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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.

Omicron infections are multiplying across Europe, the US and Asia, prompting new measures.

Mexico has a relatively simple asylum process and approves more than 95 percent of applications, foreign minister says.

US president renews his call for Americans to get vaccinated and receive booster shots amid Omicron variant's spread.

COVID pandemic, decreased migration and fewer births among reasons for low population growth, US Census Bureau says.

The move elevates a company that’s already the world’s biggest by market value.

Despite months of negotiations and preparations, Libya's presidential elections look set to be postponed.

IOM spokesperson Safa Msehli says at least 102 migrants were reported dead after their wooden boat capsized off Libya.

Indigenous community members block roads calling for justice after children massacred amid bloody land dispute.

The latest variant of the coronavirus is hammering the United Kingdom's hospitality sector and other businesses.

UN head concludes 'solidarity' visit of crisis-hit Lebanon, calls for end of political paralysis

The deal ends a standoff between the cereal maker and factory workers in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Ex-president reiterated false claims of election fraud, calling the deadly January 6 riots 'completely unarmed protest'.

Gov't agency put NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on phone months before Saudi journalist's killing, Washington Post finds.

A massive lithium deposit in Mexico’s Sonora state was exempt from AMLO’s drive to nationalise strategic minerals.

Far-right demonstrators converge outside parliament, waving national flags, blocking traffic and chanting 'freedom'.

A London judge ordered Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to pay his estranged wife Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein.

South Africa's ex-leader will spend Christmas at home after court allows him to appeal the order to end his parole.

The tit-for-tat sanctions add to spiralling tension over complaints of abuses in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.

Erdogan unveiled an emergency plan late on Monday to protect people with lira deposits against wild currency swings.

Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is accused of stabbing David Amess several times as he held a meeting with constituents.

Russian president says he is not seeking 'bloodshed' in Ukraine and explains his fears of NATO's 'expansion'.