Washington, A group of protesters toppled down a 120-year-old statue of Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington D.C.

The protesters gathered in Judiciary Square around the statue of Pike reportedly at around 11 p.m. on Friday and tore it down 15 minutes later, reports Xinhua news agency.

The c

Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he was "disappointed" with China for charging two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were detained in December 2018, the media reported.

Asked what his government would do to secure the release of Michael Kovrig, a former diploma

Beijing,  Beijing is likely to unveil its draft of the controversial national security law tailor-made for Hong Kong on Saturday as the bi-monthly meeting of China's top legislative body wraps up, sources said.

A short public consultation period is expected to be announced after the three-day meeting of t

Riyadh,  More than 1,500 mosques are due to reopen Sunday in the holy city of Mecca amid strict health precautions after three-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, a media report said.

Late last month, mosques reopened across Saudi Arabia, except in Mecca, for congregation prayers as pa

Washington, The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump will host a 4th of July event despite pleas from lawmakers to cancel over concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, media reports said.

In a statement on Friday, the White House announced that the President and First Lady Melania Trump,

Madrid, Spains state of alarm, the emergency mechanism propping up the nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19, will expires midnight on Saturday, 98 days after it first came into effect.

In an unprecedented situation during the country's history, the days under lockdown in Spain progressed at varying speeds,

Dublin, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar slipped in a quote from the 2004 American teen comedy film, "Mean Girls" during his daily briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the country, a media report said.

As the Prime Minister announced plans to scale back COVID-19 restrictions, he said on Friday: "S

London, Revellers were being urged not to head to Stonehenge for this year's summer solstice celebrations due to a ban on mass gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported on Saturday.

Traditionally about 10,000 people gather at the Neolithic monument in Wiltshire, on or around June 21, to watch th

Jerusalem, Israel is set to have a record number of openly gay MPs after new rules allowing cabinet members to give up their seats came into effect, a media report said.

Six gay MPs from five parties across the political spectrum will serve in the 120-seat Parliament or Knesset as a result, the BBC report sai

Stockholm, Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has said that the world needs to learn the lessons of coronavirus and treat climate change with similar urgency.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Thunberg said: "People are starting to realise that we cannot keep looking away from these things... We canno