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Internet access partially restored in Myanmar: NetBlocks

Internet monitoring service says connectivity in the country at 14% of usual levels

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Saudi-led military coalition intercepts armed drone launched by Yemen rebels

Move comes just one day after US opts to delist rebels as terrorist group

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6.0-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines

No immediate reports of casualties or damage, says USGS

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Google moves away from ‘cookies’ diet to track users

Internet tech giant says move could improve online privacy while still enabling advertisers to serve up relevant messages

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Holocaust researchers in the dock in Poland

Critics accuse govt of trying to whitewash history, discourage academic enquiry into cases of collaboration

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After Senate trial, will Donald Trump face criminal charges?

If former US president is ever convicted, he would be at risk of imprisonment

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Biden opens major push for LGBTIQ rights abroad

US president elevating earlier initiative launched by former boss Barack Obama, reversing a turnaround under immediate predecessor Donald Trump

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Pope appoints first woman in senior synod post

Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart one of two new undersecretaries named

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Hundreds protest Covid-19 restrictions in Denmark

Plans for a digital vaccine ‘passport’ a main target of their anger

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Tens of thousands rally in growing protests against Myanmar coup

Online calls to protest the army takeover prompting bold displays of defiance

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Freed Egyptian Al Jazeera journalist returns home after 4 years’ jail

Mahmoud Hussein release comes just over 2 weeks after Egypt and Qatar restored diplomatic ties

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Conjoined Yemeni twins flown to Jordan for surgery: Unicef

2 infants have their own heart, though position of the heart of one of them is not normal

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Singapore detects first Covid-19 re-infection case

Foreign worker tested positive in April last year and consistently until Jan 25