Beijing and New Delhi do not need US mediation in the border dispute between the two countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Friday

The EU's new recovery plan worth 750 billion euros ($826 billion) to support the bloc's economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen means that, for the first time in European history, the bloc itself will incur debts and will also levy its own taxes

Rohingya refugees stuck on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman sea require international assistance as the cyclone season starts, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday

Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Chief Yigal Unna announced on Thursday that the INCD had prevented an April attack by hackers who tried to override the country's water system

Washington's interference and threats to Beijing over its plans to impose new legislation on Hong Kong, along with mounting pressure over the coronavirus crisis, are a part of a broader long-term strategy to diminish China's influence, and the US will likely try to get more countries to join its anti-China efforts, experts told Sputnik

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that the Indian rulers are habitual of attempting to coerce the weak and kneeling before the powerful

Myanmar should stop imprisoning people for violating COVID-19 quarantine, curfews and other limitations imposed amid the outbreak, as this practice could only speed up the spread of the virus in crowded detention facilities amid poor hygiene conditions and inability to observe social distance, a prominent rights watchdog said in a press release on Thursday

Scientists in Australia doubt the reliability of a study published in The Lancet medical journal that prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to shelve ongoing research into the effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, the Guardian Australia portal reported on Thursday