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18 dead, 4 injured in Cameroon terror attacks

This is the latest in a string of attacks in the country, which has been fending off the Boko Haram terror group since November 2016

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US is North Korea’s ‘biggest enemy’: Kim Jong-un

No matter who is in power, the true nature of its policy against Pyongyang will never change, says leader

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Qatar-Saudi border reopens after thaw

Re-opening follows landmark deal to end a three and a half years of sanctions Saudi Arabia says were in response to Doha's backing radical Islamist groups and c...

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China tightens virus restrictions on new cluster ahead of Lunar New Year

Authorities race to stamp out a resurgence in infections in Hebei

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Devotees flock to Philippine church to see healing statue

An estimated 30,000 people attend the event in the first hours, despite Covid-19 fears

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Thailand Covid-19 infections surpasses 10,000

The latest outbreak in Thailand has spread to 58 provinces since mid-December

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Trump skipping inauguration a ‘good thing’: Biden

It's one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on, says president-elect

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Covax initiative secures contracts for 2 billion vaccine doses: WHO

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-emphasises equitable distribution of the vaccines among rich and poor countries

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Brisbane locks down as new strains put Australia on high alert

Nation's third-largest city saw a woman testing positive for UK strain despite undergoing isolation

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India hospital fire kills 10 babies

Staff rescue 7 other newborn infants

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China boast that Uighur women no longer ‘baby-making machines’ disgusting, says US

Coercive population control is not reproductive health care, says envoy

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‘Unhinged’ Trump told to step down or be impeached

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked to military about blocking unstable president from nation's nuclear arsenal

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S’pore jails woman for lying to coronavirus contact tracers

Woman hid meetings with a male friend for fear her family would think she was having an affair