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US woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours in bathroom

A US woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for COVID-19 halfway through a flight from Chicago to...

Israel approves measures for Palestinians after leaders meet

JERUSALEM: Israel's defence minister approved a raft of measures aimed at improving relations with the Palestinians on Wednesday following a rare meeting with Palestinian...

China reports sudden spike in COVID-19 cases ahead of Winter Olympics

BEIJING: China has reported 206 new COVID-19 cases, including 158 domestically transmitted ones, in a sudden spike ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics which...

Taliban banning transport for solo woman travellers is ‘retrogressive’: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday lashed out at the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for its latest "retrogressive" move of banning women...

Burnt remains of 30 found in Myanmar

BANGKOK: The charred remains of more than 30 people, including women and children, were found in burnt-out vehicles in Myanmar on Saturday, a rebel...

Truck crashes into bus in Iran, killing 10

TEHRAN: A road accident in southwestern Iran killed at least 10 people on Saturday, Iranian media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the accident...

US authorises Merck anti-COVID pill

US health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of omicron infections. The Food...

40 people dead after fire breaks out aboard packed ferry in Bangladesh

DHAKA: At least 40 people died and over 150 others were injured early Friday after a packed three-storey ferry carrying around 800 passengers caught...

Pfizer pill Paxlovid becomes 1st US-authorised home COVID treatment

US health regulators on Wednesday authorised the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to...

Sputnik V, Sputnik Light booster effective against Omicron: study

Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine and its one-shot version Sputnik Light booster demonstrates high virus-neutralising activity (VNA) against the highly-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, providing a...

Pakistan, Turkey & Malaysia to launch TV channel

Islamabad: Pakistan, Turkey, and Malaysia will set up a joint television channel to promote media links among them, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad...

Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on Omicron

Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron variant. Moderna said lab tests showed...

Himalayan glaciers melting at ‘exceptional rate’ due to warming: Study

London: Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an “exceptional” rate because of global warming, threatening the water supply of millions of people in...

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is rallying Muslim countries to help Afghanistan stave off an economic and humanitarian disaster while also cajoling the neighboring country's new Taliban...

Pfizer study tests extra Covid vaccine dose for kids under 5

Pfizer said Friday it was changing plans and testing three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in babies and preschoolers instead of the usual two. The...

Taliban prepares new Afghan budget without foreign aid

KABUL: Afghanistan's finance ministry under the new Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is...

Bangladesh to import defence items from India under USD 500 mn Line of Credit

Dhaka: Bangladesh will soon import defence related items from India under the USD 500 million Line of Credit provided by New Delhi as several...

Biden’s nominee for envoy to India says human rights to be core issue

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's nominee for next envoy to New Delhi has declared human rights would be a core issue for him when...

Iran agrees to allow reinstallation of UN cameras at nuclear site: Reports

TEHRAN: Iran will allow the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to reinstall cameras damaged at a site where it has centrifuge parts and manufacturing material,...

United States preparing ‘alternatives’ in case Iran nuclear talks fail: Blinken

WASHINGTON: The United States is preparing "alternatives" in case efforts to revive a deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions collapse, Secretary of State Antony...

Covid vaccines, previous infection offer stronger than basic’ protection against Omicron: Study

Beijing: People previously infected with COVID-19 and those vaccinated will have some "stronger than basic" protection against Omicron, according to one of the earliest...

Putin says he drove taxi to make ends meet after Soviet fall

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union spelt the end of “historical Russia,” revealing he drove a taxi...

US, Pak should have deeper engagement to promote stability, development for Afghan people: Pak PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that Pakistan and the US must have deeper engagement to promote the shared objectives of peace,...

Julian Assange suffered stroke in jail, fiancée says ‘never-ending court cases stressful’

LONDON: WikiLeaks's 50-year-old founder Julian Assange held at the high-security Belmarsh Prison in the UK has suffered a stroke resulting in drooping right eyelid,...

US using democracy as ‘weapon of mass destruction’ to stoke confrontation: China on Biden’s summit

BEIJING: China on Saturday, December 11, 2021, accused the US of using democracy as a "weapon of mass destruction" to "stoke divisions and confrontation"...

Booster shot of Pfizer Covid vaccine can cut mortality from Delta variant by 90%: Study

The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can reduce mortality due to the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by 90 per cent,...

FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, opens extra dose to age 16

Washington: The US is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine. The US and many other...

US ‘weaponising’ democracy, China on Biden’s summit

BEIJING: China on Thursday accused the US of "weaponising" democracy and attacked the Biden administration's initiative of the Alliance for the Future of the...

Young people recover quickly from rare side effect of Covid vaccine: Study

BOSTON: Most young people under the age of 21 who develop suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related inflammation of heart muscle, known as myocarditis, have mild symptoms...

Scientists developing chewing gum that could cut Covid transmission

Scientists are developing a chewing gum laced with a plant-grown protein that serves as a “trap” for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, reducing...

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