With the United States recording its highest daily Covid case load in six months, a top public health official warned Sunday that the country is...

Greece's prime minister has apologized for failures in tackling the wildfires tearing across the country.Hundreds of firefighters have been battling huge blazes that have forced...

An Iranian official accused of involvement in the 1988 execution of thousands of political dissidents goes on trial in Sweden on Tuesday in a landmark...

The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California has grown to become the second-largest wildfire in state history, authorities said Sunday, with three people reported missing...

Pillars of smoke and ash that turned the sky orange have blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island as a days-old wildfire devours pristine...

At least 23 people were killed and 28 others injured in two separate accidents Sunday in western Turkey involving passenger buses, officials said.Eight people died...

The world's largest ever report into climate change will be published later, setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet.The study is...

Wildfires are continuing to rip through the Greek island of Evia with strong winds driving flames towards villages.More than 2,000 people have already been evacuated...

Firefighters are continuing to tackle a wildfire in northern California which has become the second-largest in state history.The Dixie Fire has already destroyed nearly all...

Greece's prime minister has talked of a "nightmarish summer" as forest fires continue to ravage the country.Thousands have been evacuated from their homes in parts...

Japanese police said Saturday they arrested a man who stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo hours earlier, in what Japanese media reported...

After more than six months of work combating the corona virus, negotiating a bipartisan infrastructure bill and repairing the U.S. image abroad, President Joe Biden...

More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police on Saturday (Aug 7), as they protested against the government's failure to handle the COVID-19...

The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar said today he should be given full access to...

Cuba's communist government has legalized small and medium-sized private businesses in the wake of mass anti-government protests last month.Under the new rules, enterprises with up...

The Philippine capital Manila returned to lockdown Friday as authorities sought to slow the spread of the hyper-contagious Delta variant and ease pressure on hospitals...

France's constitutional court will rule on Thursday whether a new law requiring the public to hold a health pass to eat in restaurants and health...

Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is working well in South Africa, offering protection against severe disease and death, the head of a trial in the...

The delta variant is challenging China's costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the corona virus...

Japan decided this week to expand COVID-19 curbs to more than 70 percent of its population, but in contrast to stringent lockdowns in some countries,...

The United States, which closed its borders to much of the world as the pandemic took hold, plans eventually to begin allowing fully vaccinated foreigners...

The US will eventually require almost all foreign visitors to be fully vaccinated, a White House official has said.The unnamed official told several news agencies...

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, has recorded a grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths from corona virus on Wednesday.Data from the country's...

China on Wednesday (Aug 4) tightened overseas travel restrictions for its citizens as part of efforts to contain rising COVID-19 cases, after reporting its highest...

South Korea posted a sharp increase in its corona virus cases on Wednesday as it struggled to tame its fourth wave of infections amid the...

An Australian man in his 20s died at home of COVID-19 in Sydney, authorities said on Wednesday (Aug 4), one of the country's youngest corona...

The Mexican government has sued some of the biggest US gun manufacturers, accusing them of fuelling bloodshed through reckless business practices.The lawsuit alleges that the...

The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been steadily rising, an analysis of US government data shows, as record numbers crossed the...

President Joe Biden has called on Andrew Cuomo to resign after a damning independent inquiry found the New York governor had harassed multiple women.Mr Biden's...

Hong Kong online news outlet Initium announced it was relocating to Singapore on Tuesday (Aug 3) citing fading press freedoms, the first local media to...

The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the...

China's climate envoy on Tuesday (Aug 3) said the world's most populous nation would release its updated plans to reduce carbon emissions "in the near...

The United States has distributed more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses overseas -- more than all other countries combined, President Joe Biden said Tuesday...

US President Joe Biden's administration will launch a new program to resettle certain Afghans as refugees in the United States, an administration official and two...

Fifteen soldiers have been killed and six more are missing after a "terrorist" attack in southwest Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, the defence...

Kai Koyama was standing outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as fireworks burst overhead during the opening ceremony but unlike many of those around him he wasn't...

Evictions, which have mostly been on pause during the pandemic, are expected to ramp up on Monday after the expiration of a federal moratorium as...

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected unopposed, officials confirmed Monday, furthering his grip over the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip after...

Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog today charged a singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, Anthony Wong, with "corrupt conduct" at a 2018 election rally, the latest legal...

The United States will help investigate a deadly attack on an oil tanker managed by a prominent Israeli billionaire, the State Department said Saturday.The MT...

Congresswoman Cori Bush has spent a night on the steps of the US Capitol to protest against the impending end of a Covid-related freeze on...

Young people will be offered discounted takeaways and taxi rides to get their Covid jabs in a bid to boost vaccine uptake, the government has...

China's worst corona virus outbreak in months has spread to two more parts of the country, health authorities said Saturday, including a sprawling megacity of...

British health authorities have urged more pregnant women to get corona virus jabs after a national study found the Delta variant appeared to increase their...

China and Australia ramped up Covid-19 curbs Saturday as Delta variant cases surged and tens of thousands rallied in France against restrictions designed to stop...

Australian soldiers will help to enforce coronavirus isolation orders in the hard-hit city of Sydney, police said on Friday (Jul 30), as resentment seethed in...

Noor Mukadam's last hours were terror-filled. Beaten repeatedly, the 27-year-old jumped from a window but was dragged back, beaten again and finally beheaded. A childhood...

Vietnam's health ministry issued an urgent appeal on Friday (Jul 30) for private hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients as the Southeast Asian country battles a...

The Delta variant is much more contagious, more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines and may cause more severe disease than all...

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after...