Australian and New Zealand residents will be able to travel between the two nations without having to quarantine from 19 April.
A group has been arrested in Dubai accused of public debauchery after an outdoor nude photoshoot.
North Korea has announced it will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics this year, saying the decision is to protect its athletes from Covid-19.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu made "illegitimate use" of his power and saw favours as "currency", a prosecutor has alleged at his corruption trial.
At least 71 people have died after flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia and East Timor on Sunday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in Europe as being "unacceptably slow".
Four people, including a child, were killed Wednesday evening and a fifth person was injured in a mass shooting at an Orange office complex.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the heads of the army, navy and air force all quit and the country recorded its highest Covid-19 daily death toll.
A huge container ship that has been stuck across the Suez Canal for almost a week has reportedly been freed.
Dozens of people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar, on the deadliest day since last month's military takeover of the country.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.