The European Commission launched an ‘in-depth investigation’ on Tuesday into whether US tech giant Google's planned $2.1 billion purchase of smartwatch maker Fitbit would give it an unfair market advantage.

Millions of people in the Philippines were ordered to stay home Tuesday as global coronavirus infections kept soaring, with the World Health Organisation warning against relying on a vaccine ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the entire Pakistani nation, including the armed forces, fully stand by the Kashmiri people in their struggle for the right to self-determination.

Allaying fears about his health after testing Covid positive, an upbeat Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa yesterday assured people that there was “nothing to worry about” and he would be discharged from the hospital soon.

Italy inaugurated a sleek new bridge in Genoa yesterday, though relatives of the 43 people killed when the old viaduct collapsed said the pomp and ceremony risked overshadowing the tragedy.

Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has told his son, King Felipe, that he is leaving the country, the Royal House said yesterday, in a dramatic move designed to protect the monarchy after corruption allegations against him surfaced.

Lunchbox, books, pencil case – masks? Thousands of children in northern Germany became the first in Europe to begin a new school year yesterday after months of curtailed hours over the coronavirus pandemic.

Tributes poured in yesterday from across the political spectrum following the death of John Hume, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending decades of deadly sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

A British woman was jailed for three and a half years yesterday after tearfully admitting she stabbed her husband to death during a fight on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi.

Australia’s second-biggest city, Melbourne, already under night curfew, announced fresh restrictions on industries including retail and construction yesterday in a bid to contain a resurgence of the coronavirus.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hopes to tighten his hold on the nation’s fractious politics in an election tomorrow that could elevate his brother and allow the two to change the constitution if they prevail.

Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out ‘several million’ doses per month by next year.