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Treating critically ill COVID19 patients with corticosteroid drugs reduces the risk of death by 20%, an analysis of seven international trials found on Wednesday, prompting the World Health Organisation to update its advice on treatment.

Thailands prime minister on Wednesday congratulated his countrymen on the nation having achieved 100 days without a confirmed locally transmitted case of the coronavirus, even as security along the border with Myanmar is being stepped up as a measure agai...

The Indian Ocean archipelago re-opened its luxury resort islets in mid-July after a months-long lockdown, and did not require visitors to be tested or carry virus-free certificates when entering the country.

Japan's ruling party said Wednesday it will vote September 14 on a replacement for outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is stepping down for health reasons. The decision kicks off a leadership race in the world's third-largest economy.

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed 15 people and damaged scores of houses in Pakistan's scenic northwestern Swat Valley, a spokesman said Wednesday, as rescuers assisted residents in the port city of Karachi where last week's rains wreaked havoc...

President Donald Trump's attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his reelection campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to ant...

Greece confirmed its first coronavirus case in the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos, two migration ministry officials said on Wednesday.

Tunisia's parliament approved a technocratic government in a confidence vote on Wednesday, hoping to end months of political instability and focus on tackling worsening economic and social problems.

Pupils returned to school throughout much of Cuba on Tuesday after more than five months, although not in Havana where restrictions including a curfew went into effect due to a surge in coronavirus infections.

A Black man who was stopped on his bicycle for an alleged "vehicle code" violation was shot to death by two Los Angeles sheriff's deputies, who fired 15 to 20 rounds after the man punched one officer and dropped a pistol on the ground, authorities said on...

A Canadian man is facing charges stemming from an attempt to smuggle 226 pounds (102.5 kilograms) of marijuana into the United States from Canada, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

A video circulating on social media appears to show an Israeli soldier kneeling on a Palestinian protester's neck while arresting him during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump defied requests to stay away and arrived in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, offering support for law enforcement in a city upended by civil unrest after a white police officer shot a Black man in the back.

Brazils economy contracted a record 9.7% in the second quarter from the previous threemonth period amid the coronavirus pandemic, the national statistics institute reported Tuesday.

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted President Donald Trump's request to delay Manhattan's district attorney from accessing his tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of his business practices.

The European Union will redouble efforts to meet its green goals to help mitigate the economic havoc wrought by COVID19, its top climate official said on Tuesday, rejecting any notion that the pandemic had made ambitious climate action unaffordable.