London: Britain said on Monday that the Omicron coronavirus variant was spreading at a "phenomenal rate" and now accounted for abo...

London: At least one person has died in Britain after being infected with the Omicron variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, ...

Gunmen in two northern Ethiopian towns looted World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses. The World Food Programme had to suspend distribution of...

South Africa has complained it is beid - for discovering Omicron, a ng punished - instead of applaude  concerning new variant of Covid-19. T...

Sixty-one people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa have tested positive for Covid-19, Dutch officials say. They have...

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the EU of blackmail in a heated debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Le...

Washington: The United States announced Friday that it will allow entry to foreign travelers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, by b...

A popular Chinese clothing brand has apologised for producing a shirt for children with phrases such as "welcome to hell" and ...

The Taliban's notorious former head of religious police has said extreme punishments such as executions and amputations will resume in A...

  Former US President Donald Trump is suing his niece and the New York Times over a 2018 article that alleged he was involved in "dubio...

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has rattled southeast Australia, damaging buildings in the city of Melbourne. The earthquake happened about 09:15...

A third Russian faces charges over his alleged involvement in the 2018 Salisbury poisonings, which left three people critically ill and one ...

China has denounced a historic security pact between the US, UK and Australia, describing the alliance as "extremely irresponsible...

More than 3,000 health workers in France have been suspended because they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. A new rule, which came ...

Dozens of international passengers - including UK citizens - have flown out of Kabul in the first such flight since US forces left the count...

A new government has been announced in Lebanon - over a year after the previous administration quit following the devastating Beirut port ex...

New Delhi: The United Nations Security Council has dropped the Taliban reference from a paragraph in its statement on terrorist attacks near...

Striking video has been captured of lightning hitting the One World Trade Center in New York City, as Storm Henri approached the north-east ...

London: Britain said Sunday that seven Afghans have died in the chaos near Kabul airport as the British defence secretary expressed support...

New Zealand has announced a snap lockdown after a man tested positive for Covid, the first case in six months. The case was detected in Auck...