Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would start vaccine treatments for cholera beginning this weekend to prevent further outbreaks in...
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would start vaccine treatments for cholera beginning this weekend to prevent further outbreaks in...
Addis Ababa: Both government and rebels in South Sudan carried out war crimes against civilians and should face justice, an African Union human...
Police detain a protester as they confront protesters near the headquarters of a media company with alleged linked to a government critic, where...
Moroccan citizen Touil Abdelmajid makes a victory sign as he arrives with migrants on the Italian navy ship Orione at Porto Empedocle harbour...
A group of migrants walk along a road after crossing the border between Austria and Germany in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, Wednesday, Oct....
Berlin: Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Wednesday the rising number of Afghan asylum seekers was "unacceptable", as he urged young citizens...
Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will this week join international talks aimed at ending the four-year conflict in Syria, a top...
A woman shows her inked finger after casting her ballot. REUTERS Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's elections were thrown into doubt Wednesday after the...
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad renewed his accusation that Western states including France are supporting "terrorist" groups in his country's conflict, at a...
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court has called on the state to ensure that hundreds of people facing imprisonment and even execution under controversial blasphemy...
Kathmandu: Nepal's parliament elected lawmaker Bidhya Bhandari as the country's first female president Wednesday, after the adoption of a landmark constitution last month....
Lagos: Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in...
Beijing: A sailor on the first Chinese yacht to enter the gruelling Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been swept overboard as the...
Pune: FTII students who went on strike on June 12 against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman returned to their classes...
Tanzanian police stand guard as people celebrate after the opposition coalition's CUF candidate Maulid Mtulia was declared winner. AFP Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Paris, France, recently. EPA Phnom Penh: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to give a rare...
By Jatindra Dash and Krishna N Das Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi: India's Odisha state is seeking to revive a controversial plan to mine for bauxite...
New Delhi: India's government said Wednesday it plans to ban surrogate services for foreigners wanting babies, a move likely to hit hard the...