New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday.
New Zealand will impose mask rules and limit (...)
JEDDAH — Intensive training sessions are under way for Saudi Arabia's first-ever women's national football team at the end of a long process of screening and performance tests.
A highly professional and well-qualified technical staff made a number (...)
Some 12,000 households have been affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the islands of Tonga over the weekend, according to estimates by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
In total, about 84,000 (...)
Survivors' tales are slowly beginning to come out of Tonga, after Saturday's volcanic eruption and tsunami.
The tale of one man, Lisala Folau, captured global attention after he told a local radio station that he swam for more than a day to survive (...)
Australia on Friday reported its deadliest day of the pandemic with 80 coronavirus fatalities, as an outbreak of the omicron variant continued to take a toll.
But Dominic Perrottet, premier of the most populous state, New South Wales, said a slight (...)
Tongan journalist Marian Kupu has been keeping the world updated on the situation there since Saturday's eruption of an undersea volcano. She spoke to the BBC World Service about how Tongans are coping, from her office at Broadcom Broadcasting in (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that restrictions will be tightened across the country if there is a community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus but she ruled out lockdowns.
New Zealand's tight (...)
The first foreign aid plane has arrived in Tonga, carrying much-needed water and supplies for the Pacific nation.
New Zealand said its military plane landed at Tonga's main airport after workers cleared ash from the runway.
Other planes and ships (...)
A key undersea cable that was destroyed in a volcano eruption in Tonga may take at least four weeks to be repaired, said New Zealand's foreign ministry.
The cable was severed during a volcanic eruption on Saturday, crippling communications and (...)
New Zealand is sending aid to disaster-struck Tonga, but ash on the capital's main airport runway is preventing relief planes from landing.
It will also take days before military ships with supplies will reach the islands, said New Zealand (...)
The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.
Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, (...)
European Union High Representative Josep Borrell met the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf and the GCC Chief Negotiator Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Harbi here on Monday, and exchanged regional and mutual concerns and (...)
Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, is covered in ash and dust following the underwater volcanic eruption at the weekend, but the situation is calm there and first clean-up efforts are under way, UN humanitarians said on Monday.
Further afield in the (...)
Novak Djokovic has arrived in his native Serbia, having left Australia on Sunday after a local court dismissed his appeal against a deportation order because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
The ruling finally dashed the top-ranked tennis (...)
Tennis star Novak Djokovic could return to Australia sooner than anticipated following his deportation, the country's prime minister says.
The top men's player was deported on Sunday after losing a visa battle that centered on the fact he is (...)
New Zealand has sent a plane to Tonga to assess the damage after a huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami.
The eruption has covered the Pacific islands in ash, cut power and severed communications.
Up to 80,000 people there could be affected, (...)
An Australian court dismissed Novak Djokovic's appeal against a deportation order on Sunday, dashing the top-ranked tennis star's hopes of playing at the Australian Open.
Three Federal Court judges upheld a decision made on Friday by the immigration (...)
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his deep concern after reports of a tsunami and ash affecting Tonga following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation.
The UN chief also aired his concern about the tsunami warnings (...)
Novak Djokovic left Australia on Sunday evening after losing his final bid to avoid deportation and play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19.
A court earlier unanimously dismissed the No. 1-ranked tennis player's challenge (...)
أصدرت سفارة المملكة لدى أستراليا، اليوم (السبت)، تنبيهًا عاجلًا للمواطنين المقيمين هناك.
ودعت السفارة جميع المواطنين المقيمين في أستراليا إلى ضرورة أخذ الحيطة والحذر، بشأن التحذيرات التي أطلقت عن نشاط أمواج تسونامي غير اعتيادية، ومتابعة آخر (...)
The Australian authorities have agreed to delay deporting Novak Djokovic following a court hearing in the wake of its decision to cancel the tennis star's visa, a government lawyer said on Friday.
Lawyers for the men's world No. 1 launched an urgent (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next month, Moscow said on Friday.
"We are preparing for an official Russian-Chinese summit," Russian Foreign Minister (...)
Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said on Friday that he had used his ministerial discretion to revoke the 34-year-old Serb's visa (...)
Australia has equaled its hottest day on record after a remote coastal town reported temperatures of 50.7C (123.26F), BBC reported.
The temperature in Onslow, Western Australia, on Thursday matched a record set in 1962 in South Australia.
Onslow and (...)
Novak Djokovic has been drawn to play in the Australian Open despite ongoing uncertainty over whether his visa will be cancelled again by the government, according to BBC.
The world number one men's player will defend his title against fellow Serb (...)
