Yangon:  Security forces in Myanmar made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military...

Washington:  The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill  in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they'd revive their derailed...

Brussels:  The top European Union diplomat supervising the international agreement aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions called Friday for a concerted effort to reinvigorate the pact even as Tehran appears...

Lagos:  Hundreds of girls are missing after a large group of gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning, residents say. The Government Secondary Jangebe School in Zamfara...

Washington: Republicans rallied solidly against Democrats' proposed USD 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate's parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal...

Jerusalem: When it comes to obtaining hard-to-get coronavirus vaccines, Israel's friends are discovering the road appears to run through Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday acknowledged sharing coronavirus...

United Nations: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned world leaders that climate change is a threat to security of all nations and sharply criticised people across the globe who say...

Kabul: The number of civilians killed and wounded in violence across war-weary Afghanistan fell by 15 per cent last year compared to 2019, according to a United Nations report released...

Kinshasa (Congo): The Italian ambassador to Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed Monday during an attack on a UN convoy in an area that is home to...

Yangon: Protesters gathered in Myanmar's biggest city on Monday despite the ruling junta's threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike against the military's takeover three...