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Swiss vote on proposal to ban face coverings in public

BERLIN: Swiss voters decide Sunday on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in...

2 Pak Navy men killed, 1 injured in attack in Baluchistan

KARACHI: Unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying security forces, killing two personnel of the Pakistan Navy and injuring another in the coastal district of...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins trust vote in National Assembly

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties,...

WHO decides against publishing findings on Wuhan COVID origin probe: Report

WASHINGTON: The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to...

China to push for building ‘Polar Silk Road’ in Arctic Ocean

BEIJING: As the ice-covered parts of the Arctic Ocean melt due to climate change, China has flagged its interest to take part in building...

Iran to meet with UN technical experts over uranium find

Berlin: Iran has agreed to sit down with international technical experts investigating the discovery of uranium particles at three former undeclared sites in the...

UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition

Yangon: Myanmar security forces were seen firing slingshots at protesters, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew in video showing a...

Sri Lanka clears port deal with Adani after India ‘approves’ firm

New Delhi: A month after India and Japan were banished from developing Colombo port’s strategic east container terminal, Sri Lanka on Tuesday approved a...

UK MPs to debate press freedom, safety of protesters in India

LONDON: British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition which...

Amidst heightened border tension, Chinese hackers targeted India’s power through malware: US firm

Washington: Amidst the tense border tension between India and China, a Chinese government-linked group of hackers targeted India’s critical power grid system through malware,...

Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan

Islamabad: The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a...

Israel, Palestine must avoid unilateral action that could prejudice final status issues: India at UN

UNITED NATIONS: Reiterating that only a two-state solution will deliver enduring peace that the people of Israel and Palestine deserve, India has said this...

India-Bangladesh hold home secretary-level talks to discuss security issues

NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh discussed "early completion" of the pending fencing work along the international border they share as they reiterated their commitment...

‘Hope other countries follow your example’: WHO chief lauds India, PM Modi

GENEVA: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment for supporting vaccine equity and sharing Covid-19 vaccines with over 60...

WHO urges actions for ‘long Covid’ sufferers

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation's Europe unit is reporting that about one in 10 people who contracted Covid-19 continue to show “persistent ill health”...

Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect

SINGAPORE: Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as pro-democracy demonstrators...

President Joe Biden would not be okay if the Taliban ruled Afghanistan: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden would not be okay if the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, the White House has said, underlining that there is an...

NASA releases Mars landing video

Cape Canaveral: NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing an enormous orange and...

WHO slams rich states for hogging vaccines

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Monday blasted wealthy countries for not only hogging Covid vaccines but in doing so, hindering the pathway for...

UN nuclear chief in Iran as it threatens watchdog’s cameras

TEHRAN: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog met Sunday with Iranian officials in a bid to preserve his inspectors’ ability to monitor...

UN chief voices appreciation for India’s leadership in fight against COVID-19, vaccine assistance

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Antonio Guterres has voiced appreciation for India's leadership in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its efforts to...

Facebook blocks sensitive medical data shared by third-party apps

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has started blocking sensitive health information that third-party apps had been sharing with the social network in violation of its own...

No hasty or disorderly withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan: US Defence Secretary

Washington: Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that the US will not undertake a hasty or disorderly withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, stressing...

Russia reports world’s first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu

MOSCOW: Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8) being passed to humans from birds and has...

One-third of US military refusing Covid vaccine: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: Pentagon officials said Wednesday that about one-third of the US military are declining to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, despitesignificant coronavirus infection levels in...

New Zealand ends Covid-19 lockdown after deciding outbreak contained

WELLINGTON: A lockdown in the New Zealand city of Auckland will end at midnight, the government announced Wednesday after concluding a coronavirus outbreak had...

After delay, Israel allows COVID-19 vaccines into Hamas-run Gaza

GAZA CITY: Israel has allowed the Palestinian Authority to deliver the first shipment of vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. An Associated Press photographer saw...

Impeachment isn’t the final word on US Capitol riot for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he's to blame for the deadly Capitol...

WHO team says ‘extremely unlikely’ virus leaked from Wuhan lab

Geneva: A team of international experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory. Peter...

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over...

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