Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his willingness to step down citing his declining health conditions, according to media reports. The Prime Minister’s Office said the report... Read more
US-China tensions over the South China Sea escalated on Wednesday (Aug 26) with Beijing firing four missiles into the disputed waterway and the Trump administration strengthening action agai... Read more
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread school closures, at least one-third of students affected around the world lack access to virtual education, according to a UN study released Wednesd... Read more
The United Nations on Tuesday blocked a controversial bid by the US to reimpose international sanctions on Iran, with the Security Council saying it could not proceed with the disputed move.... Read more
The confirmed global coronavirus cases neared 24 million on Wednesday, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Besides, over 819,554 fatalities have been recorded... Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria. “Thanks... Read more
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Italy’s second generation of immigrants is renewing the fight for automatic citizenship in a land where migration is at the heart of the politica... Read more
The European Union’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell on Monday called on the Russian authorities to launch an “independent and transparent investigation” into the apparent poisoning of Kremli... Read more
Sonia Gandhi has offered to resign as the Congress interim president. At the crucial Congress Working Committee, which met on Monday, Sonia Gandhi asked the committee to initiate the process... Read more
Tens of Thousands of people came out on the streets of Minsk in Belarus on Sunday demanding the resignation of their authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. They initially took positio... Read more
Republicans will aim to recast the story of Donald Trump’s presidency when they hold their national convention, featuring speakers drawn from everyday life as well as cable news and th... Read more
India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed 3 million on Sunday, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry. The number of confirmed cases reached at 3,044,940 with t... Read more
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000 around the world, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at around 1100 GMT on Saturday. In total, 800,004 fa... Read more
FELTON: California`s lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the largest in state history on Friday, forcing over 175,000 people to flee their homes. At least six... Read more
Joint Statement of the United States and the European Union on a Tariff Agreement United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and European Union Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan today... Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey has discovered significant natural gas reserves in the Black Sea. “Our Fatih drilling ship has discovered 320 billion... Read more
Europe can combat the new coronavirus without full lockdowns now that authorities are better prepared and have gained knowledge about how to fight it in recent months, the World Health Organ... Read more
The United States is poised to call for the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran under a rarely used diplomatic maneuver after a resounding defeat in the Security Council. This move... Read more
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province on Wednesday but no casualty or damage were reported yet, said an official of the disaster agency. The quake stru... Read more
Australia says it has secured access to a promising coronavirus vaccine and will be able to offer free doses to its entire population of 25 million people. The vaccine is being developed by... Read more
