Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has promised to form an inclusive government as protests continue.

More than 76,000 residents ordered to evacuate in west of the country amid massive floods and landslides
At least two people were feared dead and 13 others missing in western Japan as record heavy rain triggered massive floods and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 76,000 residents.
The nation’s weather agency downgraded rain warnings on Saturday by one notch from the highest emergency level in Kumamoto and Kagoshima on Kyushu island, but prime minister Shinzo Abe urged local people to be “on maximum alert”.

The Prime Minister's father, Stanley Johnson, has defended his decision to travel to Greece and make social media posts about it.

EMMANUEL Macron's wife Brigitte and his new prime minister have defended the appointment of a new cabinet colleague accused of raping a woman more than a decade ago.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched an Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response to evaluate the world's response to Covid-19. The panel will be co-chaired by the former prime minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, and former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. "The magnitude of this pandemic, which has touched virtually everyone in the world, clearly deserves a commensurate evaluation," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

China has accused Australia of "gross interference" after prime minister Scott Morrison granted a range of visa holders from Hong Kong a five-year extension and suspended an extradition treaty with the city, The Guardian reports. Australia would allow Hongkongers, fearing persecution under the new national security law, to stay in the country for longer and then offer them a pathway to permanent residency.

EUROPEAN leaders are trying to convince the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to agree to the European Union's €750bn economy recovery plan.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has warned that the entire European market could be "destroyed" if EU leaders don't agree a huge recovery bailout deal next week.