At least eight people were killed yesterday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital.

The World Health Organization has warned that growing antimicrobial resistance is every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic -- and threatens to reverse a century of medical progress.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways of enhancing ties with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, in a rare phone call since the killing of

German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found human bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb.

Twitter will hand control of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump

War-torn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen in decades, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Friday.

Several thousand people have protested in Paris against a bill that would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer’s face with the intention that they should be harmed.

Several rockets have hit residential areas in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 31, police officials say.

Thousands of people have joined a protest led by high school students in Bangkok to call for education reforms as well as the demands of a broader movement pushing to remove the government and curb the powers of the monarchy.

Wealthy nations have reiterated their opposition to a proposal to waive intellectual property rules for Covid-19 drugs, despite pressure to make an exception to improve access to drugs for poorer countries.

Leaders of the 20 biggest world economies (G20) will debate this weekend how to deal with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic that has caused a global recession and how to manage the recovery once the coronavirus is under control.

Hong Kong reported 26 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest in nearly three months as the government suspended on-site classes for Primary One to Three pupils for two weeks, starting Monday.

More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.

Pfizer confirmed Friday that it and partner BioNTech have applied for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first to do so in the US or Europe as the pandemic rages around the world.

Two Thai high school student leaders will be charged for joining a banned protest last month, police said yesterday, a day after embattled Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha threatened tougher action against protesters.

Rebel forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region fired rockets on Friday at the distant capital of the neighbouring Amhara region, Amhara authorities said, raising worries the conflict could spill into a wider war.

Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine, whose arrest this week triggered protests that led to at least 37 deaths, was released on bail yesterday after being charged with holding rallies likely to spread the coronavirus.

The EU hopes the US will adopt a more multilateralist stance when president-elect Joe Biden takes power, the bloc’s chief said yesterday, on the eve of a G20 summit.

A virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders started yesterday with US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in attendance to discuss the coronavirus crisis and global economic recovery amid lingering trade differences.

People who’ve had Covid-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic.