TOKYO, August 24 (Reuters): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to take care of his health and do his utmost at his job, he said on Monday, after a second hospital visit within days sparked concern
MOSCOW, August 24 (Reuters): Doctors at the Siberian hospital that first treated Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday that they had saved his life but that they had not found traces
WELLINGTON, August (Reuters): A white supremacist who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand last year watched without emotion on Monday as relatives of his victims recounted the horror of a massacre wh
CAIRO, August 24 (Reuters): The Syrian government said an explosion on a main gas pipeline traversing the Middle East on Monday was the result of a terrorist attack, and the United States said it suspected
Seoul, August 24 (IANS): Six more American soldiers stationed in South Korea have tested positive for Covid-19 amid the recent surge in locally transmitted cases in the country, the US Forces Korea (USFK) said
SLIM, Malaysia, August 24 (Reuters): Convicted of corruption less than a month ago and sentenced to 12 years in jail, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was back campaigning for a party candidate
Israeli archaeologist Shahar Krispin shows gold coins, said by the Israel Antiquities Authority to date to the Abbasid dynasty, after its discovery at an archaeological site in Central Israel August 18, 2020. P
Manila, August 24 (IANS): At least 10 were killed, including a suicide bomber, and 40 others injured in twin blasts in the Philippines' Sulu province on Monday, the army said.
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Washington, August 24 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 23.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 807,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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UNITED NATIONS, AUGUST 23 (IANS): Marking the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Violence Based on Religious Belief, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to ma
MEXICO CITY, AUGUST 23 (IANS): A federal judge in the Mexican state of Chihuahua has sentenced an organized crime leader to 50 years in prison for the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach, the Attorney General
DUBAI, August 23 (Reuters): Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after th
LIMA, August 23 (Reuters): At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation of coronavirus
DUBLIN/BRUSSELS, August 23 (Reuters): European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan apologised again on Sunday for attending an event in his native Ireland that may have breached COVID-19 regulations, but an EU o
MINSK, August 23 (Reuters): Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of Minsk on Sunday as the army waded into Belarus' political crisis, warning that it, not the police, woul
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 23 (Reuters): Nearly two dozen massive wildfires continued to ravage parts of California on Saturday, fueled by high temperatures and ongoing lightning strikes, including 100 tha
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the summer outcry denouncing alleged corruption and the government's handling of
BAMAKO/LONDON, August 23 (Reuters): A key meeting on Saturday between Mali's coup leaders and mediators from West Africa's regional bloc seeking a return to civilian rule ended after just 20 minute
KINMEN, Taiwan, August 23 (Reuters): Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto U.S. ambassador in Chinese-claimed Taiwan took part on Sunday for the first time in commemorations of a key military cla
CAMP TAJI, Iraq, August 23 (Reuters): United States-led international coalition troops withdrew from Iraq's Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security forces, Reuters witnesses a