Security forces in Belarus cracked down on demonstrators on Sunday during widespread protests against embattled authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Videos circulated on the Telegram messaging platform – which is used to coordinate demonstrations – showing people in Minsk running away from hooded security forces, while others showed protesters being taken away and beaten by police. […]

Germany is to close all but essential shops in the coming days under a weeks-long lockdown covering the Christmas holiday period, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state premiers agreed at a meeting on Sunday. The measures are to come into effect from Wednesday and last until January 10. These also include considerable restrictions […]

The European Union and Britain decided to plough through yet another self-imposed deadline on Sunday and continue their post-Brexit trade talks, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that no deal is now the most likely scenario. “As things stand, I’m afraid we’re still far apart on key things, but where there’s life, there’s hope,” he […]

British author David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carre has died at the age of 89, his agent confirmed on Sunday night. The writer became wildly popular for his thriller novels, which touched on his real-life experiences as a spy during the cold war and his third novel “The spy who […]

Authorities vowed to crack down on workers who went on a violent rampage at a Taiwanese-run iPhone factory in southern India over allegations of unpaid wages and exploitation, with 100 people arrested so far. The workers rioted Saturday at Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing’s facility on the outskirts of Bangalore, India’s IT hub, with videos of the […]