China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab.
The president of Belarus has said his critics are "strangling" his country and waging "hybrid warfare".
US President Joe Biden has ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the emergence of Covid-19, amid growing controversy about the virus's origins.
A gunman has opened fire in a commuter train yard in California, killing "multiple" people, police say.
France has become the latest European country to introduce restrictions on UK travellers due to the spread of the Indian coronavirus variant.
Joe Biden said last month that he would be meeting face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin at some point soon. Now we have a date - and a location.
Texas legislators have passed a bill which would allow most people to carry concealed handguns without a permit.
Campaign posters for Bashar al-Assad line the streets of Damascus, alongside those for two obscure rivals, but no one really doubts that Wednesday's election will extend his presidency despite 10 years of war that has left Syria in ruins.
The US has promised to repair ties with the Palestinians by reopening a consulate in Jerusalem and help rebuild the conflict-torn Gaza Strip.
The US has issued a travel warning for Japan over the country's Covid-19 surge, amid heightened scrutiny just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics.
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.