Tech giant Google has partnered with hospital system Ascension to collect detailed personal health information from millions of Americans without their knowledge, in an initiative that has been named "Project Nightingale."...

Russia wants to reduce the US dollar share in its National Wealth Fund, as it looks to invest in the Chinese yuan and other foreign currencies, Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev has announced....

Considering the long-standing demand of Pakistan's Hindu community, the Imran Khan government has decided to reopen the closed Hindu temples and also renovate them. According to a report in 'Radio Pakistan', the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf's spokesperson Ahmad Jawad gave this information while releasing the details of 10 achievements of the government. There has been a long-standing demand from the Hindu community in the country to reopen these temples. Agreeing with the demand, the government has decided to open these temples, Jawad said in a statemen...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel's army will continue to strike Gaza's Islamic Jihad group if rocket fire towards Israel continues. "We are continuing to hit Islamic Jihad after eliminating its senior commander," Netanyahu said during a special cabinet meeting, referring to Tuesday's predawn strikes that killed Baha Abu al-Atta, a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander and his wife. He said the fighting between Israel and Gaza's Islamic Jihad group "could take time", Xinhua reporte...

The European Investment Bank has formally agreed to support the membership expansion of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) with a concessional financing facility to cover the shareholding of three prospective members - Cameroon, Niger and Togo...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments and industry in Africa to focus on four priorities to allow aviation to drive economic and social development on the continent, enrich people’s lives and enable the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG’s)...