An independent UN human rights expert has condemned the “unlawful and heartless” actions of Israeli authorities in repeatedly demolishing homes belonging to the Palestinian Bedouin community of Humsa Al-Baqai’a, in the occupied West Bank...

The United States is considering requests from Haiti to send troops to the nation that was thrown into political chaos after President Jovenel Moise was assassinated last week, the White House said Monday...

Health Minister Feras Al Hawari on Monday described the increase in coronavirus cases as “alarming”, highlighting concerns about the possibility of the pandemic re-spreading...

Canada will donate 17.7 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses to help inoculate people in Third World countries, the government announced Monday...

The number of people who were killed in a fire that engulfed the COVID-19 isolation ward of a hospital in southern Iraq has risen to 41, the Iraqi Health Ministry said early Tuesday...

A court in Sochi, Russia, has convicted a prominent human rights defender on criminal charges related to the country’s “foreign agents” law, Human Rights Watch said today...

The EU extended economic sanctions against Russia for six more months on Monday, accusing Moscow of destabilizing the situation in Ukraine...

Seven people have been killed amid 'war-like' riots and looting in South Africa following the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma...

One child was killed and two others injured on Monday amid shelling by the Syrian Bashar al-Assad regime and Iran-affiliated terrorist groups, in breach of the truce in the northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone...

The State Security Court (SSC) on Monday sentenced Bassim Awadallah and Sharif "Abdul Rahman Hassan" bin Zaid to 15 years in prison, wrapping up a 3-month trial in the high-profile "sedition case" that came to light in early April this year...

Eleven people who were taking selfies on a tower were killed and many more were injured after lightning struck a historic fort in India yesterday...

Saudi Arabia and Oman vowed Monday to continue strengthening their bilateral relationships while working towards enhancing cooperation in political, security and military field, a joint statement by the two Gulf countries said...

The recent flare-up in the Gaza Strip has left a "large-scale devastation" to thousands of homes and the city's infrastructure, according to the UN...

More than 3.42 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to figures Sunday on Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University...

The communist island nation of Cuba erupted into anti-government protests on Sunday as people took to the streets against a deepening economic crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic...

The Cabinet on Sunday discussed the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic at the local and international levels in the face of the rise of epidemiological curves in some countries and the collapse of their health systems...

Thousands of Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied territory of the West Bank hold a protest rally, demanding the overthrow of the Palestinian Authority (PA) amid its heavy-handed and occasionally deadly crackdown on them...

By Sally Shakkour The Lebanese 10-month-old baby girl Jury Al-Sayyed lost her life after her parents could not find the necessary medication to treat her fever...

The United Arab Emirates is set to officially inaugurate its embassy in Israel on Wednesday, about a year after the two sides reached a controversial normalization agreement which is denounced as a “betrayal” of the Palestinian cause...

Egypt sent 31 tons and 566 kilograms of medical aid to Tunisia to support the country’s health sector amid the coronavirus pandemic, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed has said...