KHARTOUM, August 27 (Reuters): Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital
BEAUMONT, Texas, August 27 (Reuters): Hurricane Laura barreled through southwest Louisiana, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing a 14-year-old girl after making landfall early on Th
GENEVA, August 27 (Reuters): The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that his agency was setting up a review committee to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regul
MILAN, August 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The world's first entirely virtual art museum is set to open next month, hoping to bring masterpieces to anyone in the world with an internet connection,
BAMAKO, August 27 (Reuters): Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a junta official said on Thursday.
A group of military officers, who call themselv
DONG HOA, Vietnam, August 27 (Reuters): While coronavirus lockdowns caused many men across the world to grow their hair longer than usual, none compare with Vietnam's Nguyen Van Chien who has gone almo
YANGON, August 27 (Reuters): Myanmar closed schools nationwide on Thursday as novel coronavirus infections increased, a decision broadly welcomed by parents worried about a rapid spread of the contagious v
JAKARTA, August 27 (Reuters): Photographs of a grieving wife bent over the coffin of her dead husband, an Indonesian medical doctor, have drawn attention to the high death toll of healthcare workers in the
KABUL, August 27 (Reuters): Taliban fighters killed four civilians on Thursday during clashes with Afghan forces in the central province of Parwan, amid rescue work after flash floods claimed more than 150
WASHINGTON, August 27 (Reuters): President Donald Trump will make a crucial pitch for a second term in the White House on Thursday with a keynote address at the Republican National Convention highlighting
JAKARTA, August 27 (Reuters): Indonesia has received an injection of cash from the United Nation's Green Climate Fund to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle forest fires at a time when the country
TAIPEI, August 27 (Reuters): The risk of accidental conflict is rising because of tension in the South China Sea and around Taiwan and communication must be maintained to reduce the risk of miscalculation,
WELLINGTON, August 27 (Reuters): A New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the country's deadlies
Beijing, August 27 (Reuters): The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the world's two largest economies, with the U.S. defence chief vowing not to "cede an inch"
Washington, August 27 (IANS) US Senator Kamala Harris of California will deliver remarks here on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump's speech to accept the 2020 Republican presidential nomination.
Washington, August 27 (IANS): US Vice President Mike Pence has officially accepted the Republican Party's nomination for a second term in office.
His acceptance on Wednesday night came during a speech fr
Washington, August 27 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 24 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 824,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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AMSTERDAM, August 26 (Reuters): Prosecutors on Wednesday called on U.N. judges to uphold former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic's life sentence for war crimes, including genocide, whi
HAJJAH, August 26 (Reuters): Ahmed Mansour and his colleagues worked eight months without pay in a health centre in a Yemeni displacement camp out of concern for their patients. But this month they cl
DUBAI/VIENNA, August 26 (Reuters): Iran said on Wednesday it had agreed to grant the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to two sites that the agency suspects once secretly hosted nuclear material or activities,