(AFP) The human rights situation in crisis-wracked Belarus is deteriorating, the UN rights chief said Friday, highlighting mass arrests, including...

(AFP) Denmark, the EU’s biggest oil producer post-Brexit, said Friday it will halt all North Sea oil and gas production...

(AFP) The United Nations said Friday that fighting continued “in many parts” of Ethiopia’s Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian...

(AFP) Many Greek clerics have treated lockdown restrictions with scepticism or even hostility. But when several prominent members — including...

(AFP) About 18 percent of tickets sold in Japan for next year’s coronavirus-postponed Olympics will be refunded, Tokyo 2020 organisers...

(AFP) Anthony Davis has agreed to a five-year contract worth tens of millions of dollars with the Los Angeles Lakers...

(AFP) The Philadelphia Eagles are in a desperate situation heading into thir week 13 game against the Green Bay Packers,...

(AFP) The Houston Rockets agreed to send disgruntled point guard Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for former first round...

(AFP) The Pittsburgh Steers moved to 11-0 with a jumbled 19-14 victory over a severely-depleted Baltimore squad in a NFL...

(AFP) Justin Thomas is the only top 10 player in the field and a heavy favorite to win the Mayakoba...

(AFP) The American embassy in Baghdad has partially withdrawn its staff due to security concerns, two senior Iraqi officials told...

(AFP) The US military is proceeding with President Donald Trump’s order to slash troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 by mid-January,...

(AFP) Neera Tanden, US President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), faces a potentially...

(AFP) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday demanded the release of a Cuban rapper whose arrest sparked protests,...

(AFP) US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday defended a decision to halt a series of emergency lending programs after...

(AFP) Canada’s budget deficit is projected to balloon to a record Can$382 billion (US$284 billion) as government spending skyrockets to...

(AFP) Canadians can expect the first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in early 2021, likely later than those countries that...

(AFP) An officer revealed Monday Canadian police obtained the security code to Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s Vancouver house — not...

(AFP) Canada’s largest city Toronto and much of its suburbs will be placed under lockdown beginning Monday due to the...

(AFP) A 24-year-old man accused of killing two people with a samurai sword and wounding five others in Quebec during...

(AFP) At first sight, they look like regular containers. But the rectangular boxes made by German company Va-Q-Tec will in...

(AFP) The United Arab Emirates launched tourist visas for Israeli citizens on Thursday, official media said, in the latest move...

(AFP) Google has been given two weeks to respond to a US labor board complaint accusing the internet giant of...

(AFP) The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that could close US stock and money markets to Chinese...

(AFP) The world’s two biggest cocoa suppliers, Ivory Coast and Ghana, have taken a tussle with chocolate multinationals to the...

(AFP) China successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported Friday, marking...

(AFP) Facebook on Thursday said it would remove posts containing false claims about the Covid-19 vaccine as it tries to...

(AFP) Flash floods have claimed at least nine lives in southern Thailand and affected half a million people, officials said...

(AFP) Namibia is putting 170 live elephants up for sale to curb rising tusker populations under pressure from drought and...

(AFP) A Chinese space probe sent to gather material from a previously unexplored part of the moon has completed its...

(AFP) Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded into custody on Thursday after being charged with fraud, the latest...

(AFP) Ethiopia has granted the United Nations full access to deliver aid to the northern region of Tigray, following weeks...

(AFP) Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout...

(AFP) Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants in Singapore, after the city-state became the first to green-light meat...

(AFP) Pandemic hair getting out of control? Take a tip from George Clooney: the Hollywood style icon has revealed he...