Iran has summoned the ambassador of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, over EU criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported.

Kerala is the latest Indian state to announce Covid-19 vaccine for its people, free of cost.

A Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades started its three-day return to Earth on Sunday.

Four people were stabbed and one shot as rallies backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud led to clashes in major US cities on Saturday.

British ministers have warned supermarkets to stockpile food amid possibilities of a no-deal Brexit, with shortages feared as talks with the European Union remain deadlocked, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.

The first shots in a massive US Covid-19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday, with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hard-hit country on Sunday, an Army general organising the rollout said.

Iran has executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities have said.

Britain yesterday readied armed Royal Navy ships to patrol its fishing waters if tempers flare after a “no-deal” Brexit as a make-or-break deadline approached for talks with the European Union.

World leaders should declare states of “climate emergency” in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks to a climate summit yesterday.

A series of rockets struck Kabul yesterday, killing one person and wounding two, officials said, the second such attack to rock the Afghan capital in less than a month.

US tech giants such as Facebook and Google face unprecedented regulation in Europe, as the EU prepares to unveil landmark proposals that could change the face of life online.

Thousands of Indian farmers will take out a tractor rally to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today, demonstrators protesting the centre’s new agricultural laws said yesterday, vowing to intensify their agitation despite a fresh appeal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged a more coherent response to global crises, saying a “fragmented and chaotic” coronavirus response gave renewed urgency to his belief the Security Council needs reform.

A motorist struck about half a dozen people taking part in a protest in New York City on Friday, causing injuries but no deaths, police and

President Donald Trump’s administration moved forward with $1 billion in sales of drones and precision-guided weapons to Morocco on Friday,

World leaders should declare states of "climate emergency" in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks to a climate summit on Saturday.

Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities said, just months after he returned to Tehran under mysterious circumstances.

The US Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president.

The longest international border in the world, between Canada and the United States, will remain closed until January 21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.

The United States deployed two B-52 long-range bombers over the Gulf on Thursday in a show of force directed at Iran as Washington moves to cut its ground-level military presence in the region.