Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., the United States. The United States carried out its first execution at

A student enjoys day time outdoors on the campus of Columbia University in New York, the United States, March 10, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
The US government has resc

Medical workers inquire about the health status of a citizen in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 8. Photo:Xinhua
Argentina is trying to solve a medical mystery af

Justin Trudeau Photo: IC
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Monday for taking part in a Cabinet decision to use a charity he and his family have

Pakistan's Ambassador to China H.E. Naghmana A. Hashmi Photo: Courtesy of the Embassy of Pakistan to China Pakistan's Ambassador to China H.E. Naghmana A. Hashm

An Afghan man works at a cotton-processing factory in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 13, 2020. (Photo by Abdul Aziz Safdar

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died on Monday at the aged of 59, her famil

At least 11 security personnel were killed Monday in an attack claimed by the Taliban on an office of Afghanistan's intelligence agency, officials said.

The in

Helicopters fly over the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel during the Bastille Day celebration at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, July 14, 2020. (Xinhua/G

A fire burns on the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on Sunday in San Diego. Photo: AFP
Hundreds of sailors and civilian fir

French prosecutors said Monday that police had arrested a man suspected of operating pedophilia sites on secret "darknet" internet networks providing pornograph

Russia voiced regret Monday over Turkey's decision to convert the iconic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul back into a mosque.

Turkey's move last week followed a court

Medical workers perform COVID-19 tests in South Tangerang, Indonesia, May 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)


Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monda

An Australian man who pleaded guilty to killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand's worst mass shooting in 2019 has decided to represent himself a month ahea

Japan and the US are sharing information about coronavirus cases at US military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, a government spokesman said on Monday, after 62 new

East African nation Rwanda was one of the first countries to submit a stronger climate action plan to the UN in 2020 - and it hopes that can serve as a basis fo

Mohammed Kadish's grandson Ahmed, who had his left hand blown off in a landmine explosion, is seen though a window of a hut in Abs District, Hajjah province, Ye

Canada's Conservative opposition party said Sunday it would call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify before a parliamentary committee over a government con

A US woman lured to Nigeria on a promise of marriage and held for more than a year by an internet fraudster, has been rescued, police said on Sunday.

The suspe

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and

Britain on Sunday pledged £705 million ($890 million) to prepare its borders for cutting ties with the European Union (EU) on December 31, amid concern within

The marble lion "Fortitude" is seen with a face mask in front of the New York Pubulic Library on the Fifth Avenue in New York, the United States, July 8, 2020.

With COVID-19 ravaging the aviation industry, airlines and airports worldwide are reining in costs and halting new spending, except in one area: reassuring pand

A 30-year-old man from Texas died from coronavirus after attending a COVID-19 party hosted by an infected person, a doctor has revealed, underlining the risk to

A fire burns on the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on Sunday in San Diego. Photo: AFPAn explosion on a US Navy ship moored