India recorded more than 90,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, health ministry figures show early Sunday. The figures are India’s highest daily spike since the pandemic began. Infections have reached 4.11 million and the number of fatalities stand at 70,626 with 1,065...

South Africa recorded 101 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 14,779, the health minister announced. Zweli Mkhize said the country also registered 1,806 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 636 ,884....

(Reuters) - After an outcry from U.S. lawmakers, President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration would not be shutting down the Stars and Stripes military newspaper as announced by the Pentagon earlier this year. “It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our...

Russia's "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics. The results of the two trials, conducted in June-July...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Friday said Turkey should drop "threats" against his country if talks on reducing tension in the eastern Mediterranean are to begin. "Let threats go away so that the contacts can begin," Mitsotakis said as he met a visiting senior member of the...

New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus death in more than three months on Friday when a man in his 50s succumbed to the virus. Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month, ending a spell of 102 days free of community...

Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation....

The US on Thursday called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's decision to pardon more than 100 political opponents ahead of parliamentary elections a "farce." "The Maduro regime’s announcement of conditional dismissal of criminal charges against roughly one-third of the political...

A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, spokesmen for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was missing and another injured. The New Diamond, a very large crude carrier...

India Thursday witnessed another single day spike of 83,883 in new COVID-19 cases, sparking fear that the South Asian nation may soon become the worst-hit country in the world. According to an update issued by the country’s Health Ministry, the nation has now a total of 3.85 million...

 Democrats Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions and incite violence to benefit his campaign as he praised supporters who clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, where one man died overnight, and announced he will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid...

U.S. President Donald Trump should not visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city where protests erupted last week after a Black man was shot in the back by a white police officer, the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor said on Sunday. The Republican president, who has taken a hard stand...

Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as countries around the world further tightened restrictions to try to stop the rampaging pandemic. A million additional cases have been detected globally roughly every four days since mid-July, according to an AFP tally, with...

Health authorities in Australia and New Zealand confirmed additional infections and fatalities from the coronavirus Sunday. Cases in Australia rose to 25,570 with 112 infections reported in the past 24 hours, according to health officials. At least 11 patients lost their lives, bringing...

The US armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top US military officer has told Congress. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in...

The US armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top US military officer has told Congress. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America,...

First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the...

British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing, China’s embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy. A spokesman for the embassy was commenting on a report in the Times...

Japan’s ruling party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday, after Abe abruptly announced his resignation for health reasons on Friday. The president of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party is virtually assured of being prime minister...

Coronavirus infections and fatalities continued to rise in Latin American countries Friday. Cases in Argentine rose to 380,292 with 10,104 additional infections reported in the past 24 hours, according to health authorities. At least 185 more patients lost their lives, bringing...