World Economic Forum chair and founder of the Davos summit, Klaus Schwab is to step down after more than five decades. Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, whose …

Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. “Dearest brothers …

Thousands of pilgrims have joined the annual Stations of the Cross procession in the old town of Jerusalem as Christians around the world were marking Good Friday. In the years …

China will impose 125 per cent tariffs on US goods from Saturday, raising the stakes in a trade war that threatens to upend global supply chains. The hike comes after …

Iconic soprano Maria Callas will serve as a strong symbol associated with UNESCO’s Paris headquarters after a statue of her by sculptor Nikos Floros was unveiled at the site. The …

Myanmar’s ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the nation’s civil war to facilitate relief efforts following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3000 people. The …

A leading proponent of Turkey’s expansionist “Blue Homeland” doctrine has called for the revocation of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America’s Turkish passport and his ban from entering Turkey. Erol Kara, a …

Survivors were pulled out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life have been detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok as efforts intensified to find people trapped …

The death toll from the Myanmar earthquake has climbed to at least 1644, making it the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country in years. The figure highlighted …

Myanmar’s resistance movement against the ruling military junta has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts as the death toll from the disaster reached more than 1600 …