School closings because of the COVID-19 variant Omicron should be the last mitigant measure authorities take, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)

At least 24 people have been confirmed dead from a fire that broke out in a medical clinic in Japan's

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on Thursday called for de-escalation of Russian military build-up on the eastern borders of

Cuba registered zero COVID-19 death for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday, keeping its pandemic death toll at 8,313, the

Chinese authorities on Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to crack down on illegal mining, reported Xinhua. The high demand for coal

A powerful storm system swept through the central United States on Wednesday with high winds that kicked up dust storms,

The Tunisian Maritime Guard on Wednesday rescued 78 illegal immigrants and recovered the body of another off the country's southeastern

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon install new surveillance cameras at Iran's Karaj nuclear facility under an agreement

Global debt rose to a record 226 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020 as the world was hit by the COVID-19

In 2020, COVID-19 exacerbated food insecurity for around 54 million people living in the vast Asia-Pacific region, according to a