convicted
Image copyright Reuters Russian doctors treating Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell into a coma after being taken ill on a plane, have changed their minds and agreed to let him be flown to Germany.
The doctors, in the Siberian city of Omsk, had earlier insisted he was too ill to be moved.
His supporters suspect he drank poisoned tea, and accuse authorities of trying to cover up a crime.
A medically equipped
Image copyright Getty Images US actress Lori Loughlin, star of the sitcom Full House, has been sentenced to two months in prison for her part in a US college admissions scam.
A federal judge accepted a plea deal before sentencing the star.
Her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, was handed a five-month prison term.
In May, the couple admitted to taking part in a fraud scheme designed to ensure spots for their daughters at
Image copyright Reuters The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years.
Speaking in Geneva on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to overcome.
But he added that current advances in technology could enable the world to halt the virus "in a shorter time".
"Of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better
Image copyright Getty Images Joseph DeAngelo, the man known as the Golden State Killer, has been sentenced to life in prison.
His sentencing is the culmination of a crime investigation that began in the 1970s and attracted worldwide interest.
DeAngelo, 74, was arrested in 2018 after his DNA was found on a genealogy website.
In June he admitted to 13 murders in a deal with
Image copyright AFP via Getty Images Six people have died in some California's largest-ever wildfires that have fouled the air with heavy smoke across much of the western US.
The worst of the hundreds of fires burning across the state are in the mountains to the south and east of San Francisco.
Officials say the fires were started by more than 12,000 dry lightning strikes amidst an historic heat wave.
Hundreds of buildings
Image copyright AFP Israeli leaders have warned Hamas that it risks a major escalation in the Gaza Strip by failing to stop cross-border rocket and incendiary balloon attacks.
Defence Minister Benny Gantz said the Palestinian group, which controls Gaza, would "suffer a very severe blow".
However, a Hamas spokesman vowed it would "not hesitate to enter battle if Israel's attacks and siege continue".
Overnight, militants fired 12