Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to the international community, including the United States, to help Bangladesh rehabilitate Rohingyas in their homeland, Myanmar.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also rise.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on troops to “put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war” in a visit to a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Half of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals have died over the past 25 years, scientists said yesterdeay, warning that climate change is irreversibly destroying the underwater ecosystem.

European countries have begun to close schools and cancel surgeries, going well beyond curbs on social life, as overwhelmed authorities face their nightmare scenario of a Covid-19 resurgence right before the onset of winter.

Azerbaijan yesterday said it had destroyed missile launchers inside Armenia that were targetting its cities and vital gas and oil pipelines, as fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh risked widening beyond the disputed region.

Donald Trump is running out of days to change the current trajectory of the presidential election, after a week where he pulled out of a debate scheduled for 15 October, and when Vice President Mike Pence apparently failed to win over more voters during his turn in the spotlight last week. Polls have grown so one-sided that Republicans fear a Democratic “blue wave” in November with control of the Senate also at stake.

Soon after her release from a 14-month detention, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has vowed to continue her struggle for the restoration of Article 370, which gave a special constitutional status, and the resolution of the Kashmir issue.

At least 10,000 Thai protesters marched to the prime minister’s office yesterday demanding he stepped down, while thousands of royalist supporters also turned out in their biggest showing since anti-government demonstrations began three months ago.

Tens of thousands of people in southern Afghanistan have fled their homes following days of heavy fighting between the Taliban and security forces, officials said yesterday, as violence continues to soar despite ongoing peace talks.

Israel approved 2,166 new homes in settlements across the occupied West Bank yesterday, official figures sent to AFP showed, ending an eight-month lull in settlement expansion.

China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Geneva-based body.

The EU yesterday agreed to impose sanctions on six people and one entity over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny with a Novichok nerve agent, diplomats told AFP.

Heavy rains have killed at least 12 people in southern India and caused widespread flooding in the city Hyderabad, home to major IT companies and startups, government officials said yesterday.

The former executive assistant of Fahim Saleh pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder for allegedly decapitating and dismembering the tech entrepreneur in his luxury New York condo in July.

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden fanned out to critical battleground states on Tuesday as the presidential race entered a final, intense phase amid record numbers of early votes cast.

Facebook Inc FB.O will start banning ads that explicitly discourage people from getting vaccinated, the world's largest social media company said on Tuesday, as it also announced a new flu vaccine information campaign.

The World Bank said Tuesday that it approved $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatment.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday met the king in a bid to prove he has a “convincing” parliamentary majority to form a new

Armenian and Azerbaijani forces yesterday engaged in new fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region despite pleas from world and