The UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression on Monday accused the White House of mounting an "onslaught" against the media and referred to a negative "Trump effect" on global press freedom.

The United States has rejected China’s claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, drawing criticism from China which said the US position raised tension in the region, highlighting an increasingly testy relationship.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Monday for taking part in a Cabinet decision to use a charity he and his family have worked with

Turkey's Hagia Sophia could open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said yesterday, after a court

Six women who claim they were sexually abused by Harvey Weinstein urged a US judge on Monday to reject an $18.9 million settlement with the

Italy has handed back to France a mural painted by British street artist Banksy which was stolen from the Paris Bataclan theatre, where militant Islamist gunmen killed scores of people in an attack in November 2015.

The United States on Monday rejected China’s claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, drawing criticism from China which said the US position raised tension in the region, highlighting an increasingly testy relationship.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britain’s 5G network by 2027, risking the ire of China by signalling that the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the West.

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and liberation hero Nelson Mandela, died yesterday, the Mandela family said. Zindzi

Malaysia’s prime minister narrowly won a vote to remove the parliament speaker during a rowdy session of the legislature yesterday, a key test of

Can’t embrace friends and family these days? Hug a tree instead. That is the message Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority is spreading on social media

Taliban militants clashed with security forces following a car bomb blast at a government compound in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing ten people and wounding dozens more, officials said.

Hours after Indian state Rajasthan’s Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot declared open rebellion and claimed that the Ashok Gehlot government in the state is in minority, central Congress leader Avinash Pande yesterday said 109 MLAs have signed a letter of support to the chief minister.

More than 80 millionaires yesterday urged governments around the world to tax the super-wealthy much more to help fund the global recovery from the coronavirus outbreak.

China announced “corresponding sanctions” against the United States yesterday after Washington penalised senior Chinese officials over the

Four days of continuous heavy rain and landslides have killed 60 people in Nepal. 41 people are missing, authorities said yesterday.

Patients who recover from coronavirus infections may lose their immunity to reinfection within months, according to research released yesterday that experts said could have a “significant” influence on how governments manage the pandemic.

Noted Bangladeshi photojournalist and founder of Pathshala Media Institute Shahidul Alam has been announced as one of the winners of the 2020 International Press Freedom Awards.

Global coronavirus infections have passed 13 million, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease which has killed more than half a million people in seven months.

Poles yesterday voted in a knife-edge presidential run-off between a populist incumbent closely allied with US President Donald Trump and a