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...

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic's Australian Open dominance is intact — nine finals, nine championships. And he keeps gaining on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the Grand Slam standings, now up...

Tehran: The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog met Sunday with Iranian officials in a bid to preserve his inspectors' ability to monitor Tehran's atomic programme, even as authorities...

Broomfield (Colorado): David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light...