After years of denial, the Pakistan government has finally revealed that the fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is sheltered in the country.

Hundreds of wildfires burning across Central and Northern California that already killed six people have more than doubled in size, becoming some of the largest in state history and threatening small towns in the path of the flames.

A 116-year-old survivor of the 1918 Spanish Flu believed to be among the world's oldest people died Saturday in South Africa, his family said.

Israeli planes launched raids against Gaza late Thursday in response to rocket fire, as mediators sought to broker an end to the latest flare-up.

Ireland’s agriculture minister resigned yesterday for breaching government coronavirus guidelines by attending a parliamentary golf society dinner.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be turned back into a place of Muslim worship.

Greenland’s massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tonnes last year, raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise, according to findings released Thursday.

Health authorities in China’s capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases.

Doctors treating Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny yesterday said there was no evidence to back claims he was poisoned, as aides accused authorities of risking his life by refusing to allow his evacuation to Germany for treatment.

The United States formally began the process Thursday of activating a controversial mechanism aimed at reimposing sanctions on Iran, a move that was immediately rejected by European allies fighting to save the Iranian nuclear deal.

Sri Lanka’s president has vowed to abolish a controversial constitutional provision restricting his powers as he opened a new parliamentary session following his party’s sweeping election victory.

Myanmar has locked down the state capital of conflict-torn Rakhine state after an outbreak of a coronavirus strain that officials said was more infectious than that previously seen in the country.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands M Riaz Hamidullah has presented his credentials as permanent representative of Bangladesh to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine.

Health authorities in China’s capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases.

China's Sinovac Biotech has committed to provide up to 40 million coronavirus vaccine doses to Indonesia's government between November and March, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to secure its supply as cases rise unabated.

Britain's economic recovery from the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic has gathered pace, but government borrowing rose past the 2 trillion pound ($2.6 trillion) mark and fears of future job losses are mounting.

Mexico will receive at least 2,000 doses of Russia's potential Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed 'Sputnik V', to test among its population, a senior Mexican government official says.

Mali’s opposition coalition yesterday dismissed efforts by regional powers to block a coup-driven change of government, saying it would work with the junta that ousted the president to restore stability to the country.

Saudi Arabia has said it will not follow the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel until the Jewish state has signed an internationally recognised peace accord with the Palestinians.