Britain will not blink first in Brexit trade negotiations with the European Union and is not scared of a no-deal exit at the end of the year, the country's top Brexit negotiator warned the bloc Sunday. Britain left the EU Jan. 31 but talks have so far made little headway on agreeing a new...

Growing up in Iraq, Omar Farhadi would heat up dinner for his Jewish neighbours when they rested on the Sabbath. Few are left, and their heritage risks fading away too. Across Iraq, Jewish roots run deep: Abraham was born in Ur in the southern plains, and the Babylonian Talmud, the central...

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....