US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing due to concerns over human rights abuses. While athletes would still participate,

Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest Tuesday as Israeli missiles toppled a building in Gaza and militants in the Hamas-ruled territory

No less than fifty-seven migrants are known to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat capsized while trying to cross to Europe. The Tunisian Ministry of Defence said

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidance saying that expired Covid-19 vaccines should now be destroyed. This contradicts earlier advice from the head of the Africa Centres for

  Naomi Campbell has announced she is a mother to a baby girl. The 50-year-old supermodel shocked her Instagram followers on Tuesday as she shared a picture cradling her newborn

More than 90 people are missing after a barge off the coast of the Indian city of Mumbai sank following a severe cyclone. The Indian navy said it had rescued

India has reported a record 4,329 fatalities in the past 24 hours as total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million and the country registered more than

The France-Africa Summit will on Tuesday turn its attention to economies in the African region and how it can fill a financial shortfall of around $300 billion caused by the

Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani say a covert warrant that prosecutors obtained for his Apple iCloud account in November 2019 and a raid last month by agents who seized his electronic

India has reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases, as infections dipped below 300,000 for the first time in weeks. In the last week, the number of new cases

The international scheme to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines is 140 million doses short because of India’s continuing Covid crisis. The Serum Institute of India (SII), the largest single

Millions across the UK can now socialise indoors in limited numbers, hug loved ones and visit pubs and restaurants inside. As lockdown rules ease in England, Wales and most of

Widespread gasoline shortages along the US East Coast began to ease slightly on Saturday as the operator of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline said it was back to delivering “millions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “continue to respond forcefully” to rocket attacks as conflict with Palestinians in Gaza enters a seventh day.  Israeli air strikes in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike on Saturday destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza Strip, despite repeated urgent calls from the news agency to the military

An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land

The White House has vowed to investigate reports that migrant children were forced to remain on board buses overnight as they waited to be re-located away from the border.  

The winner of a $26 million California Lottery prize may have literally washed the chance of a fortune down the drain. The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket for the Nov. 14

Greece has officially kicked off its tourist season, lifting most remaining restrictions on movement and declaring “we are putting the lockdown behind us”.   Although an average of 2,000 daily Covid

Twelve people have been killed after a bomb ripped through a mosque in northern Kabul during Friday prayers, according to Afghan police. The worshippers had gathered for the Eid al-Fitr holiday during a