Beijing: China said Thursday a cohort of astronauts is training for four crewed missions this year as the country works to complete its first permanent orbiting space station. The station's...

Paris:  A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended...

Geneva:  Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were “arbitrarily detained" in enforced disappearances during the country's 10-year conflict, a U.N. commission said in a report released Monday. The fate...

Dubai:  Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaults it has...

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...