The war in Syria has killed more than 400,000 people and sparked a refugee exodus that has destabilised neighbouring countries and impacted Europe. "You see kids that are clearly now getting malnour...

The enhanced scrutiny, announced Monday by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, applies to the Associated Press, CBS, United Press International and NPR. But Zhao noted in a press conference Wed...

Haniyeh stressed that they had to immediately act to achieve national unity at a time when attempts are being made to purge Palestine through Israeli annexation plans in the West Bank and the Deal...

Others were detained for possessing items advocating independence. Police officers fired pepper spray and tear gas as demonstrators shouted, "resist till the end" and "Hong Kong independence". Ordinar...

Mayor Jenny Durkan said last week that the city would wind down the Capitol Hill Organised Protest area. A spokesperson for Harborview Medical Center's Emergency Department said a private vehicle ...

The organisation has been pressing China since early May to invite in its experts to help investigate the animal origins of the coronavirus. Speaking on the eve of the grim milestone, Tedros Adhano...

It looked like The Lone Ranger. The U.S.is now the epicentre of the virus, with more than 2.6 million confirmed cases and 127,681 deaths. "I am encouraging everyone to WEAR YOUR MASKS!" he said. P...

California has a total of almost 217,000 cases and around 6,000 deaths. Public health officials in Southern California are taking extra precautions this Fourth of July weekend as Los Angeles exp...

The death toll has surged past 498,000. The reported tally comes from Johns Hopkins University researchers. India lags only the United States, Brazil and Russian Federation in total cases and more...

The tweet comes on the heels of Trump's hostile response to protests against racial injustice engulfing the United States following the death of Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died after a white po...

The main gate at the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas, is pictured in this undated photograph, obtained on November 5, 2009. The man's ex-wife is now in custody in connection to Guillen's disappeara...

The 84 million tablets bearing the Captagon symbol were discovered by police on Wednesday in the port of Salerno, south of Naples . Colonel Napolitano said on Italian state radio that investigators...

A wedding ceremony in rural Patna a fortnight ago where the groom was running a high fever, two days before he died and his body cremated without being tested for COVID-19, appears to have set off t...

The couple's lawyers immediately announced they would be appealing, with Fillon allowed to remain free. The court said Mrs. Fillon, 64, was paid "the maximum possible" and that the sums were "out of...

Britain on Wednesday extended Hong Kong residents a broader path to citizenship in response to China's sweeping new security law for the former United Kingdom territory. Those protests evolved...

Mayor Jenny Durkan said that until now the authorities had "reasonably facilitated an ongoing exercise" of free speech and demonstration rights under the USA constitution. However, since then, a se...

A drive-in COVID-19 testing center is shown empty and abandoned as Los Angeles reports spike in positive tests amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Inglewood, California, US, June 23,...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it has secured more than 500,000 treatment courses of the drug for American hospitals. Dr Horby said that as an American company, Gilea...

The US has bought up nearly the entire global supply of one of two drugs used to treat coronavirus. USA authorities secured more than 500,000 treatment courses of the drug through September, which "...

The testimony came during a hearing meant to address how the nation's schools can safely reopen, even as many cities and states are pausing or reversing plans to open up the economy. According to Fauc...

I think that's a bear, ' " she told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . A small bear cub in the USA state of Wisconsin recently found itself in trouble when it managed to get a plastic jar stuck on ...

Trump wrote in a tweet Tuesday . "President Trump is a big fan of The Villages". The amendment, proposed by Sen. Hanson suggested that renaming the bases might be a worthy cause, but that it s...

Globally, around 150 vaccine candidates are under development now, of which 17 are undergoing human trials. CanSino revealed it had received a certificate from China's National Medical Products ...

The drug has shown potential to help people recover faster from the disease. The Trump administration has now bought more than 5,00,000 doses, which is the entire batch produced for July and 90% o...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will reveal details of the military package on Wednesday. PM Morrison while announcing Australia's defence plans stated that the 10-year funding model will enable the d...

The officials provided the information on the condition that they not be identified. In a book officially released last week, Bolton wrote that Trump asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a dinner in 2...

Eyewitnesses said the cause of the explosion was unknown, with the Khabaronline news site suggesting 13 deaths and several more injured. State-run IRNA news agency also quoted Maleki as saying the d...

The UN had earlier warned that the Israeli annexation of Palestinian land would lead to the outbreak of conflict and instability in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Jordan Valley accounts for aro...

Bernstein added that such conversations with world leaders including Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed that Trump "posed a danger to the national security of the United States" harmf...

The EU states: "A Member State should not decide to lift the travel restrictions for non-listed third countries before this has been decided in a coordinated manner". The approved countries have been ...

It's not a political statement, it's just trying to do your part to keep loved ones and neighbors healthy'. The shut down goes into effect from Friday, July 3 to Tuesday, July 7, according to Mayor ...

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there should be no stigma attached to wearing face coverings in public amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "MAGA should now stand for 'Masks are grea...

According to WJBK-TV , police spokesperson Sgt. Nicole Kirkwood said that police were attempting to redirect traffic when the crowd of protesters became agitated and surrounded the vehicle. A video po...

While Mr Trzaskowski trailed Mr Duda on Sunday, in a runoff he would be likely to gain many votes from the nine other candidates who have been eliminated, including a progressive Catholic independent,...

While some states have tightened precautions, in the worst-affected regions of Maharashtra, which includes India's financial capital, Mumbai, and Delhi, home to the federal capital of New Delhi, mos...