A few children are trying hard to focus in the only classroom of a makeshift, government-run, madrassa in India's north-eastern state of Tripura.They find it hard to ta
The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan will visit Doha next week for two weeks of meetings with leaders of the Taliban, State Department spokesperson Ned Price
The United States will resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar, addressing among other issues the fight against terrorism and the humanitarian crisis in Afghan
The Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) has revealed that it intercepted two semi-trailers carrying 600 migrants in the state of Veracruz on Friday. Those abo
The International Skating Union (ISU) NHK Trophy concluded in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, with both the men's and women's singles titles going to Japanese Shoma Uno and K
Chinese tennis player Wang Xinyu pulled off the biggest upset of the Linz Open in Austria on Tuesday, outlasting No. 1 seed and U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-
Newly-elected International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Vice President Aivaz Omorkanov is in the Chinese capital for the Olympic test events which consists of four tea
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called on the warring Ethiopian factions to stop hostilities and instead engage in dialogue to resolve their differences.Ke
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), said he's convinced that the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be a fantastic sporting event."I bel
A misdemeanor complaint has been filed against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a court in Albany, the state's capital, a spokesman for the New York state court
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is currently set to sign legislation that would officially eliminate the "Tampon Tax" on all menstrual products.On Tuesday, the Michi
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overhauled his Cabinet on Tuesday and named women to the foreign affairs and defense posts in a gender-balanced group of the gove
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday announced the appointment of former U.N. undersecretary-general Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore as the new U.N. special envoy f
Pope Francis has likened migrant detention centers in Libya to "concentration camps" and called on the international community to intervene in a worsening migrant situa
China's Tiangong space station welcomed its first female astronaut Wang Yaping, on October 16. Wang, who has drawn much attention at home and abroad, will become the fi
The veil of mystery shed over female astronauts has become increasingly discussed as the China Space Station welcomed its first female guest this Saturday. And the stay
Ethiopian Tamira Tola and Kenyan Angela Tanui grabbed victories in the 45th Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday with course records in the men's and women's race respectively.