The World Health Organization appealed to countries not to pause vaccination campaigns after two more European nations and one in Asia joined a handful which have suspended use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over safety fears.

International deliveries of arms were flat in the period 2016-2020, ending more than a decade of increases, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on Monday.

It will not be possible for Singapore to choose between the United States and China, given the extensive ties the Republic has with both superpowers, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.

Dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday as he visited an area devastated by forest fires, TV footage showed.

A university in deeply conservative Pakistan expelled two students who embraced after getting engaged on campus, after a video of the incident spread on social media this week.

British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe yesterday appeared in a Tehran court to face new charges of “propaganda against the system”, a

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday he was traveling to Asia to boost military cooperation with American allies and foster “credible

North Korea has not responded to behind-the-scenes diplomatic outreach since mid-February by President Joe Biden’s administration, including to

Japanese worshippers yesterday prayed for the safety of themselves and their families by walking barefoot with Buddhist monks over smouldering coals at an annual festival near Mt Takaosan.

India’s Election Commission yesterday ruled out that there was any attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, saying it was an accident.

Dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying Argentine President Alberto Fernandez as he visited an area devastated by forest fires, TV footage showed.

Nigerian security forces stepped up efforts yesterday to rescue dozens of students who were abducted from their hostels in northwestern Kaduna state

Rudy Giuliani didn’t even know he was appearing in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” but that hasn’t stopped him landing two acting nominations --

Bolivia’s former interim president Jeanine Anez was arrested yesterday on terrorism and sedition charges over what the government claims was a coup

A powerful car bomb in western Afghanistan killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more, authorities said yesterday, as the United

Foreign ministers in the G7 group of nations including the United States and Britain have expressed grave concerns at what they said was China’s

She still gets surprised when people want to hug her at the supermarket, but her studious media appearances analyzing the pandemic have

The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case

Myanmar security forces killed at least 12 people, witnesses and media reported, as the acting leader of a civilian parallel government vowed in a first public address to pursue a “revolution” to overturn the February 1 military coup.

Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, crossed a record high of $60,000.