The presidential National Security Council of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday condemned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s "provocative acts" foll
Two children were killed and three were injured in a suicide attack in Gwadar district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday, a Pakistani government official said.On August 20, at th
A COVID-19 testing site along a street in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, July 26, 2021. /CFP Researchers at the University of Washington estimate that approximately 60 percent of U.S.
At least 15 people were killed and 26 others injured in separate rain-related incidents during a recent spell of heavy rains in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the Provincial Disast
A "global pandemic radar" is being developed by the World Health Organisation to monitor and track new infections and variants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Bori
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge. /Getty Images The World Health Organization's regional director for Europe on Thursday said COVID-19 vaccin
FILE PHOTO: Patrons at a bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side share a toast in New York, U.S. /VCG New York State entered a new period of reopening on Wednesday with multiple capacity restricti
Mobile gaming hasn’t seen the same demand for streaming content in the past as desktop has, but Amazon sees a market there to extend Twitch’s dominance. After launching on Android back in
The United Kingdom has recorded another 323 deaths and 9,985 confirmed infections. It compares to Wednesday's figures of 9,938 cases and 442 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, and
UK records 9,834 cases as govt targets to inoculate all adults by July There have been a further 9,834 lab-confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK, according to government data, a fall from last
FILE PHOTO: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a past press conference. /VCG Image UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday revealed that there is some evidence that the UK COVID-19 varia
00:55 Indonesia's Semeru volcano sent huge plumes of ash and smoke into the air Saturday in the East Java province just after 5pm local time. There were no immediate evacuations, but p
An aerial shot of a busy street in Nairobi, Kenya. /VCG As Kenyans celebrate Christmas, the number of COVID-19 infections in the country rose by 282, according to the ministry of health.The po
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) speaks at a past function in Abuja, Nigeria, February 27, 2019. /VCG Photo Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday extended the manda
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) naval and aerial forces closely followed the U.S. warship when it trespassed into China's Taiwan Straits on Wednesday, Senior
Members of the Puntland Maritime Police Force on patrol for pirates near the village of Elayo, Somalia. /Getty Images) A global maritime body on Wednesday urged foreign vessels to remain vigil
01:12 A new antibody test in one of Germany's early coronavirus hotspots has found that nearly eight percent of people were infected with the virus – far higher than previously believe