world news World hunger rising and COVID-19 threatens to make it worse, says UN It's put a UN deadline to eradicate hunger by 2030 in severe doubt.
Russia Thousands join weekend of anti-government protests in eastern Russia Locals called for Vladimir Putin to step down as they demonstrated against the arrest of the Khabarovsk region's governor Sergei Furgal 13/07/2020
Serbia Serbia and Kosovo's leaders agree to meet in person for Brussels talks European Union officials praise the two sides, but neither appeared to shift their position on Serbian recognition of Kosovo 13/07/2020
world news COVID-19: India adds over 28,000 new coronavirus cases The Health Ministry also reported another 500 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 23,174. 13/07/2020
Vietnam British pilot who was Vietnam's worst COVID-19 victim leaves hospital The British pilot who doctors in Vietnam said was one the worst cases of COVID-19 they had treated has been given the all-clear to return home to Scotland. 12/07/2020
world news Florida breaks US daily record with 15,000 new coronavirus cases Florida has broken another US record for the highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases. 12/07/2020
world news COVID-19: Which Eastern Europe countries have seen a surge in cases? With coronavirus cases surging in Eastern European countries like Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Croatia, authorities are imposing new restrictions. 12/07/2020
Mongolia COVID-19: Mongolia's traditional Naadam festival goes ahead online Mongolia's Naadam sporting festival goes ahead behind closed doors but a select audience, including politicians, caused some resentment on the streets 12/07/2020
world news Bad communication, missile alignment to blame for jet crash, says Iran A report released by Iran late on Saturday claimed a number of factors, including miscommunication between soldiers and commanders, were to blame for the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. 12/07/2020
Croatia COVID-19 travel: Long queues of holidaymakers at Croatia border Queues of traffic trying to get across the border into Croatia dispelled doubts that holidaymakers on the continent are being perturbed by coronavirus fears. 12/07/2020
Serbia Fifth night of anti-Vučić protests in Belgrade but no trouble reported The protests first started when Serbia's populist president announced a strict curfew for this weekend to curb a surge in new coronavirus cases. 12/07/2020
United Kingdom Leicester lockdown unveils the truth about its fast fashion industry Fast fashion and a lockdown boom in online shopping have exacerbated poor working conditions in Leicester and could have helped fuel a local spike in COVID-19 cases. 12/07/2020
France Bayonne bus driver: Widow condemns husband's 'barbaric' death The husband of Veronique Monguillot died after being left brain dead in a violent assault following a row over wearing face masks on his vehicle. 11/07/2020
Turkey Hagia Sophia: Church body appeals for mosque decision to be reversed The head of the World Council of Churches has appealed to the Turkish president to reversed the decision to turn the former Orthodox Christian cathedral from a museum into a mosque. 11/07/2020
Russia Russia: Anti-Putin protests erupt over far east governor's arrest Thousands gathered in the city of Khabarovsk and some shouted, "Shame on Moscow!" and "Putin's a thief!" after their governor was arrested. 11/07/2020
Bulgaria Bulgaria: PM Borissov and government urged to resign by president Large protests were staged in Sofia after police raided the office of president Rumen Radev and arrested two of his aides. 11/07/2020
Japan COVID-19: Dozens of US marines in suspected outbreak at Japan bases Authorities on Okinawa have demanded that the US military release the real number of cases at its military bases on the Japanese island, further exascerbating local tensions. 11/07/2020
Portugal Portugal: UK COVID-19 quarantine restriction hits Algarve tourism Industry analysts say only about a third of the usual number of tourists will visit Portugal's Algarve region this summer. 11/07/2020
