Fifty-three US lawmakers warn of the grim humanitarian situation in Gaza Strip, and denounced Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians in the besieged enclave.

Some 28 percent of people living in the European Union cannot afford to go away on holiday for a week, a new study reveals.

China’s President Xi Jinping says his country will no longer allow any foreign forces to bully and oppress it, warning that anyone who tries to do so will “be badly battered by the Chinese nation’s perseverance.”

Fear and fury continues to grip the Indian subcontinent as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world’s second most populous nation.

Yemen is so poor that 45% live on less than $2 a day, with 33% on less than $1/day.

The coronavirus pandemic has turned into a full-blown crisis in Brazil.

Social Rights Commissioner Nicolas Schmit has presented plans in the European Parliament to lift 15 million people, living in the 27-nation EU, out of poverty by 2030. Lawmakers, though, seem less than convinced.