Geneva: The World Health Organization reported there was a 10 per cent rise in new coronavirus cases globally last week, driven by surges in the Americas and Europe. WHO said...

Kabul (Afghanistan):  A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said Saturday. Hours later, the U.N. condemned an “alarming” increase...

Washington:  President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely US surplus of doses later this...

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...