Hong Kong:  Seven human rights experts affiliated with the UN raised concerns over Hong Kong's national security law in a letter addressed to Chinese authorities, saying that the law infringed...

Washington:  The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record USD 3.3 trillion as huge government expenditures to fight the coronavirus and to prop up the economy have added...

United Nations: The United Nations chief urged Japan and other wealthy nations on Thursday to give up their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels and commit to investments in...

United Nations: The UN Security Council will hold a high-level summit during the annual meeting of world leaders at the General Assembly later this month to discuss security threats in...

Washington:  China is seeking to set up more robust logistics facilities in about a dozen countries, including three in India's neighbourhood, to allow the PLA to project and sustain military...

London:  The World Health Organisation says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the UN health agency declared...

Abu Dhabi:  A Star of David-adorned El Al plane flew from Israel to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi in...

London:  Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed -- instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering...

Juba (South Sudan):  Sudan's transitional authorities and a rebel alliance signed a peace deal on Monday following months of tortuous negotiations aimed at ending the country's decades-long civil wars, but...

Ankara:  Turkey on Monday accused Greece of “piracy” and warned it will stand up to Athens' alleged efforts to militarize islands near its coast, following claims that the neighbouring country...