South Korean President Moon Jae-in's ruling party suffered a devastating defeat in a special election for key mayoral posts amid political scandals and policy b

After being trafficked for sex as a girl of 16, Malika hoped that government compensation would get her back on her feet - but the young mother is now jobless,

People are seen next to the wreckage of vehicles involved in an accident along the Mombasa-Malindi highway near Malindi town, Kenya, April 7, 2021. At least 15

A health worker prepares a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Cornella, Spain, April 7, 2021. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) con

Xinhua file photo of Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on Kiev and the North Atlantic

File photo: VCGResearchers from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) have created a unique type of

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The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement comes amid reported plans by the Pentagon to deploy intermediate-range missiles.

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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized for the second time in two weeks, a source within his Forza Italia party said on Wednesday

Iwashimizu Azusa (C) and other former members of "Nadeshiko Japan", the Japan women's National Football Team, run as torchbearers in the first leg of the torch

Voters in Seoul went to the polls Wednesday to pick a successor to the mayor of South Korea's capital, who took his own life following allegations of sexual abu

Restrictions on exporting its ­COVID-19 vaccines have left India's Serum Institute needing financial help from the government, its CEO said, with the world'

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak has been served with a bankruptcy notice for failing to pay more than $400 million in unpaid taxes, a move that the

A health worker administers the CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China's Sinovac firm, to a woman from an at-risk group following a COVID-19 cluster traced to en

Australia's prime minister on Wednesday blamed restricted vaccine supply from Europe for his country's halting ­coronavirus inoculation efforts, as he faced

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The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggar

Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country's hundreds of millions of adults, following a s

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North Korea will not participate in the Tokyo Summer Olympics this July due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Spor

A section of the grain silos that absorbed much of 2020's Beirut port blast must be demolished to avoid collapse, experts warned in a report published on Monday

New Zealand has approved quarantine-free travel with Australia, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday, completing a two-way corridor for travel between the

It has taken 117 years, but long-distance runner Albert Corey may finally be nearing home, bringing along with him, his two Olympic silver medals.

Corey was de

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese producer Sinopharm on Tuesday. He later said he felt good after

The European Union's top two officials were expected on Tuesday to pay a rare visit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at testing his avowed commit

China Gezhouba Group Corp (CGGC), one of the world's largest construction and engineering firms, is willing to explore more opportunities for investment in Paki

The man behind Vietnam's successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, was formally sworn in as president in Hanoi on Monday.

Vietnam's ne

Malaysia's Court of Appeal on Monday will begin hearing a bid by former prime minister Najib Razak to set aside his conviction on corruption charges in a case l