Dubai: The Group of 20 summit opened on Saturday with appeals by the world's most powerful leaders to collectively chart a way forward as the coronavirus pandemic overshadows this year's...

Berlin: The UN's climate chief says deadlines set by some of the world's top polluters to end greenhouse gas emissions, along with president-elect Joe Biden's pledge to take the United...

Wilmington, Delaware (US): President Donald Trump's refusal to cooperate with his successor is forcing President-elect Joe Biden to seek unusual workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and...

Kinshasa (Congo):  Armed rebels have killed at least 35 people in eastern Congo's Beni region this week, according to local officials. The bodies of 29 people were found after a...

Washington:  The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan. 15, a U.S. official said Monday. The order...

Jerusalem: The UN's Mideast envoy on Monday said he was “very concerned” by Israel's decision to advance construction in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem that would make it even...

Washington:  President-elect Joe Biden's scientific advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop on government plans...

Washington: Fervent supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade when he detoured for a drive-by...

Moscow: The president of Azerbaijan has promised that Christian churches will be protected when the strongly Muslim country takes possession of areas formerly controlled by Armenians. President Ilham Aliyev's office...

Jerusalem: When the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalise relations with Israel, the Palestinians decried the move as a "betrayal" of both Jerusalem, where they hope to establish the capital...