Washington,   As protesters in the US began turning their initial outrage over the death of African-American man George Floyd into demands for police reform and social justice, Democrats have proposed to overhaul legal protections for police and to fight systemic racism in the law enforcement.

With

Brasilia, After last week's riots, several demonstrations in favour and against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro were held again without serious incident.

However, at around 9.30 p.m., two hours after anti-government and anti-racist protests in Sao Paulo ended, "a group of hooligans" attacked the p

Singapore, Singapore and China on Monday began a "travel bubble" between the two countries with the aim to resume economic activity after containing the novel coronavirus pandemic.

According to a bilateral agreement signed in late May, citizens of both countries will be able to resume official travel and

Kabul, Sources close to the Taliban have said that based on initial agreements between the militants and the Kabul government, the intra-Afghan negotiations will be held in Doha.

The sources on Sunday did not mention the time of the negotiations but said it has been agreed to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners from t

Islamabad, Pakistan's nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases stood at 103,671 on Monday, the 16th highest in the world, while the death toll has increased to 2,067.

The worst-affected is Punjab province with 38,903 cases, followed by 38,108 in Sindh, 13,487 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 6,516 in Balochistan, 932 in Gilgi

Seoul ,  With the final batch of students returning to classes on Monday, South Korea completed its phased school reopening scheme despite growing anxiety over a second wave of new coronavirus infections in capital Seoul and adjacent cities.

About 1.35 million more students -- in the first grade of middle sch

Islamabad, Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was currently quarantined at his house, a PML-N official confirmed on Monday.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Maryam Aurangzeb confirmed that Abbasi, who was in office from August 2017 to May

Hanoi, The National Assembly of Vietnam on Monday ratified a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), which over the next 10 years will cut or eliminate 99 per cent of tariffs on trade between the two sides.

Lawmakers of the Vietnamese Parliament approved the Europe-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA),

New York, The New York Times' editorial page editor James Bennet resigned due to a controversial op-ed written by a Republican Senator published last week which received widespread criticism, according to the paper.

According to an article published Sunday night on the newspaper's website, the Times' p

Washington, Tropical storm Cristobal made landfall on the southeastern coast of the US state of Louisiana packing sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported.

After leaving death and destruction on its passage through Central America and Mexico, Cristobal now threatens a larg