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WHO reaches draft consensus on future pandemic treaty

Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached a tentative consensus to negotiate a future agreement on preventing pandemics, bridging the gap betwee

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McCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.) said Monday that he called Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) last week after Gosar tweeted an anime video depicting himself car

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AU Commission chair meets U.S. envoy over Sudan, Ethiopia developments

The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Thursday hosted the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, for t

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Haiti gang seeks $1 million/person for kidnapped missionaries

A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million – or $1 million each – to release them, according to a top Haitian

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Australia travel: Sydney to end Covid-19 quarantine for international travelers

Sydney will end its Covid-19 quarantine for fully vaccinated international travelers from November 1, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Friday, October

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U.S. says to hold first in-person talks with Taliban

The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks this weekend since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, the State Department announce

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West African regional bloc suspends Guinea after coup

West Africa's main political and economic bloc suspended Guinea's membership on Wednesday following a weekend military coup that ousted President Alpha Conde.During a v

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U.S. airlifts aid to areas of Haiti hardest hit by earthquake

Click arrows to view gallery The U.S. military is ferrying food and supplies this weekend into southern Haiti to help people in the region hit by the recent mag

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UK, Germany seek common G7 approach on Taliban

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Saturday, according to Johnson's office.Both two leaders agreed on the need for inte

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Colombia begins vaccinating youths against COVID-19

02:13 In Colombia,the country is pushing forward in its effort to achieve herd immunity in the fight against COVID-19.More than a quarter of adults have received at least one vaccine do

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Relief supplies arrive in earthquake-hit Haiti

The death toll from the earthquake that struck Haiti last weekend rose to 2,189, according to the Caribbean nation's civil protection agency. Hundreds of people are still unaccounted for, and

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Texas House Dems end standoff, paving way for election overhaul

A controversial GOP-backed voting bill is one step closer to becoming law after several Texas House Democrats returned to the state capital building on Thursday, ending

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T-Mobile says at least 47M current and former customers affected by hack

T-Mobile has confirmed that millions of current and former customers had their information stolen in a data breach, following reports of a hack over the weekend.In a statement, T-Mobile, which has mor

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The U.S. daily case average up by 930 percent since June

FILE PIC: Over the weekend, the daily case average in the U.S. rose to 120,000 skyrocketing 930 percent since mid-June, federal data showed. /Xinhua Over the weekend, the daily case average in

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T-Mobile confirms it was hacked after customer data posted online

T-Mobile has confirmed “unauthorized access” to its systems, days after a portion of customer data was listed for sale on a known cybercriminal forum.The U.S. cell giant, which last year c

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Grace storms through Caribbean as Fred weakens to tropical wave

Tropical Storm Grace was moving west towards the Leeward Island after it formed in the Caribbean. WhileFred has weakened to a tropical wave as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico, butthe U.S. Nationa

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Taliban capture Afghan government's last northern stronghold

Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools in Kabul, Afghanistan. /Getty Images Afghanistan's four