The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday reiterated its call for a “de-politicized environment” for the study on COVID-19 virus origins, as the whole...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won his fourth seven-year term in the 2021 presidential race, the Syrian parliament announced on Thursday. Hamoudeh Sabbagh, the parliament...

New Zealand’s population is projected to become more ethnically diverse over the next two decades, with the Asian population increasing to 26 percent of...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma accepted more than 700 bribes over the course of a decade before he was president, including cash payments...

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised its 2021 economic growth outlook to 4 percent, 1 percentage point higher than the estimate unveiled three...

The United Nations and relief partners reported on Wednesday at least 32 dead and hundreds feared missing, including more than 170 children, from the...

The Japanese delegation for the Tokyo Olympic Games will receive vaccinations from June 1, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced. The Japanese delegation, which will consist...

Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of eastern India and neighboring Bangladesh as a cyclone pushed ashore Wednesday in an area where...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday as he presses ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is continuing to monitor the evolving situation in Mali very closely following the detention of civilian leaders by the military,...