A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week's military coup, a party official said on Thursday ...

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 Covid-19 relief checks on Monday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future ...

Assuming a conservative $40 a barrel oil price, Qatar on Thursday presented a QR34.6bn deficit budget for 2021 but hinted at tapping the domestic and global debt markets to cover the expected shortfall.

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech , and said it will be rolled out from early next week.

Singapore has given US start-up Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not come from slaughtered animals.

The Cabinet has given its approval to the draft State budget for the 2021 fiscal year, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reports.

The Cabinet was Wednesday briefed by HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari on the latest developments regarding the efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 ...

The Cabinet has approved a draft decision of HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) on determining the ratio of Qatari to non-Qatari employees in the private sector.

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has approved the delivery in Qatar of undergraduate and graduate programmes offered by prestigious US and UK universities beginning fall 2020 ...

Germany gave itself new powers to veto hostile foreign takeover bids for healthcare companies on Wednesday, a measure designed to ensure a continuous supply of essential products during the coronavirus crisis.

The Bangladesh cabinet has approved an ordinance paving the way for the courts in the country to hold digital trials via video-conference.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani approved on Tuesday Cabinet decision No. 12 of 2020 on the executive regulations of Law No. 1 of 2020 regarding the unified economic registry.