The death toll of security personnel in India's central state of Chhattisgarh rose to 22 in clashes with armed rebels Naxals that began on Saturday, confirmed a government official on Sunday.As many
More than half the UK's adult population has now received a first COVID vaccine dose, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Saturday."I'm delighted to be able to say that we've now vaccinated ha
On the eve of the Netherlands' general election, some 2,000 people gathered in The Hague on Sunday to protest against the government and its tough coronavirus lockdown. /AFP Police clashed wit
A Nigerian military plane crashed while approaching Abuja airport runway on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) confirmed."This is to confirm th
00:55 A large fire broke out at the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, Thursday. Four people were evacuated, but five others are reported to have died.T
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said in a congratulatory tweet that China looks forward to working with the administration of newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden."Congratul
Ezra Feivel Vogel, a prominent expert on Asian studies and a social sciences professor at Harvard University, died aged 90 at a hospital in the U.S. state of Massachusetts on Sunday, the Fairbank Cen
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday condemned U.S. sanctions against Turkey over Ankara's acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems as "conte
Attorney General William Barr will be leaving his job before Christmas, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Foreign Minister of Nigeria Geoffrey Onyeama (L) during a past press conference. /Getty Images The United States lowered the fee paid by
The four nations of the United Kingdom have agreed to relax COVID-19 restrictions together for Christmas, Times Radio's Chief Political Commentator Tom Newton Dunn said on Tuesday. /Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, due to Krebs' recent statement about the election.Trump tweeted that the de
Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed on both sides of a conflict in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia this week. Ethiopia’s Nobel Peac
Mohamed Hussein Roble officially assumed office as Somalia's prime minister on Sunday following his appointment by President Mohamed Farmaajo.The ceremony took place at the presidential palace in
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi will travel to Tehran to meet with high-level Iranian authorities next Monday,
India is about to reach 3m total confirmed cases of coronavirus, after a record single-day increase of more than 69,000.The country has the third-highest number of infe
ISTANBUL, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey might suspend its diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), or call back its ambassador over