Brussels: European lawmakers on Wednesday approved a 672.5 billion euro (USD 815 billion) recovery package of loans and grants to help member states recover faster from the coronavirus pandemic. The...

Kabul:  A chain of bomb explosions targeting Kabul police on Wednesday killed a district police chief and his bodyguard, and also wounded five people, officials said. No one immediately claimed...

Kabul (Afghanistan): A string of attacks on Tuesday in Afghanistan killed five government employees and four policemen, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. In the capital,...

Tehran:  Iran's intelligence minister has warned the West that his country could push for a nuclear weapon if crippling international sanctions on Tehran remain in place, state television reported Tuesday....

Washington: Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial  is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent...

MELBOURNE: Canadian eighth seed Bianca Andreescu was made to work hard on her return to competition after 15 months, the 2019 U.S. Open winner digging deep to see off Mihaela...

Yangon:  As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday to protest last week's coup, their spirits were lifted by the return...

Chicago:  Joe Biden, the first sitting US president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling new executions, officials...

Rawalpindi:  Aggressive batting by Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen gave hope to South Africa's bid to level the series after Pakistan set the tourists a challenging target of...

Berlin:  The company building a disputed Russian-German underwater gas pipeline that's been the target of U.S. sanction threats said work on it has resumed, the German news agency dpa reported...