Nairobi, October 28 (AP): African health officials and the United Nations are warning of a looming shortage of more than 2 billion syringes for mainly low- and middle-income countries around the world as the su
Brussels, October 28 (AP): The European Union's chief executive called Thursday for a show of climate leadership ahead of two major international meetings focused on curbing global warming, warning that wor
Rome, October 28 (AP): The Vatican on Thursday abruptly cancelled the planned live broadcast of US President Joe Biden meeting Pope Francis, the latest restriction to media coverage of the Holy See.
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London, October 28 (AP): British lawmakers are set to grill Facebook and other tech giants Thursday over how they handle online safety as European efforts to regulate social media companies gain momentum.
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Jakarta, October 28 (AP): The soldiers in rural Myanmar twisted the young man's skin with pliers and kicked him in the chest until he couldn't breathe. Then they taunted him about his family until his h
Denver, October 27 (AP): The United States has issued its first passport with an X gender designation a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don't identify as male or female and expects
London, October 27 (AP): The United States asked Britain's High Court on Wednesday to overturn a judge's decision that Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States to face espionage charges, p
United Nations, October 27 (AP): The outgoing UN envoy for Myanmar says civil war has spread throughout the country and the international community should consider measures aimed at replacing the military junta
Dubai, October 27 (AP): Iran's president said Wednesday that a cyberattack which paralysed every gas station in the Islamic Republic was designed to get people angry by creating disorder and disruption, as
Brussels, October 27 (AP): NATO's security operation in Afghanistan became a victim of mission creep" as the military organisation allowed itself to be dragged into helping rebuild the impoverished, co
New Delhi, October 27 (IANS): A number of women took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to protest against the closed schools for girls and accused the international community of being silent about what is
Cairo, October 27 (AP): Sudanese security forces detained three prominent pro-democracy figures, family members and activists said Wednesday, as international pressure mounted on the country's military to w
Beijing, October 27 (AP): US regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country's three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising
Beijing, October 26 (PTI): Underlining that Afghanistan was at a critical stage of transforming from chaos to governance, China has urged the Taliban that they should make a clean break with terrorism, demonstr
Bangkok, October 26 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court for the first time Tuesday in one of several cases against her, but details of what she said were not available because of a g
Berlin, October 26 (AP): The United Nations reported Tuesday that fresh pledges by governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions raise hopes but aren't strict enough to avoid catastrophic global warming.
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Seoul, October 26 (AP): Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country's first move toward democracy before he was imprisoned for c
Tokyo, October 26 (AP): Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage delayed three years and called unfit by some "was a necess
Seoul, October 26 (IANS) North Korea has conducted coronavirus tests on around 42,000 people but no person was found to be infected by the virus, a World Health Organization (WHO) report revealed on Tuesday.
New Delhi, October 26 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind in China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted an underwater explosion test which simulated an attack on a hostile high-piled wharf, the