Investigative journalism watchdog says scammers illegally smelt coins and jewellery into gold bars for sale overseas

Regional bloc members unable to reach consensus to invite junta representative due to lack of progress on the ‘five-point consensus’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed full commitment to preserve peace in the region

US and French leaders state commitment to protect ‘Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’

National Reconnaissance Office says Falcon 9 took off at 12:27 pm local time from Vandenberg Air Force base in California

Body also calls for release of Nobel prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, former president Win Myint

Storm did not pass directly over island as feared, PM says

Heatwaves account for 91% of deaths, with one killing 80,000 people in 2003

PM announces five-step plan to ease restrictions, reopen borders

Moscow condemns move as ‘destructive’, says it would make compromise harder

Nightclubs will stay shut until end-March, however, says Prime Minister Sanna Marin

Cash-strapped nation is facing rolling blackouts, with households also struggling to source cooking gas, kerosene

Face masks outdoors no longer mandatory as part of relaxation of measures