A leading Iraqi expert on jihadist and other armed groups has been shot dead in the capital, Baghdad. Hisham al-Hashimi, 47, was killed near his home […]

At least 16 people have died and a dozen are missing on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu as unprecedented rains cause flooding and landslides. Fourteen victims […]

Iceland’s incumbent president Gundi Johannesson was reelected to a second term in office by a landslide, as the country heads to the polls on Saturday. Johannesson, […]

Reports say, Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange in the southern city of Karachi, killing at least two people and injuring others. The assailants stormed […]

Report says,North Korea has suspended plans for “military action” against South Korea. Recent weeks saw a rising tide of angry rhetoric from the North over activist […]

Many were working from home as the capital, Mexico City, is under lockdown due to the coronavirus. But the government’s alert system worked well, giving residents […]

Judges at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) have ruled that the Hungarian government is breaking EU law by restricting the financing of NGOs. The court stated that […]

Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a clash with Chinese forces in Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. The Indian army said senior military officials […]

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, the South’s Unification ministry said, after days of increasingly virulent […]

Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Mr Shimon Ben Shoshan has reiterated commitment towards strengthening diplomatic relations between Israel and Nigeria for the economic growth and development of […]

Tens of thousands more children younger than five could die in the next six months in the Middle East and North Africa because of the knock-on […]

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti says universal access to safe blood is a key component of a resilient health system and contributes […]

Polish President Andrzej Duda says the LGBT movement of advancing ideas that are more harmful than communism and said he agreed with another conservative politician who […]

Coronavirus: World Bank confirms deepest recession since World War Two The COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2 per cent this year, representing the […]

North Korea has said it will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines with the South, including a hotline between the two nations’ leaders. The North said […]

Three police officers present when George Floyd died have been charged while charges for the officer who knelt on his neck have been upgraded. Derek Chauvin, […]

Vital Strategies’ COVID-19 Risk Communication Hub Provides Governments Public Education Media Campaigns Vital Strategies has developed a COVID-19 Risk Communication Hub, a digital platform offering governments […]

A cyclone moving across the Arabian Sea to the Indian coastal city of Mumbai has intensified, forecasters say. Cyclone Nisarga, which is approaching from the south-west, […]

Shagufta Kausar and her husband Shafqat Emmanuel have spent the last six years in jail waiting for an appeal against their death sentence for “blasphemy” to […]

WHO Rapid assessment of service delivery for NCDs during the COVID-19 pandemic According to the WHO Assessment, in the countries most affected by COVID-19 (community transmission): […]