Ten babies were killed in a maternity unit in the Indian state of Maharashtra early yesterday when fire tore through a major hospital, a doctor said.

Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on the disputed Himalayan frontier of Ladakh where the world’s two most populous countries fought a

atar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border yesterday, Qatari sources told AFP, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a three and a

Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border yesterday, Qatari sources told AFP, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a three and

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more advanced nuclear weapons and said the United States is “our biggest enemy,” state media said yesterday, presenting a stark challenge to President-elect Joe Biden just days before he takes office.

India yesterday said it will start vaccinating 1.3 billion people from January 16 as the United States logged a record new daily virus caseload and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said the story of every democratic nation is of struggle -- imperfect and ongoing.

US President Donald Trump said he will look at building his own platform after Twitter suspended him on Friday, citing a risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of his supporters.

US President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn’t “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time.

A laptop was stolen from the office of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, one of her aides said on Friday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal as he disclosed a list of high-tech weapons systems under development, saying the fate of relations with the United States depends on whether it abandons its hostile policy, state media reported Saturday.

Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of his supporters.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of President Donald Trump’s main supporters in the EU, yesterday cautioned against interfering in “America’s business” over the unrest in Washington this week.

Genetic differences between identical twins can begin very early in embryonic development, according to a study Thursday that researchers said has implications for how these siblings help scientists tease out the effects of nature versus nurture.

The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws yesterday and said they will meet again in a week’s time.

US President Donald Trump has said he is considering pardoning himself in discussions with aides since the November election, the New York Times reported. The newspaper cited two unidentified people with knowledge of the discussions.

Iran is in no hurry to see the US return to a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers after Joe Biden takes office this month, its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday.

Republican Kelly Loeffler on Thursday conceded her closely watched Senate race in Georgia, with Democratic wins in the state’s two runoff elections sealing the party’s control of the chamber later this month.

A radical cleric linked to the Bali nightclub bombings was freed from prison yesterday, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly two decades after more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed in Indonesia’s worst terror attack.