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Ebrahim Raisi officially endorsed as Iran's next president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran.

Car chip distributors are suspected of driving up prices and regulators are promising to punish hoarding, price-gouging.

Devastating wildfires have burned forests and villages, killing at least eight and burned through huge tracts of land.

Vitaly Shishov, who led a Kyiv-based NGO, was found hanged in a park in the Ukrainian capital, police say.

Surgeon says he buried 10 bodies over the past six days in Sudan and was told by local, refugees another 28 were found.

As far as Biles's achievements go, perhaps those at the Tokyo Olympics have been her most impressive.

The speedy closure of these plants aims to reduce the biggest source of carbon emissions.

What Malaysia's raging COVID-19 crisis tells us about failed leadership.

Bereaved and survivors maintain call for deep investigation a year after disaster rocked Beirut.

Azim Premji University report finds 47 percent of women who lost jobs last year have been made permanently redundant.

Two officers were reported to have committed suicide in July, while two others died days after the January 6 riot.

City where COVID-19 first emerged reported seven locally transmitted case among migrant workers.

Nykaa, India's top e-commerce site for beauty products, has filed documents for an IPO that could value it at $4bn.

A Belarusian sprinter who refused her team's orders to return home has been granted a Polish humanitarian visa.

Chinese state media called online video games 'spiritual opium', sending stocks of Tencent, other gaming firms tumbling.

At least six nationals of African countries injured during scuffle with Bengaluru police over alleged custodial death.

The Norwegian Refugee Council asked two Rohingya photographers to document the flood's aftermath. This is what they saw.

The union has accused Amazon of illegally threatening staff with reduced benefits, compromising election's integrity.

US secretary of state to join talks with Southeast Asian foreign ministers as political turmoil continues in Myanmar.

Officials say most fatalities were in the provincial capital Zhengzhou where the metro system was inundated with water.

As Indonesia’s COVID-19 death toll rises each day, too many young children know the despair of losing their parents.

Cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue to rise even as vaccination rates increase, US officials say.

Police say at least three killed in the country's capital following violence between Afar and Isse ethnic groups.

US and UK accuse Taliban of killing dozens of civilians in possible 'war crimes' in Spin Boldak, south Afghanistan.

Elderly and at-risk people to be offered the jabs, health ministry says, amid concerns about spread of the Delta variant.

Six months after the coup, army generals declare 'caretaker government' and pledge to hold election in 2023.

The largest US infrastructure investment in decades, the bill's passage would be a key victory for President Joe Biden.

Chinese companies are building high-rise 'hog hotels' to prevent outbreaks of swine fever.

Housing advocates expect a wave of evictions to build over the coming weeks, hurting Black and Hispanic Americans more.

Palestinian families reject court proposal to stay in homes as 'protected tenants' if they recognise Israeli ownership.

Sanctions target VP Rosario Murillo, wife of President Ortega, and seven others for 'serious human rights violations'.

The fuel truck collided with a crowded bus near Kibuba village about 80km from the capital, Kinshasa, police said.

Brazilian electoral system is free of fraud, group of 18 justices says, amid president's push to change voting process.

Diplomatic row over attack on MV Mercer Street escalates as Iran warns it is ready to respond to any security threats.

Only 7 percent of eligible voters participated in the referendum, far below the 40 percent threshold to make it binding.

Al Jazeera reveals that original script of The Misfits was amended to depict Qatar as a 'terrorist state'.

State Department says it will expand eligibility of refugee admissions beyond the roughly 20,000 applicants.

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is expected to depart Tokyo for Warsaw this week after flight standoff on Sunday.

As Israel continues to train its children to kill, Hamas summer camps are certainly a useful distraction.

Ankara has a lot to gain from remaining a key player in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal.

'Lively, pink and plump' cubs born overnight to panda parents who are on a 10-year loan from China.

Rare clash over longstanding border dispute between Assam and Mizoram leaves six police officers and a civilian dead.

Sunday's figure surpasses previous daily record reached before vaccines were available in the US.

Death toll in Turkey rises to eight, Greeks hospitalised with respiratory problems and many left homeless.

Doctors union says the strike is indefinite and there will be no exemptions for treating coronavirus cases.

Corporate courts, invented to protect the West against decolonisation, now undermine attempts to halt climate change.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's plan with ex-CEOs of IndiGo, Jet Airways comes as India is seen as a hot market for planemakers.

Social media reaction to scenes in Tokyo when Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi decided to share gold.

Biles's return, shared gold in the high jump and other latest updates from the Tokyo Games.