The Swedish government announced Friday that it will ink the UN’s landmark agreement on migration. In a statement on its official website, the government said that Sweden will sign the first-ever global agreement of the UN on migration issue. The statement said that the aim...

Deaths from an outbreak this year of Lassa fever across 22 states in Nigeria are nearing 150, the country's center for disease control said on Thursday.  “Since the outbreaks, there have been 143 deaths in confirmed cases and 17 probable cases. The rate of fatality cases is...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman left Thursday on a visit to "brotherly Arab countries," state media reported, his first official trip abroad since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The crown prince will visit a "number of" Arab states at the request of his father, King...

The United States accused Iran Thursday of failing to declare a toxic arms program to the global chemical warfare watchdog, in breach of international agreements. U.S. envoy Kenneth Ward told the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague that Tehran was...