The decision by Turkish authorities to declare 10 foreign ambassadors — including seven from Europe — as persona non grata is a "tough reaction" and "regrettable," the Finnish Prime Minister said on Sunday.
The 10 ambassadors called for the release (...)
Pakistan hammered India by 10 wickets to claim a famous win over their great rivals at the Men's T20 World Cup in Dubai, BBC reported.
Chasing 152, Mohammad Rizwan made an unbeaten 78 and captain Babar Azam 68 not out as Pakistan registered their (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata.
The envoys, including the US, French and German representatives (...)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II returned to her home at Windsor Castle home on Thursday after spending a night in hospital, Buckingham Palace said.
The 95-year-old monarch spent a night in hospital for the first time in years for what Buckingham Palace (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Dame Cindy Kiro on the occasion of her appointment as the Governor-General of New Zealand.
The King wished the new Governor-General success and the people of New (...)
New Zealand's first indigenous Māori woman to be named governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, was formally sworn in Parliament in Wellington on Thursday.
Her role as the representative of Queen Elizabeth II in the South Pacific nation is largely (...)
Queen Elizabeth II has canceled a trip to Northern Ireland and has "reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days", Buckingham Palace says.
The 95-year-old monarch will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the (...)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of drugmaker Merck's antiviral COVID-19 pill for lower income countries, if the drug gets approved by regulators, reported AP.
The private (...)
New Zealand rugby player Sean Wainui has died in a car crash, BBC reported.
Police said the 25-year-old, a former under-20 international, was killed in a single-vehicle accident when his car hit a tree near Tauranga.
Wainui played 10 times for the (...)
New Zealand has successfully vaccinated more people against COVID-19 on Saturday than on any single day previously — a day called the Super Saturday Vaxathon.
The Vaxathon was a live broadcast featuring stars including Lorde, Taika Waititi, Patrick (...)
The much anticipated re-opening of Indonesia's famed tourist island Bali has seen a slow start, with no international flights scheduled, BBC reports.
As of Thursday, fully vaccinated travellers from 19 countries including China, India, and France (...)
Diriyah Biennale Foundation (DBF) announced the artists that will be participating in Saudi Arabia's first contemporary art biennale, to be held from Dec. 11, 2021, through March 11, 2022 in the JAX district of Diriyah, just outside of (...)
British author J.K. Rowling's new children's book The Christmas Pig, her first children's novel since Harry Potter, was published Tuesday.
The book, illustrated by Jim Field, is the story of a little boy called Jack, and his beloved toy Dur Pig, and (...)
New Zealand expects to administer a record 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in a single day during a mass immunization drive on Oct. 16, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, as she seeks to accelerate inoculations before easing curbs in (...)
The Australian city of Sydney has emerged from lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms.
People queued for pubs and shops that opened at midnight on Monday specifically for the occasion.
Many others have (...)
Sydney is set to reopen after months in lockdown, officials said on Sunday, with businesses reading themselves to welcome fully vaccinated residents from Monday.
New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, reported 477 new coronavirus cases (...)
Former Australian women's football players have alleged a culture of sexual harassment within the sport, BBC reported.
Ex-Matildas striker Lisa de Vanna, 36, told a newspaper she had been subjected to predatory behavior and propositions from (...)
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and foreign ministers of eleven countries around the world welcomed the preparations of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to hold elections on Oct. 10, stressing that these (...)
New Zealand will begin to move away from a zero-Covid strategy toward living with the virus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday, becoming the latest country to abandon its elimination attempts in the face of the highly-contagious Delta (...)
Full vaccination will become a requirement for non-New Zealand citizens arriving at the country from Nov. 1, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Sunday.
Travelers will be required to declare their vaccination status when registering (...)
Australia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives. Australians will very soon be able to jet off overseas with the plan for lifting the ban on outbound travel (...)
Chinese authorities declared rejecting Taiwan's application to join the 11-nation Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
"There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan (...)
Portugal is now the country with the world's highest vaccination rate, according to figures from Our World In Data.
About 84% of the country's 10.3 million population is now fully vaccinated. This is the highest rate in the world, ahead of the UAE (...)
Health leaders agree that a world without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone has equal access to vaccines. More than 4.6 million people have died from the virus since it swept across the globe from the beginning of 2020, but it's expected (...)
The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Indo-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China, BBC reported.
It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by (...)
