The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Friday condemned the police "murder" of an unarmed black man in the United States. Mahamat was referrin
Foreign ministers from 11 European countries agreed on Monday the terms for the reopening of borders and restoring the freedom of movement of European citizens, accord
As COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues, countries in the Pacific region are facing another challenge on how to manage medical waste safely and effectively, according to the Secretariat of the Pa
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 14, 2020. /Reuters France and the Neth
China beefed up COVID-19 control measures during the May Day holiday amid the country's resolute efforts to prevent the epidemic from rebounding, said an official from
Chinese religious circles have slammed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom for smearing China's freedom of religious belief in the commissio
Test tube with Coronavirus name label, January 29, 2020. /Reuters White House trade advisor Peter Navarro's remarks about so-called "low-quality" COVID-19 testing kits from China is "groundles
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday urged the European countries to find, isolate, test and treat all cases of COVID-19 while easing their contain
More than 300,000 people in Africa could lose their lives due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said in a report on Friday. The pandemic could slo
Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Defense Hamed Bakayoko. /PHOTO Courtesy: Hamed Bakayoko - Facebook. Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Defense Hamed Bakayoko has tested positive for COVID-19.The minister
China's top legislature on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition after the United States signed the so-called "Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative
Iranian officials on Friday continued to urge the United States to remove anti-Iran sanctions as the country is struggling amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus. Iranian President Hassan Rouhan
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Tuesday called for international efforts to lift the "inhuman" U.S. sanctions on Iran amid the raging COVID-19 epidemic. Lar
Denmark will choose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest without an audience and top division football matches will be played behind closed doors after Danish auth
The company says it has shut down the database but admits it was accessed "on at least one occasion".
The UN Security Council will hold a debate on peacekeeping operations on March 24 with the participation of troop and police contributing countries during China's pres
A Chinese envoy on Monday urged the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to put development issues on top of its agenda, while noting that the inter-governmental nature of the UNGA should not be w