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Thousands have been arrested for supporting the Russian opposition leader who is back on trial.

Vaccines could mitigate the UK outbreak in weeksWith more than 15 percent of the population already vaccinated against the coronavirus, the UK may be able to give the entire population the first shot of a two-dose vaccine by the end of…

A key adviser to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested on Friday, days after a coup that sparked outrage around the world and called on the generals to surrender power. Win Htein, 79, confirmed his arrest in a brief…

Cross-country skiing is replacing skiing in French ski resorts struggling to survive the pandemic.

The Next Vaccine Debate: Who Gets Which Shots?Countries around the world have approved a growing range of coronavirus vaccines, but the question health officials are now facing is who should receive which shots.The problem is most pressing…

The US Federal Communications Commission is under pressure from rural Internet service providers to deny Elon Musk's SpaceX a proposed $ 886 million subsidy for broadcasting broadband to underserved areas from space. Even before SpaceX won…

Human rights groups say the Chinese government has progressively withdrawn the religious and other freedoms of the Uyghurs - a Muslim minority living primarily in Xinjiang Province, northwest China - culminating in an oppressive system of…

BANGKOK - When an election landslide led the National League for Democracy to a position of power in Myanmar for the first time, the party was given a robust mandate to pull the country out of the grip of the army after decades of ruthless…

The number of workers in the United States applying to the states for unemployment benefits fell to 779,000 last week. This is still a historically high number, showing that a significant number of people are repeatedly losing jobs due to…

The license of the English language satellite news channel CGTN was "wrongly held," says Watchdog Ofcom.