The group’s move is an attempt to prop up support for the local Afghani currency, which has been falling against the dollar amid an imploding economy.

Despite India's status as the "pharmacy of the world", government healthcare systems have been crumbling due to a lack of critical medical supplies.

Recent conflict in the East African country's northern Tigray region threatens to drag in neighbouring powers. Here's a look at the reasons underpinning Ethiopia's ethnic tensions, which have been dec...

Not really, experts say, despite the president launching legal challenges in at least five key states in a bid to tip the scales in his favour.

Lightning storms, record-breaking heatwaves and bouts of howling winds have worked as a catalyst for wildfires that have ravaged millions of acres of land along the western US.

A white Minneapolis policeman killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for some eight minutes as the black man said he couldn't breathe has exposed once again the strained race relations between b...

Mosques, Muslim-owned businesses and homes have been attacked, looted and burned as security forces watch.

Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims fear attacks after Daesh-linked bombers blew themselves up in four hotels and three churches, killing more than 250 people.