MOSCOW: Two people were killed after a gas explosion struck a residential building in the Russian city of Noginsk, around 50 km (30...
MOSCOW: Two people were killed after a gas explosion struck a residential building in the Russian city of Noginsk, around 50 km (30...
MANILA: Philippine Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday declared his candidacy for next year's presidential election, the first to confirm a run for the...
Kuwait: More than 42 million old vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait’s sands have started to be recycled, as the Gulf state tackles a...
Tokyo: Japan should strive for a new form of capitalism to reduce income disparity that has worsened under the coronavirus pandemic, says former...
Jakarta, Indonesia: A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates and injuring 80...
MADRID - Spain's healthcare regulator approved on Tuesday a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines for people with severely compromised immune systems who are...
Saudi Arabia removed the United Arab Emirates, Argentina and South Africa from its entry banned country list and re-allowed citizens to travel to...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned against travel to Sri Lanka, Jamaica and Brunei because of...
LONDON - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will deliver a three-year spending review and a budget plan on Oct. 27 as he tries...
Three-quarters of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as of Tuesday, according to the White House, setting...
WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will present a six-pronged strategy intended to fight...
BRUSSELS - The European Union is likely to remove Japan and five other countries from its list of safe travel destinations, meaning visitors...
The Taliban named Mullah Hasan Akhund, an associate of the movement's late founder Mullah Omar, as the head of Afghanistan's new government on...
STOCKHOLM: Sweden will push ahead with a planned easing of COVID-19 restrictions at the end of this month, removing most curbs and limits...
Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has said Credit Suisse told him it was closing his foundation's bank account in Switzerland earlier this...
MANILA: The Philippines capital region will remain under the second strictest coronavirus containment measures, a senior official said on Tuesday, despite a day...
Paris: Armed robbers targeted a luxury jewellery store near the Ritz Hotel on the opulent Place Vendome in Paris on Tuesday, police in...
BRUSSELS: Europe had its warmest summer on record this year, though only by a small margin over two previous highest temperatures for June-August,...