The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate and loosening alcohol restrictions. The Gulf country also sought

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday he would not congratulate a winner of the US presidential election until legal challenges are concluded, in an apparent bid to

World leaders and lawmakers have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential election. Germany, Canada and France, which have had strained

Walmart Inc, the world’s largest retailer, said on Friday it was selling its retail operations in Argentina to South American supermarket chain owner Grupo de Narváez, pulling back as the

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has frequently appeared at public events without wearing a mask, has been diagnosed with COVID-19, a source familiar with the situation told

Johnny Depp has left the Fantastic Beasts film franchise after being asked to resign by Warner Bros. The actor announced the decision in a statement on Instagram just days after

Twitter has banned the account of Steve Bannon, a former Donald Trump adviser after he called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and the FBI director, Christopher Wray, and

Reports suggest Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has received a beefed-up Secret Service detail in anticipation of a potential Joe Biden presidential win. As of early Friday, several crucial battleground

The World Health Organisation (WHO), a UN specialized agency responsible for international public health, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent actions to protect the most

Denmark is killing its large mink population after discovering a coronavirus mutation that can spread to humans, the nation’s government said Wednesday. The country, which is the world’s largest supplier

China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry by foreign nationals from India even with valid visas or residence permits because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese embassy in New

Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, resigned on Thursday in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes

13.9% of Germans are overburdened by housing costs. The EU average is 9.3%. This is shown in a new infographic from Kryptoszene.de. This price development is affecting more and more

The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threatened by

Prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has said he received a coronavirus vaccine shot. “We wish

The UK’s terrorism threat level has been raised to ‘severe’ as a precaution following attacks in France and Austria. The decision announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel came after a

Sri Lanka’s navy and a band of volunteers from nearby villages have managed to rescue 120 pilot whales that became stranded in the country’s biggest mass beaching, but at least

Gunmen armed with rifles opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna on Monday, killing three people and wounding several more, police say. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called it

The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) efforts to elect a new leader next week could be delayed for at least another month because of the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland.