The UN on Tuesday raised only around half the required $2.41 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen, ravaged by war and coronavirus, at a donor

Former president George W Bush called on the US Tuesday to take a hard look at its “tragic failures,” citing racial injustice in America in a statement amid violent protests in the coutry over the past week.

Images of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of African-American George Floyd, who then died, have sparked protests from Amsterdam to Nairobi, but they also expose deeper grievances among demonstrators over strained race relations in their own countries.

China yesterday warned Britain that interfering in Hong Kong will backfire, after the former colonial power vowed to give sanctuary to locals who may flee the city if a controversial security law is passed.

Britain will not walk away from the people of Hong Kong if China imposes a national security law that would conflict with its international obligations under a 1984 accord, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today.

An autopsy found Monday that an African-American man whose death has set off nationwide unrest was suffocated by a police officer, contradicting a preliminary ruling.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 375,555 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official

India’s government yesterday said it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use for five doses in treating COVID-19 patients.

Tropical rainforests disappeared at a rate of one football pitch every six seconds last year, researchers said yesterday, urging countries to include forest protection in post-pandemic plans.

With US cities in flames over outrage about police brutality, nations that are usually on the receiving end of Washington’s criticism on human rights are gleefully turning the tables.

At least 20 villagers, including 10 children, were killed in landslides Tuesday after three days of incessant pre-monsoon rains in northeastern India,

Seven civilians were killed by a roadside bomb linked to the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, even as authorities pressed for

The United Nations’ Libya mission yesterday said the country’s warring parties had agreed to restart talks aimed at reaching a lasting ceasefire, after a

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have discussed over telephone the ongoing border tension between India and China, and the civil disturbances in the US over the death of a black man in police custody.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has suspended his decision to scrap a two-decade-old troop deployment agreement with the United States due to political and other developments in the region, his foreign minister says.

In response to a leaked call uncovered by CNN where US President Donald Trump told governors across America to "dominate" and "arrest and try people", Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo asked the president to "keep your mouth shut".

Bangladesh Bank authorities have filed a fresh civil case against 17 Philippines entities, including the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, in a bid to recover 81 million USD lost in a cyber-heist in 2016, CNN reports.

China yesterday accused the United States of “selfishness” after President Donald Trump said he would terminate the US relationship with the World Health Organization.

Pakistan yesterday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to register a strong protest over India’s decision to expel two officials of its High Commission in New Delhi on charges of espionage.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 372,047 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last