African countries are pushing for the UN's top rights body to launch a high-level investigation into "systemic racism" and police violence in the US and beyon

China and African countries vowed to strengthen joint efforts in battling COVID-19 at a China-Africa summit on Wednesday, as the African continent faces increas

A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Wednesday that the North Korean government would not sit together with the authori

Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defense system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday, throwing his support behind a decision to suspend depl

A host of U.S. states have seen sharp climb of COVID-19 cases in recent days, raising fears of a new wave.

On Tuesday, nine states -- Alabama, Arizona, Florid

Armed only with his bicycle and a whiteboard, Bolivian teacher Wilfredo Negrete treks across rugged country terrain three times a week to give classes to childr

Bills to confront China have been piling up in the US Congress in the past months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which experts said is reflective of unrealistic y

Most black immigrant domestic workers in the US fear losing their homes or having utilities shut off in the next three months, research said on Tuesday, as the

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been diagnosed with coronavirus, is receiving treatment and will work remotely and through his aides, he said in a

Turkey shot back Tuesday at "unacceptable" criticism from France over its armed support for the government in the Libyan capital Tripoli, accusing Paris of bein

Tensions flared at the Invalides Esplanade here on Tuesday, where violent fringe groups hijacked a health workers' rally for better work conditions and higher

Watching a stunning sunset over the Golden Horn in a restaurant in Istanbul's ancient neighborhood, a couple comfortably took off their protective masks after

New Zealand on Wednesday said the defense force will now oversee the country's quarantine facilities and strengthen border requirements, after a slip-up allowed

Some 400 out of 500 employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a slaughterhouse of the Toennies Group in the German state of North Rhine-Westp

Many Chinese netizens called for peace and restraint following a physical clash between military forces that broke out on the China-India border on Monday.

On the southern and eastern slopes of the Santorini volcano in the south Aegean Sea, away from the swarms of tourists who huddle for a view of the caldera, low

Britain intends to pursue accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as a key part of its trade negotiation

Explosion was heard from region near the inter-Korean industrial complex in the border town of Kaesong in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Sout

Hungary is set to revoke Tuesday anti-coronavirus emergency powers that triggered international criticism amid fears of a power grab by Prime Minister Viktor Or

US President Donald Trump said Monday he will halve the number of US troops in Germany because Berlin is "delinquent" in contributions to NATO and treats the US

India has ramped up its capacity to test up to 300,000 samples per day for COVID-19 infection.

The federal government Tuesday said so far 5.9 million tests ha

The US Supreme Court's ruling protecting LGBT rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over the scope of religious-rights exemptions

New tensions on Monday flared in France's eastern city of Dijon after it was rocked by a weekend of unrest blamed on Chechens seeking vengeance for an assault

The head of the US agency that warns of dangerous weather violated its policy on scientific integrity with a statement in 2019 backing a tweeted forecast by US

The body of a pilot has been found after a US F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed into the North Sea during a routine training mission on Monday, military officials