ATHENS: Greece cannot become a gateway into the European Union for Afghans fleeing the escalating conflict in their homeland, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi...
ATHENS: Greece cannot become a gateway into the European Union for Afghans fleeing the escalating conflict in their homeland, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi...
Yenagoa, Nigeria: Gunmen killed a police officer and six employees of Nigerian oil and gas services company Lee Engineering during an attack on...
BEIJING: China has expressed a willingness to hold talks with the U.S. to promote a "soft landing” in Afghanistan, while heavily criticizing Washington...
LES CAYES, Haiti: Heavy rains lashed Haiti on Tuesday night, complicating rescue efforts and drenching thousands left homeless by a devastating earthquake that...
PARIS: French firefighters hampered by strong winds battled on Tuesday to contain a fast-spreading wildfire in the southern tourist region of Var as...
U.S. officials for the first time on Monday issued an official water shortage declaration for the massive Western reservoir of Lake Mead, triggering...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the nation under strict lockdown on Tuesday after one new case of the coronavirus was...
SYDNEY: COVID-19 cases are set to "rise substantially" in Sydney in the coming weeks despite a prolonged lockdown, authorities said on Tuesday, warning...
Tokyo: Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life's work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his...
FUKUOKA/TOKYO: Japan was set on Tuesday to extend its state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions to Sept. 12 and widen curbs...
NEW DELHI: India administered more than 8.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the past 24 hours, government data showed on Tuesday, close...
The Biden administration plans to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots to Americans as early as mid or late September, pending authorization from the...
Washington: President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan despite searing images of...
PARIS - France dispatched hundreds of firefighters to battle a wildfire that broke out in the Var region of southern France, Interior Minister...
Tropical Storm Fred slammed the Florida Panhandle on Monday afternoon, making landfall with a wet slap of heavy rain and blasting winds at...
Local officials in Texas who have been battling their governor over mask mandates said they would continue to require face coverings in schools...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Turkey because of a rising number...
NEW YORK - All healthcare workers in New York state must be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have a medical or religious exemption,...
