Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Group of 20 member states to press Saudi Arabia to free activists detained unlawfully and provide accountability for past abuses ahead of the virtual G20 summit in the kingdom this month.
The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, recorded 94,125 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8:30 pm Friday.
Doctors on Wednesday conducted the first round of dialysis on iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, as his health condition continued to be "very critical", officials at the private hospital, where the thespian is undergoing treatment, said on Wednesd...
Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small perfume business he set up in South Africa.
Hollywood star Halle Berry is set to begin filming for Roland Emmerich's next disaster thriller "Moonfall". The Oscar winner took to Instagram on Sunday to share the update.
President Donald Trump pushed back Saturday at Sen. Ben Sasse on Twitter, calling the Nebraska senator a liability to the Republican Party, and an embarrassment" to the state.
Police had twice questioned him for several hours along with Pulakeshinagar Congress corporator Abdul Rakeeb Zakir, but have not arrested them yet.
AsiaPacific countries including Singapore, Australia and Japan are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their economies.
The EOW have arrested two promoters of DHFL -- Kapil Rajesh Wadhawan and Dheeraj Rajesh Wadhawan -- and them lodged in a jail here for cheating the investors to the tune of Rs 218 crore, an official said.
Louisville (US) (AP) Hours of grand jury proceedings were made public Friday in the case of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by police, a rare release of such material. The jury brought no criminal charges against the officers for her killing, angering m...
The government’s plans for the fresh stimulus measures may involve a bigger direct fiscal outlay compared to the previous two packages - the PM Garib Kalyan package and the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package.
The Rev. Robert Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday. He was 92.
A restaurant and onetime inn built along a stagecoach route in 1784 has closed permanently, another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, and officials say it's been approved for demolition.
The angry storm surge has receded and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of lat...
Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theater and comedy the world has to offer.
