A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Thursday, according to the country's volcanology authority...

The US' leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday said the country formally recommitted to the World Health Organization, which was immediately welcomed by the health body's chief for its impact on global health...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a congratulatory message on Thursday to newly inaugurated U...

Lebanon Thursday extended the current total lockdown until Feb. 8 as daily COVID-19 infections and death rates remain high...

President Joe Biden will sign a series of executive orders and take other actions Thursday intended to dramatically expand vaccine production and distribution – to push forward his goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in his first 10...

A market in Baghdad became a horror scene this morning when a twin suicide bombing killed at least 28 and wounded more than 73...

US President Joe Biden has signed a slew of executive orders on his first day in the White House to sweep aside his predecessor’s legacy...

Palestinian movements have reacted with outrage at remarks by US President Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state in support of the Israeli regime’s claim to the holy occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds...

Three former U.S. presidents on Wednesday recorded a remarkable video message for their friend Joe Biden, promising to help him with whatever he needed and wishing him and the country well...

Questions abound regarding the fate of relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States under newly installed President Joe Biden, whose incoming administration has vowed to uncover the circumstances behind the murder of Saudi journalist Jam...

France will establish a “memories and truth” commission to bring in a possible memorial reconciliation with Algeria -- whose 132-year-long occupation ended with a brutal war in 1962 -- and undertake commemorative initiatives to honor lives of Alg...

President-elect Joe Biden won't walk away from the UAE, but there are a number of issues that will seriously test the relationship...

A suicide attacker using an explosive vest killed eight people and injured 16 in central Baghdad market, police and medical sources said on Thursday...

A day after the United States declared China's treatment of its Muslim minority Uyghur population as genocide, the Asian nation imposed sanctions against high-ranking Trump administration officials including former U...

As Israel prepares to hold its fourth elections in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a tough electoral battle amid divisions inside his right-wing Likud party...

Bangladeshi authorities are expecting the long-awaited repatriation of Rohingya refugees to begin this year following an agreement with Myanmar, officials in Dhaka said on Tuesday...

Joe Biden has become the 46th president of the US, having defeated Donald Trump in an election last November whose outcome evidently failed to heal the political rifts plaguing the country...

Lebanon should be cautious in its efforts to close deals to secure any vaccines against COVID-19, in particular regarding the quality of the Chinese manufactured vaccines, health experts and academics have warned...

Jordan on Wednesday condemned Israeli authorities’ tenders for hundreds of settler units in the occupied Palestinian territories, warning against the move's threats to peace efforts...

Emotions ran high during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, as permanent members traded jabs and accusations...