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UN adopts Covid response resolution, US votes against

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES: The United States was supported only by Israel Friday in a vote against a UN resolution for a "comprehensive and...

Israel razing more Palestinian homes despite virus: UN

JERUSALEM: Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes built without planning permits that are almost impossible to obtain have risen sharply during the coronavirus pandemic despite...

US to ASEAN: Reconsider deals with blacklisted China firms

Hanoi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked Southeast Asian nations Thursday to reconsider deals with Chinese companies blacklisted by Washington for building island...

Indian expatriate wins USD 1 million in Dubai lucky draw

Dubai: A 34-year-old Indian software engineer has won a whopping USD 1 million (Rs 7.3 crore) in a lucky draw contest here, according to...

Afghan officials: Kabul bomb targets VP, kills 10 civilians

KABUL: A bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday targeted the convoy of the country’s first vice president, killing 10 people and wounding at...

Review committee to start work on Covid-19 response: WHO

GENEVA: The Review Committee of the International Health Regulations (IHR) will begin its work on Tuesday to evaluate the functioning of the IHR during...

Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair solution to Palestinian issue

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a...

Iran and Russia to jointly produce COVID-19 vaccine

TEHRAN: Cairo, Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic as COVID-19 cases in Iran surged to 384,666...

Kamala Harris says Donald Trump not credible on possible COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON: Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump’s word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine. In an...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh leaves Russia for Iran

MOSCOW: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday left Moscow for Iran where he will meet his Iranian counterpart and discuss bilateral defence ties, a...

New Zealand records first COVID-19 death in over three months

WELLINGTON: New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus death in more than three months on Friday when a man in his 50s succumbed to the...

Give India another chance to appoint lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak court

ISLAMABAD: A high court in Pakistan on Thursday directed the federal government to give India another chance to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row...

US won’t pay remaining dues to WHO after Trump pullout

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said Wednesday it won’t pay more than $60 million in dues it owes to the World Health Organization and will...

UAE rolls out the red carpet for its first-ever Israeli delegation

ABU DHABI: In less than 24 hours on the ground, Israel’s first-of-its-kind delegation to the United Arab Emirates received a warm welcome that would...

Beirut blast: Half of Lebanese could face food shortages, says UN

BEIRUT: More than half of Lebanon's population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country's...

Kamala Harris ‘not competent’ to be president of United States, says Donald Trump

WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris is "not competent" to be president, US President Donald Trump has said as he launched an attack on the Indian-origin senator's...

UN chief calls on India to be at helm of global leadership on climate action

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday called on India to be at the “helm” of an ambitious global leadership on clean energy...

PLA fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile into South China Sea amid US spy plane intrusions

BEIJING: For the first time, China has fired its “aircraft-carrier killer” missile into the South China Sea as part of the naval drills being...

Bahrain recommits to two-state solution despite US push for Israel deal

BAHRAIN: Bahrain said on Wednesday it was committed to the creation of a Palestinian state in talks with US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, implicitly...

Indian goes on trial for spying on Sikhs, Kashmiris in Germany

FRANKFURT MAIN: An Indian national accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities in Germany for New Delhi’s secret services went on trial in...

Turkey will defend its rights in East Mediterranean, Aegean, Black seas: Erdogan

ANKARA: Turkey will take whatever belongs to it in the Mediterranean, as well as Aegean and the Black Sea, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

UN chief calls for end to discrimination against religious minorities

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to discrimination against religious minorities and related hate crimes, pointing out that...

Iran won’t accept any demands beyond 2015 nuclear deal

TEHRAN: Iran won’t accept any additional demands beyond its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, the country’s top nuclear official declared Tuesday as the...

WHO says plasma therapy to treat coronavirus still ‘experimental’

GENEVA: The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary...

Israeli archaeologists unearth large trove of early Islamic gold coins in Yavne

JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the central city...

In recordings, Donald Trump’s sister says he ‘has no principles’

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's older sister, a former federal judge, is heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings released Saturday, at...

Pakistan declares Nawaz Sharif ‘absconder’, approaches UK govt for extradition

LAHORE: The Pakistan government has declared former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, currently in London for treatment, an “absconder” and approached the UK government for...

CPEC is of great importance to our ties: Chinese president Xi Jinping to Pakistan’s Arif Alvi

BEIJING: Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “landmark project” under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)...

COVID-19: After Wuhan water park party, now Beijing says face masks not mandatory in public spaces

BEIJING: People in China’s capital Beijing are no longer required to wear masks outdoors, health authorities said on Friday, a second such announcement since...

Turkey discovers large natural gas reserve off Black Sea

ANKARA:ETURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday the discovery of a large natural gas reserve off the Black Sea coast that will help...

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