An emergency donor conference for blast-stricken Lebanon raised pledges worth nearly 253 million euros ($298 million) for immediate humanitarian relief, the French presidency says.

Ecuador’s navy is conducting surveillance of a massive Chinese fishing fleet that is operating near the protected waters of the Galapagos Islands, amid concerns about the environmental impact of fishing in the area of the ecologically sensitive islands.

The huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut’s port, devastating large parts of the Lebanese capital and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141

At least nine people died after a massive fire broke out at a hotel that was being used as a Covid-19 facility in India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state

The Japanese city of Nagasaki yesterday commemorated the 75th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor and the head of

New Zealand marked 100 days yesterday with no recorded cases of the coronavirus in the community but health officials warned there was no room

At least 43 bodies have been recovered after a massive landslide triggered by monsoon rains swept away dozens of tea estate workers in southwestern India, police said yesterday.

The Afghan government and the Taliban are “on the verge of peace talks” after thousands of prominent Afghans approved the release of about 400 ‘hard-core’ militant prisoners, the head of Kabul’s peace council said yesterday.

A senior member of US President Donald Trump’s administration landed in Taiwan yesterday for Washington’s highest level visit since switching diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a trip Beijing has condemned.

The Indian federal government has sought approval of the West Bengal state government to allow the return of 2,680 Indians stranded in Bangladesh since the coronavirus lockdown in March.

Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French tourists and two Nigeriens in a wildlife park in Niger, a senior official has said.

An independent cinema owner in France took his disappointment and frustration one step further over Disney's move to premiere Mulan on streaming platform Disney+ in September after its cinematic release had been delayed several times since March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Afghanistan has agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners, paving the way for the beginning of peace talks aimed at ending more than 19 years of war.

Some Lebanese have called for a sustained uprising to topple their leaders amid public fury over the recent devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country's top Christian Maronite cleric has said the cabinet should resign.

Three children were among 11 people killed in a fire Saturday at an apartment block in the Czech Republic that police believe was set deliberately.

The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than 5 million people now infected, according to a Reuters tally, as the country's top infectious diseases official offered hope earlier this week that an effective vaccine might be available by year-end.

Infusions of antibody-rich blood plasma from people who have recovered from the new coronavirus, known as convalescent plasma, can lower the risk

In patients with Covid-19, the immune system’s T cells learn to recognize and target the new coronavirus. But some people who were never infected

Children with Covid-19 rarely become critically ill, and when they do, they tend to have better outcomes than adults, based on early data from an

The top US counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia, China and Iran will all try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, with Russia already trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden.