The number of adult tobacco users is steadily dropping, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, but warned that Big Tobacco was working hard to attract young people. DrRuedigerKrech, Director of the WHO's...
Qatar's mediators on Tuesday succeeded in reaching an agreement between Israel and Hamas to send medications and aid to Gaza.Israel confirmed that a delivery of vital prescription drugs will enter Gaza on...
Guatemala President Bernardo Arevalo and Vice President Karin Herrera participated in a Mayan ceremony near Guatemala City on Tuesday.
The Mayan-authorities-led ceremony aims to show an expression of gratitude...
All vessels operated by Nippon Yusen K.K. have suspended navigation through the Red Sea amid heightened tensions in waters off Yemen, officials at the Japanese shipping company said on Tuesday.
The move comes...
The US military in Japan will begin to deliver relief supplies to quake-hit areas in Japan’s Noto Peninsula as early as on Wednesday at the request of the Japanese Defense Ministry.
After the powerful...
After cyclone alert is downgraded, roadwork crews removed branches from main road to allow emergency services.
Cyclone Belal hit Reunion, one of France's overseas territories that span the globe from the...
Due to malaria, the children under five represented 80 percent of the deaths in Africa.
Recently, some 43 countries have been certified as malaria-free by the WHO, which requires showing that the domestic...
In one hundred days since the earthquakes in Herat of Afghanistan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has converted tented health facilities into more permanent facilities in shipping containers.
Health and...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) launched missile attacks on multiple terrorist targets in Syria and Iraq's Kurdistan region, according to the reports by Iran state media on Tuesday.
The attacks...
Guatemala's new President Bernardo Arevalo sworn in ceremony in Guatemala City. He took the oath of office after warding off a barrage of attempts to prevent him from taking power on Monday.
Thousands of...