The government of Tanzania and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have launched a campaign aimed at ending child marriage in the country, said a statement reac
Iran said Wednesday the United States needs to show "in practice" that it wants a revival of the 2015 nuclear agreement, after an EU coordinator urged parties to accept
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos arrived in the earthquake-hit Abra province on Thursday with other government officials."I agree to what we usually do –
Profits of China's major industrial enterprises rebounded by 0.8 percent year on year in June, after declining over the previous two months due to COVID-19 curbs, accor
Sri Lanka's six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation.Wickremesinghe, 73, who was elected by
Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day tha
The nominations for candidates in Sri Lanka’s new presidential election will be heard on Tuesday, according to Dhammika Dasanayake, secretary general of the parliament.
President Xi Jinping inspected a university, an international land port area, a residential community and a museum in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygu
The new British prime minister will be announced on September 5, replacing incumbent Boris Johnson, said Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's backbench 19
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially told Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will be resigning as previously announced, the prime minister's
The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) announced early Wednesday the Commission's plan to ban the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, i
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Iran on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, as world powers and Tehran are struggling to revive their 2015 nuclear p
Protests broke out across Ecuador over shortages of food and fuel, and the rising cost of living. On Wednesday, protesters marched through Quito, demanding a fuel price
French President Emmanuel Macron called on the opposition parties to "leave in-fighting behind" and to move "beyond politics," France 24 has reported.Macron addressed t
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Iran on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, as world powers and Tehran are struggling to revive their 2015 nuclear p
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Democratic leaders will gauge the party's support for President Biden's proposed gas tax holiday but stopped short o
Asian stocks rose on Thursday, while longer-dated U.S. government bond yields fell and the dollar was down from two-decade highs after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivere