Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's 76th birthday falls on 29 June. No force in the country's political arena has been able to erase the name "Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga". At present,

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the militias were using the facilities to launch unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq. | AP Photo/Susan Walsh WASHINGTON — The U.S. military conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between …

Japan's Olympic chief Yasuhiro Yamashita says it's crucial that Games arrivals with coronavirus are detected at the border.

The Turks and Caicos police said that while the "deaths are unexplained, there is no indication of foul play."

The UN's independent expert on human rights defenders said today she feared activists in China were being arbitrarily sentenced to long terms in

Speculation over the defection of a senior Chinese official offering evidence about the Wuhan lab turns out to be incorrect.

Russia's main coronavirus hotspots Moscow and Saint Petersburg reached new pandemic highs for Covid-19 deaths on Monday, as the country battles a surging third wave driven by the Delta variant.

Malaysia recorded an additional 57 deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the overall death toll to 5,001, the Health Ministry said. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that the victims ranged from 33 to 96 years of age,

Portugal and Spain imposed new restrictions on U.K. visitors amid concern about the coronavirus delta variant as Germany pushed for a more coordinated European Union response to try to limit the strain taking hold in the bloc.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned on Monday following a non-confidence vote against him on June 21. "With one year left until the regular election, given the extraordinary situation the country is in with the ongoing pandemic (and) with the special challenges it would entail,