KABUL, August 18 (Reuters): More than a dozen rockets struck Kabul on Tuesday, wounding at least ten people, including children, prompting some foreign embassies to order a lockdown, officials and sources
MANILA, August 18 (Reuters): A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging roads and buildings including a hospital and a sports complex being used
DAKAR, August 18 (Reuters): Each day, fishmongers in Congo Republic pile up hundreds of dead sharks on the shore and begin lopping off fins and bartering over hammerheads and other endangered species.
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LONDON, August 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Former world leaders called on Tuesday for urgent global action to stop coronavirus creating a "COVID generation" with millions of children deprive
Leidschendam, NETHERLANDS, August 18 (Reuters): There is no evidence that the leadership of the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, or the Syrian government, were involved in the 2005 bombing t
BAMAKO, August 18 (Reuters): Gunfire was heard on Tuesday at an army base outside Mali's capital Bamako as the Norwegian Embassy and a security source said a possible military mutiny was under way.
HONG KONG, August 18 (Reuters): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chinese-ruled city will complain to the World Trade Organizatio
GENEVA, August 18 (Reuters): The world must administer widespread anti-flu vaccinations this year to help to ward off the risk of complicating coronavirus infections, World Health Organization senior advis
Washington, August 18 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.8 million, while the deaths have increased to over 772,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Tuesday
New York, August 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has asserted that California Senator Kamala Harris would be former Vice President Joe Biden's "boss" if the two Democratic Party candidates def
New York, August 18 (IANS) Former US First Lady Michelle Obama, in an 18-minute speech on Day One of the virtual Democratic convention, tore into Donald Trump's presidency painting a picture of a man who do
MANILA, August 17 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday eased the strict coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital Manila as his government promised a "refreshed" approac
PORTO VELHO, Brazil, August 17 (Reuters): Residents and firefighters in northwestern Brazil are battling fires that are raging in the Amazon, destroying farmland and threatening their homes.
The blazes,
GAZA, August 17 (Reuters): Gaza rapper Abdel-Rahman Al-Shantti may only be 11 years old but his rhymes on war and hardship in the Palestinian enclave have reached thousands of people, conveying in English
WASHINGTON, August 17 (Reuters): With less than 80 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, it looks like Joe Biden's race to lose.
Yet, as Democrats nationwide gather online this week to n
MEXICO CITY, August 17 (Reuters): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would volunteer to be among the first to try a Russian vaccine for the novel coronavirus if it proved effec
JERUSALEM/DUBAI, August 17 (Reuters): The United States will not consent to Israeli annexations in the occupied West Bank for "some time," preferring to focus on the Israel-UAE normalisation
BEIRUT, August 17 (Reuters): More than 15 years since Lebanon's Rafik al-Hariri was killed by a massive bomb blast in Beirut, the verdict of a U.N.-backed tribunal into his assassination is due on Tues
VIENNA, AUGUST 17 (IANS): The second round of nuclear disarmament talks between the US and Russia are scheduled to begin in Vienna on Monday.
US Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingsl
SEOUL, August 17 (Reuters): South Korea warned on Monday of a looming novel coronavirus crisis as new outbreaks flared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have