US President Donald Trump announced Friday he had chosen staunch ally Mark Meadows to be his new chief of staff -- the fourth person

The Indian government backtracked yesterday after slapping a 48-hour ban on two TV channels for what officials called biased coverage

The number of international tourist arrivals is expected to drop sharply this year, the World Tourism Organization said Friday, reversing a

The World Health Organization said Friday it needs $20 million to fight Ebola in DR Congo, even as the end of the devastating 19-month epidemic finally seemed within grasp.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 49 to 197, the Civil Protection Agency says, the largest daily increase in fatalities since the contagion was uncovered two weeks ago.

About 30 people are still trapped in a collapsed hotel used for coronavirus quarantine in the city of Quanzhou, in southeastern Fujian Province of China.

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus reaches 145 after another 21 people are confirmed to have died during the last one day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran.

Saudi Arabia has reopened two of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram Mosque in Makkah and Al-Masjid al Nabawy in Madina, after they were closed for sterilization to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.

US President Donald Trump announces he had chosen staunch ally Mark Meadows to be his new chief of staff -- the fourth person to hold the position since he took office.

Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, the US media report, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler.

Kuwait suspends all flights to and from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, and Sri-Lanka for a week starting on Saturday, Kuwait's civil aviation directorate says in a tweet.

Videos showing residents at the centre of China’s coronavirus epidemic haranguing a top Chinese official have highlighted persistent anger at how authorities have handled the crisis.

Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and subjected his former wife to a “campaign of fear and intimidation”, forcing her to flee to London with their two children, according to a British court ruling made public on Thursday.

Empty public squares, a ghostly train station and deserted holy sites -- a series of striking satellite images have revealed the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on some of the world’s busiest spaces.

Nasa on Thursday announced the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance. It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet

The US state of Alabama on Thursday executed a man found guilty of murdering of three police officers, despite a campaign to save him

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has relieved the economy minister in the latest cabinet reshuffle, official media reported citing a royal decree,

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, once a favourite to win the Democratic presidential nomination, dropped out of the race on Thursday, setting up a two-man duel between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.

Syria’s war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm yesterday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal.

The number of people infected with coronavirus across the world surpasses 100,000 as the outbreak reached more countries and the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling.