Kigali,  Rwanda recorded a decline of 47.1 per cent in investments in 2020, from $2.46 billion in 2019 to $1.3 billion, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) said.

RDB attributed the decline to the Covid-19 pandemic that affected the global economy. According to the statement on Thursday, r

Washington,  A White House spokesman, T.J. Ducklo, has been suspended for a week without pay after he allegedly threatened to "destroy" a female reporter who was asking questions about his private life.

Ducklo reportedly threatened Politico reporter Tara Palmeri, who was investigating his relat

Rome,  Former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi has formally accepted the role of Italy's next Prime Minister and will be sworn in on Saturday.

Draghi has named his cabinet after meeting the Italian president. He has secured the support of almost all the main political parties, followin

Rome,  About one month after easing most restrictions on people's movements, Italy maintained a downward trend in active coronavirus infections, the latest official data showed.

Yet, one of the most relevant anti-Covid-19 rules still in place -- a ban on travelling between the country's regions,

London,  Around 64,000 deaths a year in England are linked to air pollution, with disadvantaged communities hit the most, a new British parliamentary report revealed on Thursday.

Published by the House of Commons (lower house of the British parliament) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dubai,  The Consulate General of India in Dubai has asked Indian expats not to visit the mission unless it was absolutely necessary in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19.

In an advisory issued on Thursday, the mission said: "Members of the Indian community who wish to visit th

Sanaa, Escalation of fighting between Yemen's government forces and the Houthi militia in the oil-rich province of Marib has displaced nearly 400 families in just three days, an official said.

"During the past three days around 400 families left their villages and residential houses due to the non-stop in

Islamabad,  Three people were killed and 10 others injured when the dome of an under-construction mosque collapsed in Lahore, local media reported.

About 25 labourers were working at the mosque when the dome collapsed on Thursday, Xinhua news agency.

The injured people wer

Kabul,  More than 90 militants have been killed in the last two days as Afghan forces have intensified airstrikes against the Taliban militant group amid stalled peace talks in Doha, officials said.

In the latest wave of airstrikes on Thursday, the fighter jets struck a Taliban hideout i

Ramallah,  A Palestinian cabinet minister met an imprisoned senior leader of President Mahmoud Abbas-led Fatah party to discuss the upcoming general elections.

The meeting took place on Thursday between Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh and Fatah's Marwan Barghouti, who is curre