Rohingya activists in Bangladesh are calling on the international community to increase pressure on Myanmar following a renewed call at the UN for safe and sustainable repatriation of the persecuted minority to their homeland....
Lesotho's Prime Minister Sam Matekane, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Agency, launched the Cooperative Framework in Maseru on Wednesday.
Doctors Without Borders says security situation has dramatically deteriorated, putting activities in Khartoum at risk....
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has issued an alert against a batch of contaminated cough syrup identified in Cameroon, warning it might slip into neighbouring countries, including Nigeria.
A year after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vowed to bring the health care system closer to the people, the Department of Health (DOH) under his administration ensured the establishment of accessible hospitals and health centers in rural communities and the provision of medical services....
Translation into Nheengatu hailed as a historical moment for the country and its native populations
An offshore oil spill near Ecuador's coast reached a popular beach on Wednesday, authorities said, while also showing up in nearby waters as one local official blamed "human error" following a preliminary investigation into the incident. ...
Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar responded to reports claiming that the unknown disease in a village Qena Governorate, Upper Egypt, is a coronavirus outbreak....
Villagers in El-Aliqat village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena have tested positive for the mosquito-borne dengue virus, the Ministry of Health announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan sign joint protocol to connect Uzbek rail network with Pakistan
Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar, has defended his acquisition of French nationality in the interest of his children and doubled down that he will always defend the African country.
Police in Panama have seized more than six tonnes of illegally traded shark fins, five people have been arrested
Several hundred "experienced" Wagner fighters have arrived in the Central African Republic to secure a referendum on 30 July, a Russian private security company said Sunday....
Turkey is grappling with forest fires as temperatures continue to soar. Agricultural lands and settlements were evacuated across several provinces at the weekend. Sixteen of Sunday’s fires have been brought under control. Efforts to contain three remaining blazes, located in south Turkey’s Mersin, earthquake-stricken Hatay,...
The families of Venezuelan migrants lost in the Caribbean sea are demanding their government investigate the disappearance of their loved ones after years of stasis. At least 150 people have gone missing in connection with a series of vessels which have sunk between Venezuela's north coast and islands in the Caribbean since...
Nelson Chamisa is a 45-year-old lawyer and pastor who is planning to take on Emerson Mnangagwa at Zimbabwe's elections next month. His party says the government has tried to stop more than 90 of its rallies.
Families of 20 Gambian children who died after consuming cough syrups made in India will take their government to court this month for allegedly mishandling drug imports — a rare step in one of Africa’s poorest countries, where few have the means to challenge authorities....
Spanish authorities say more favorable weather conditions have helped firefighters slow down the advance of a wildfire on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands that has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will introduce a new minimum wage policy across all industries in the private sector, His Majesty announced on Saturday. In his customary address to mark his 77th birthday, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah said the move was “a step towards strengthening the lives and well-being of the people”, and...
The number of dengue cases in Laos has risen to 10,871 as 343 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, according to a report from the Lao Ministry of Health on Saturday.
The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday rejected a marriage registration application filed by a gay couple despite the Supreme Court legalising same-sex marriages in Nepal....
The African Union’s Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), had quietly liquidated the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation in the Tigray Region, the first Commission established to monitor reports of grave human rights violations in the peak of Ethiopia’s two years war in the Tigray region....
After more than 40 years of studies in Antarctica, the country will map mosses, fungi and frozen soils at the opposite pole of the planet
Nigerian contingent comprising two officers and 82 soldiers participating in the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea Bissau have successfully returned to the country on the expiration of their tour of duty. DHQ Update: Nigerian contingent comprising two officers and 82 soldiers participating in the ECOWAS...
S Iswaran on bail along with hotel magnate and Singapore Formula One GP promoter Ong Beng Seng as case rocks city-state’s clean reputation
