The White House formally nominated Mark Esper as the secretary of defense on Monday as it struggles to fill the

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board said on Tuesday that it will initiate promptly the process of selecting the next

World hunger is on the rise in absolute number and more than 820 million people were hungry in 2018, a

Nine civilians were killed and 18 others injured in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Monday, the

The Iraqi authorities have handed 33 children from families of the Islamic State (IS) militants to Russia following the defeat

The U.S. and British scientists have proposed an idea to make the Martian climate livable for humans, using a material

The death toll of the illegal immigrant boat disaster off the southeastern coast of Tunisia rose to 82, after three

The worst of a weekend heat wave and smog hit Southern California over the weekend.     The heat peaked Saturday as

German auto brand BMW is recalling 403 vehicles in the Chinese market due to defective cable connectors, according to China's

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities opened on Saturday the 4,600-year-old Bent Pyramid at Dahshur royal necropolis in Giza province southern