Last month was the warmest January on record globally, while in Europe temperatures were a balmy three degrees Celsius above the

US President Donald Trump’s peace plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, dubbed the “Deal of the Century”, will die before Trump dies, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says in a tweet from his official account.

Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central China’s Wuhan city, which accounts for over 73 percent of deaths despite having only one-third the number of confirmed infections.

A bitter feud between US President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, with Trump snubbing her outstretched hand and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back.

As the deadly coronavirus has spread worldwide, it has carried with it xenophobia -- and Asian communities around the world are finding themselves subject to suspicion and fear.

China’s top leadership has admitted “shortcomings and difficulties” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak, as state media said a new hospital built at breakneck pace began receiving patients in the epicentre of the crisis.

Three more Asian countries confirmed coronavirus infections yesterday among citizens who had not travelled to China, as Hong Kong reported its first death from the disease and millions more people in Chinese cities were ordered to stay indoors.

Two women were killed and a toddler was wounded on Monday in a shooting at a residence hall on the Texas A&M University campus in

Support for Scottish independence has risen to 52 percent, its highest level in three and a half years, according to a poll conducted just

At least 13 children died and dozens of others were injured in a stampede as they left their primary school in Kenya on Monday, local

A clinical trial for an HIV vaccine has been discontinued since the vaccine was not found to prevent infections of human

A Russian-backed Syrian government offensive against the country’s last rebel enclave has caused one of the biggest waves of

Senator Bernie Sanders claimed victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, citing internal campaign data that placed him ahead of Pete

The UN health agency yesterday warned that cancer cases would rise by 81 percent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care.

America’s divisions will enter into burning focus when President Donald Trump delivers the annual State of the Union speech to Congress, later Tuesday just ahead of his expected acrimonious impeachment acquittal.

The US Department of Health and Human Services says it is partnering with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc to develop a treatment for the coronavirus, making the drugmaker the latest to join the race to develop a therapy.

China has agreed to allow US health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount.

Myanmar has reimposed an internet shutdown in two conflict-torn western states, after partially lifting the blackout five months ago, says a leading telecoms operator.

Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announces her engagement to the head of a consulting firm.

Fourteen students are reportedly killed in a stampede as they rushed down a staircase at a primary school in western Kenya.