Kuwait has multiple challenges to meet in the light of the global COVID-19 crisis as the country’s new emir took office after the passing of the old ruler, Kuwaiti experts said. Sheikh... Read more

EU leaders agreed to impose sanctions against members of the Belarus regime on Friday and fired a warning at Turkey over its gas drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In a summit... Read more

Canada on Wednesday extended a ban on non-essential international entries until the end of October as the country was gripped by a surge in coronavirus cases. The extension comes amid a seco... Read more

Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting “game-changing” drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking ge... Read more

The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India’s caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday with several politicians and activists demanding justice and p... Read more

Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death of his half-brother after a long... Read more

The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed one million on Sunday. The pandemic has ravaged the global... Read more

At least 24 people have died after deadly clashes between arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the latest violence in the decades-long territorial dispute sparked international calls Sunday... Read more

Sixteen workers died and one is in a critical condition after being trapped underground in a coal mine in southwest China on Sunday, reported state broadcaster CCTV. A conveyor belt caught f... Read more

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide increased by 2.2 million in the past seven days, to more than 32.2 million or 0.4 per cent of the Earth’s total population. The numb... Read more

Singapore will be the first country in the world to use facial verification in its national identity scheme. The biometric check will give Singaporeans secure access to both private and gove... Read more

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says. Mr Kim reportedly told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae... Read more

Top Republicans and Democrats pushed back hard Thursday against President Donald Trump’s suggestion he might not accept defeat in the November election, warning him the United States was not... Read more

President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the United Nations on Tuesday boasted of Russia’s creation of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, though it has not completed large-scale clinical... Read more

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to work together to improve world governance. The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary on Monday... Read more

Floods and landslides have struck Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta and its surrounding areas, leaving two people dead, one missing and 20 others injured, officials said on Tuesday. A riv... Read more

President Donald Trump, who prefers speaking to boisterous crowds, is set to give a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly as he grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, chilly rela... Read more

At least 100,000 Belarusian protesters took to the streets of Minsk on Sunday in in ongoing protests calling for Belarus’ authoritarian president to resign. This was one of the biggest... Read more

New restrictions may be needed as country faces an ‘inevitable’ second wave of the pandemic as schools and workplaces reopen London, UK: Britain is likely to need to reintroduce... Read more