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Plan to turn North Sumatra airport into hub servicing 50 million passengers prompts transparency, feasibility concerns.

Amazon, founded by the world’s second-richest man, has long been a prime target of organized labour.

Sixteen wells off the US state of Louisiana have been leaking since September 2004.

More than 21 million Americans did not have enough to eat in early December, according to the US Census Bureau.

'We are in for some even tougher times ahead,' Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday.

WHO chief Tedros insists priority remains getting vaccines to unvaccinated and vulnerable people everywhere.

Poland says the EU's decision reflects a trend towards 'bureaucratic centralism' in Brussels that 'has to be stopped'.

Passengers travelling internationally this December holiday season will have to negotiate the latest COVID travel rules.

US Treasury releases licenses allowing American and UN officials as well as humanitarian NGOs to deal with the Taliban.

Russia wants NATO and the US to reduce their presence in eastern Europe as tensions rise over Ukraine.

Trial data shows oral pill is 90 percent effective in preventing deaths and hospitalisations in high-risk patients.

Biden said millions of student debtors still need more time before they can resume payments.

Revised figures show the economy grew at a slightly faster pace in Q3, but Omicron is expected to weigh in on Q4.

What do we know about the new coronavirus variant's symptoms and its severity, and what are the effect of vaccines?

The Biden administration blacklisted Israeli spyware firm NSO in November, but experts say more needs to be done.

Long lines for testing and fears of the new coronavirus variant undermine holiday travel plans for a second year.

Neither of the front-runners in the race has won public trust that he can resolve South Korea’s many problems.

Move aims to reassure a wary public that the donated vaccines with a short shelf life were taken out of circulation.

Resolution says aid will support 'basic human needs' and will not violate sanctions imposed on Taliban-linked entities.

Serge Gelle swam to safety after his helicopter crashed while visiting the site of a shipwreck that killed dozens.

Study finds people diagnosed with Omicron in South Africa 80 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital.

Omicron is rapidly spreading just as more travellers take to the skies for yearend holidays.

Humanitarians sound alarm over growing humanitarian crisis amid challenges to provide aid to those fleeing conflict.

Just two of the dozens of people on board were wearing life jackets, coastguard says.

New book continues award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’s mission of reframing US history.

Musk said he has sold enough Tesla shares to reduce his stake in the EV maker by 10 percent.

Jake Sullivan called for a 'common strategy' as world powers continue to negotiate new nuclear deal.

The trial is being held in the Netherlands because nearly 200 of those on board were Dutch citizens.

Rabbis, historians and observers are worried that Zemmour's bigoted discourse has become part of the mainstream debate.

Who is really 'waging a war' on Christmas in the US?

Tehran accuses coalition of being slow to facilitate the evacuation of Hassan Irloo, who died after getting COVID-19.

Hoarding of COVID shots hindered equitable global rollout in 2021 and experts warn of distribution challenges next year.

The year-long ban is meant to cool rising inflation but is increasing volatility in domestic markets.

The WFP says it has been forced to cut food aid to Yemen due to a funding shortfall, warns of a surge in hunger.

Severe drought, hunger exacerbating conflict;over dwindling resources along Kenya's border with Uganda and South Sudan.

Survivors of the notorious Brothers Home describe being grabbed off the streets, abused and held against their will.

Proposed one-month delay comes as parliamentary committee says Friday's vote 'impossible' to be held on scheduled date.

Floodwaters have swamped cities, cut off roads and displaced an estimated 70,000 people in Malaysia.

French health minister says the new Omicron coronavirus variant will be the dominant strain in France by early January.

The Sony-Zee alliance, with about 75 channels, now stands to overtake Disney's Star India as India's biggest player.

The exquisitely preserved embryo discovered in China was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says company did not promptly report a cybersecurity vulnerability.

Rescue operation under way after landslide at Hpakant jade mine in northern Kachin state.

Move comes as country's birth rate languishes at lowest level since at least 1978.

President's office says at least 45 farmers were killed in the violence between farmers and herders in central Nigeria.

Health workers and Israelis who are over the age of 60 or are immunocompromised will be eligible for a fourth dose.

Thousands of New Zealanders are unable to return home under a lottery system that critics have branded inhumane.

Incoming ASEAN chair has been pressing for greater engagement with the Myanmar military despite pushback.

Asylum seeker who set himself on fire in 2019 to protest against his indefinite detention pleads for release.

Two of the nine victims were anti-coup self-defence force members while the rest were civilians including children.