London - A junior minister in the British government resigned on Tuesday in the wake of the controversy linked to a top aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson who allegedly breached lockdown rules. "I...
Cairo – Observant Muslims in the Middle East on Sunday had to perform special prayers at home marking the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival due to mosque closures as part of restrictions to curb an...
Hong Kong - By Lisa Jane Harding, - Police fired tear gas at protesters in one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts on Sunday as growing numbers took to the street in opposition to Beijing's...
Manila – A human rights group on Friday urged the US Congress to block or delay the sale of almost 2 billion dollars in military equipment and weapons, including attack helicopters, to the...
Berlin - By Jorg Blank and Andreas Hoenig, - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned against economic isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, speaking after a videoconference with the directors of...
Tokyo (dpa) – Numbers of overseas visitors to Japan plunged by 99.9 per cent in April year-on-year due to a pandemic-induced travel ban, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said on...
Los Angeles (tca/dpa) - A 42-million-dollar ransom demand for hacked files that purportedly threaten to incriminate President Donald Trump is hanging over a New York law firm representing some of the...
New York (dpa) - The United Nations' acting Libya envoy on Tuesday warned that the influx of weaponry, equipment and mercenaries to the country's warring sides would intensify the conflict....
Frankfurt - Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, must continue participating in bond-buying for the European Central Bank, despite a constitutional court ruling critical of the stimulus programme,...
Berlin/Paris - By Pol O'Gradaigh and Ella Joyner, dpa - In a historic first, Germany and France have said the European Union should set up a 500-billion-euro (542.3-billion-dollar) fund to restart...
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