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Severe acute childhood malnutrition is set to more than double this year compared with last.

Five other troops were injured in the attack on an outpost in Sourou, according to Chad's foreign minister.

Warning from Moscow after Washington pledges to press the Kremlin on human rights issues during Putin-Biden meeting.

Children in the US are struggling with the emotional and financial toll of losing a parent to COVID-19.

Lapid, 57, was known for his successful career as TV host before turning into a credible political player in 2013.

The 34-year-old is held under stringent UAPA and other charges, but family and lawyer say he was targeted for his work.

Efforts to stop people entering the European Union illegally are being ramped up with experimental new digital barriers.

Yang Jun tells supporters he was mistreated while being held at a secret detention site following his arrest in 2019.

And it is down to the left to help the US shrug it off.

Critics say the law, like many recently passed across the US, would make it more difficult for some people to vote.

Far-right leader Naftali Bennett joins hands with centrist leader Lapid to form a coalition to unseat Netanyahu as PM.

Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison hold face-to-face talks in New Zealand, play down policy differences on China.

With residents resisting vaccines, the HK gov't is leaning on businesses to rescue its flailing vaccine drive.

Foreign workers say the US company made wrongful salary deductions, excessive long hours & held onto workers' passports.

The world's most populous nation relaxes family planning policy after census showed its population is rapidly ageing.

Residents' welfare associations in urban areas provide critical medical aid as country's healthcare system buckles.

More than one million register to cast their vote in parliamentary and local elections in the breakaway Somalia region.

Danish broadcaster says US used a partnership with Danish intelligence to spy on top European officials.

Infection rates are falling but the virus continues to tear through rural India.

The unity which Palestinians demonstrated in the past few weeks marks the rise of a new national consciousness.

The ruling conservatives emerge as winners but fail to get an absolute majority with voters turning to smaller parties.

Former defence chief and Netanyahu ally officially parts ways with Likud leader, announces bid for succession.

Fans will need a vaccination or negative test to get into events and be told not to cheer, high-five or eat inside.

The hard-to-trace transactions let traders make secretive bets, making it harder for the government to enforce bans.

Gov't says surge in online classes is putting immense pressure on kids and increasing gap between haves and have-nots.

West African leaders condemn coup and call for a return to democracy, but stop short of imposing new sanctions.

27-year-old Uroosa says joining the fire service was a childhood dream.

Comments are the first in response to the May 21 summit between the leaders of the United States and South Korea.

State government says about 200 children were in the school when gunmen on motorbikes attacked.

PM Khan said normalisation of ties with India would mean ignoring the struggle of Kashmiris.

South Africa is officially the worst-hit country on the continent with more than 1.65 million cases and 56,363 deaths.

Egypt's foreign minister receives his Israeli counterpart amid ongoing effort to solidify Gaza truce.

US civil rights group says legislation will make it 'harder and scarier to vote', especially for people of colour.

Thousands of people who fled Goma after a volcanic eruption a week ago lack shelter, food, and drinking water.

Move comes after 215 Indigenous children's remains found at site of residential school in province of British Columbia.

Hemmati has tried to distance himself from the much-criticised economic legacy of the outgoing president.

Messaging service launches legal challenge against new digital media rules in world's largest democracy.

Malcolm Bidali, a Kenyan security guard who blogged about life as a migrant worker, was arrested on May 5.

US and Russian presidents will meet in Geneva on June 16 amid frosty relations between Washington and Moscow.

Bennett's move could end Netanyahu's 12-year rule in country that has seen four elections in two years.

Despite facing calls for her dismissal, Dr Ritika Goel continues to speak out on Palestine.

Japanese tennis player fined $15,000 for skipping the news conference after her first-round victory at Roland Garros.

The Europa endured three decades of conflict but remains a special place for the journalists who were based there.

One year on, a mother remembers the day her son, Eyad al-Halaq, was shot and killed by Israeli police.

More than 10,000 protest against US economic and security sanctions on Ethiopia over the conflict in Tigray.

Qatar's chief diplomat expresses optimism about overcoming differences with the UAE after the Gulf rift.

In claustrophobic northern India, generations have grown up with deadly air, and the dust is a normal part of life.

Survivors of 1921 white mob massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and their descendants demand reparations and recognition.

Who are the Taliban really? And how is it that they have so much power?

Mukundan was born with an incomplete formation of the spinal cord. That did not stop him from winning.