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China warns UK against offering citizenship to Hong Kong residents

BEIJING: China on Friday warned the UK against offering citizenship to Hong Kong residents and "immediately correct its mistakes" in order to avoid retaliatory...

Pak’s anti-corruption body approves fresh case against Nawaz Sharif

Islamabad: Pakistan's anti-corruption body has approved a new case against deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the authorities to...

COVID-19 resurgence? Europe records weekly high of over 9 lakh virus cases, says WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization says Europe again reported a new high in the weekly number of coronavirus cases during the pandemic last week,...

Mild, asymptomatic Covid-19 patients may not be infectious for more than 10 days: Study

WASHINGTON: Recent studies have suggested that people with mild or no symptoms of coronavirus may be infectious for not more than about 10 days. The...

Singapore researchers develop breath test to detect COVID-19

SINGAPORE: Researchers in Singapore have developed a breath test to detect COVID-19 within a minute as authorities are working on a roadmap for the...

Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted

TEHRAN: Iran said a longstanding UN embargo on arms sales to and from the Islamic republic expired Sunday in line with a 2015 landmark...

Nokia wins NASA contract to put 4G network on moon

SAN FRANCISCO: NASA has awarded Nokia of the US $14.1 million to deploy a 4G cellular network on the moon. The grant is part of...

Biden vows to repeal ‘Muslim ban’ imposed by Trump admin if elected

GREENVILLE: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has vowed to include Muslim Americans in every social and political aspect in his administration as well as...

World facing new Bretton Woods moment: IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva

WASHINGTON: Facing the twin task of fighting the coronavirus pandemic today and building a better tomorrow, the world is experiencing a new Bretton Woods...

Trump says he feels like ‘Superman’ after coronavirus treatment

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he felt like a “Superman” after his experimental COVID-19 treatment and boasted about his new immunity...

Pakistan, China and Russia win seats on UN human rights council, Saudis lose

United Nations: China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN's premiere human rights body Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal...

Climate change means more weather disasters every year, warns UN

GENEVA: In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the UN weather agency is...

Bangladesh’s Cabinet approves death penalty in rape cases

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Cabinet on Monday approved an increase in the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment after a series of...

China to test all 9 million people in Qingdao city for Covid-19

BEIJING: China's government says all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao will be tested for the coronavirus this week after nine...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s top aide steps down amid corruption allegations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd.) Asim Saleem Bajwa resigned on Monday, amid allegations that...

Feeling great’: Trump seeks campaign comeback from Covid-19

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump rallied hundreds of cheering supporters for a campaign-style comeback event at the White House Saturday, jumping back into the election...

China backs Iran nuclear deal, calls for new Middle East forum

BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has called for a new forum to defuse tensions in the Middle East after a meeting with his...

Influential Pak cleric shot dead in Karachi

KARACHI: An influential Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric was shot dead along with his driver by unidentified assailants in Karachi city, according to media reports. The...

China has deployed 60K soldiers on India’s northern border: Pompeo

Washington: China has amassed more than 60,000 troops on India’s northern border, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said as he hit out...

Time has come to accept that talks won’t make China change its aggressive stance: US NSA

WASHINGTON: China has attempted to "seize" control of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India by force as part of its territorial aggression,...

US military blindsided by Trump’s new Afghan troop withdrawal

WASHINGTON: The US military was blindsided Thursday by President Donald Trump's assertion that all US troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end...

Trump for withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by Christmas

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought withdrawal of all American troops from Afghanistan by Christmas this year. “We should have the small remaining...

India, Japan finalise pact for cooperation in 5G tech, Artificial Intelligence

NEW DELHI: India and Japan have finalised an ambitious agreement that provides for cooperation in 5G technology, artificial intelligence and an array of other...

By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID-19: World Bank

WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Wednesday warned that by 2021, as many as 150 million people are likely to be in extreme poverty because...

Trump discharged from hospital after 4 days, returns to White House

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has returned to the White House after being discharged from a military hospital where he was under treatment for...

Pakistan police register sedition case against former PM Nawaz Sharif, other PML-N leaders

LAHORE: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and other top leaders of the Opposition PML-N party were charged with sedition and...

Beirut explosion among most powerful non-nuclear blasts in history: Study

LONDON: The explosion that happened in August in the Port of Beirut was one of the most powerful non-nuclear blasts in history - releasing...

Pompeo cuts short upcoming Asia trip

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cut short his upcoming Asia trip, the State Department announced, amid President Donald Trump’s hospitalisation following...

White House acknowledges Trump’s condition had been worse than revealed

WASHINGTON: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed that President Donald Trump's condition on Friday was far worse than officials had made public,...

Trump’s age, health woes raise his risk for COVID-19 illness

Washington: President Donald Trump has several strikes against him age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male that could put him at greater risk of...

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