Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US will speak out forcefully against China committing "genocide" against Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang province, as several lawmakers voiced concern...

Mandalay: Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to top using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 people protesting against...

London: The head of a major British press organisation has resigned over his response to Meghan and Harry's television interview — the second senior UK media figure to leave amid...

Dubai: Rafa Nadal will not compete at next week's ATP 500 event in Dubai as he has not recovered fully from a back issue sustained ahead of the Australian Open,...

United Nations:  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on International Women's Day that the COVID-19 pandemic has seen “a rollback in hard-won advances in women's rights” even as calls for women's...

Dakar (Senegal):  The death toll from a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea rose by dozens to at least 98 killed after more bodies were recovered,...

Brussels:  The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to lift the immunity of the former president of Spain's Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his associates, a move that could...

Antigua: Spin all-rounder Fabian Allen smashed 21 off six balls to help West Indies beat Sri Lanka by three wickets and complete a 2-1 Twenty20 International series victory in Antigua...

The Hague: International Criminal Court judges on Monday awarded USD 30 million (25.3 million euros) in reparations to victims of crimes for which a Congolese warlord was convicted including child...

Cairo:  The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen said Sunday that it had launched a new air campaign on the country's capital and other provinces, in retaliation for missile...