International

Blanket approaches such as complete restriction on the movement of people and travel bans can be counterproductive in containing Covid...

Three Iranian diplomats have arrived in Saudi Arabia to represent Tehran in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, state TV reported...

Two earthquakes rattled Afghanistan’s western Badghis province along the border with Turkmenistan on Monday afternoon, killing at least 22 people,...

China’s economy grew by 8.1% in 2021 after an abrupt slowdown in the second half that is prompting suggestions Beijing...

China's population grew to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, increasing by less than half-a-million as the birth...

Beijing has reported its first local omicron infection, according to state media, weeks before the Winter Olympic Games are due...

Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 325.7 million, while the deaths have surged...

The Biden administration has named a career CIA official to coordinate the intelligence community’s response to election threats from Russia,...

US health officials have encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added two more drugs to its guidelines for recommended treatments for COVID-19, as the...