The US has approved arms sales to Taiwan worth around $1.8bn (£1.4bn), in a move that is likely to increase tensions with China.
Child protection services under pressure after lockdown
Social workers have told Sky News that one of the effects of lockdown has been to pile pressure on the need for care.
Daughter of nurse who died with COVID-19 warns second wave in UK ‘is very real’
The grieving daughter of a nurse who died three weeks after being diagnosed with coronavirus is urging people to act responsibly, saying “the second wave must be taken seriously”.
Azerbaijan says four civilians killed in Armenia attack
Armenian forces kill at least four civilians, including a toddler, and injure 13 people in a missile attack in the Azerbaijani town of Barda near the front lines
Tanzanians head to polls for a new president amid unrest
Tanzanians to cast ballots for the presidential election as the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar’s opposition candidate released after arrest”
US fears growing violence as election nears
With the US elections only days away, many fear the increasing possibility of violence from far-right militias and white supremacists.
Are anti-Islam sentiments replacing anti-Semitism in France?
Analysts are finding similarities between the current anti-Muslim climate in France and anti-Semitic sentiments that preceded World War II.