(NST) - Thirteen pilgrims from Indonesia have tested positive for Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia. The Religious Affairs Ministry's Umrah and Special Haj director Arfi Hatim had confirmed this,…

(Reuters) - U.S. states, cities, and hospitals are scrambling to buy ultra-cold freezers that can safely store Pfizer Inc's PFE.N COVID-19 vaccine, ignoring advice from the U.S. Centers for…

(Bernama) - The worldwide number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has surpassed 52 million, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting Johns Hopkins University. The exact number of the coronavirus cases…

(Reuters) - The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official general election results released on Friday.…

(Bloomberg) - The German government has found no evidence that Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has done anything illegal while living there, the German Press Agency DPA said, citing a Foreign…

(Bangkok Post) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers said Wednesday they would all quit in protest at the ousting of four of their colleagues who were judged a threat to national security by…

(NST) - Cuba, Colombia and South Africa have become Asean partners after signing the bloc's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC). The treaty, which establishes a code of conduct to govern…

(SCMP) - As China’s Singles’ Day shopping bonanza kicked off at midnight on November 11, gross merchandise volume (GMV) on platforms operated by Alibaba Group Holding reached 372.3 billion yuan…

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump hopes a recount of votes will help keep President-elect Joe Biden out of the White House, but as common as recounts may be, especially for state and local…

(Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling party claimed a resounding victory on Monday (Nov 9) in the second parliamentary election since the end of strict military rule, based on its own unofficial tally of…

(The Star) - The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult on Monday, with Attorney General William Barr authorising the Justice Department to probe allegations of voter…

(CNBC) - Pfizer and BioNTech announced Monday their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 among those without evidence of prior infection, hailing the development…

(Al Jazeera) - Several prominent leaders who maintained warm relations with US President Donald Trump have yet to wish US president-elect congratulations. As many world leaders rushed to send…

(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will convene a coronavirus task force on Monday to examine the No. 1 problem confronting him when he takes office in January, while President Donald Trump…

(Business Insider) - Chinese state media on Saturday laughed at President Donald Trump after he falsely claimed he had won the US presidential election. “HaHa,” tweeted the People’s Daily, the…

(The Star) - President Donald Trump is not conceding to President-elect Joe Biden, promising unspecified legal challenges seeking to overturn the outcome of the race for the White House. Trump…

(Reuters) - Kamala Harris made history on Saturday with her election as Joe Biden’s vice-president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the…

(NST) - Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, US media said Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United…

(BBC) - The race for the White House is coming down to who wins the few remaining battleground states - Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona. A win in just Pennsylvania or two of the other…

(Reuters) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg hit back at Donald Trump on Twitter late on Thursday saying the U.S. president should "chill" about the election, a riposte to his tweet last…

(BBC) - The Dutch authorities are racing to contain a bird flu outbreak at two poultry farms and the same strain - H5N8 - has also infected chickens and wild birds in north Germany. A farm in…

(The Star) - Former vice president Joe Biden, making his third run at the White House, was tantalizingly close to victory on Thursday as President Donald Trump sought to stave off defeat with…

(CNA) - The gunman responsible for an attack in Vienna which left four people dead on Monday night (Nov 2) was a convicted supporter of the Islamic State group who the government say "fooled"…

(Guardian) - It was the grand, carefully choreographed victory speech that Donald Trump never got to make in 2016. Hail to the Chief was playing in the background as the president took to the…

(Global News) - U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory in the presidential election Wednesday — despite no winner being declared and millions of votes waiting to be counted in several…

(Global News) - Will Donald Trump be re-elected president of the United States? Will Joe Biden win in the all-important swing states? Global News has live, real-time results in the 2020 U.S.…

(Sky News) - On a night where so many polls, models and expectations were obliterated, there was at least one prediction that remained intact by the morning: that this presidential election would…

Shanghai's stock exchange announced the suspension late on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before shares were to begin trading and one day after Jack Ma was summoned by regulators amid growing…

(FMT) - Several French Muslim leaders on Monday condemned calls for boycotts of French goods in Muslim countries as “unjustified” and accused those leading the charge of “using Islam for political…

(Nikkei) - A seemingly contradictory view gaining traction among Chinese ahead of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election is that a Donald Trump victory can be a blessing for Beijing. From a young…