WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Tuesday postponed its phased border re-opening plans until the end of February over concerns of the rapid global spread of...
TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the...
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar: A cargo ship illegally carrying 130 passengers sank off Madagascar's northeastern coast, killing at least 17 people and leaving 68 missing, officials...
HONG KONG: World powers on Monday condemned Hong's Kong tightly vetted legislature vote, saying rules imposed by Beijing that reduced directly elected seats and...
BRUSSELS: The European Union approved its fifth Covid-19 vaccine Monday, stepping up its battle against the omicron virus variant as the WHO called for...
NAIROBI: Nearly one in four people in Somalia are facing acute hunger as drought ravages the conflict-wracked country, following three seasons of poor rains...
LONDON: There are "serious fears" about the potential risk the omicron variant of COVID-19 poses to the health of thousands of Afghan asylum seekers...
GENEVA: The omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who...
