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China’s parliament approves Hong Kong national security bill

Beijing: China's rubber-stamp parliament endorsed plans Thursday to impose a national security law on Hong Kong that critics say will destroy the city's autonomy. Over...

Cockpit voice recorder recovered from debris of crashed Pakistani plane

Islamabad: Search teams on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, a spokesman for...

Afghan government says ceasefire still in place even as skirmishes with Taliban resume

KABUL: Skirmishes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces recommenced in Afghanistan in the day since a three-day ceasefire expired, but government officials said...

Twitter labels Trump tweets with fact checks for 1st time, prez threatens to close down social media

Washington: For the first time, Twitter put a warning label under two posts by Donald Trump, prompting the US president to accuse the it...

France bans hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus treatment

Paris: The French government on Wednesday banned treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a controversial and potentially harmful drug that US President Donald Trump...

WHO suspends testing hydroxychloroquine on virus patients

Geneva: The World Health Organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom...

Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll

Sao Paulo: Brazil daily coronavirus deaths were higher than fatalities in the United States for the first time over the last 24 hours, according...

You’ve my total commitment to reject anti-Muslim bigotry, hate: UN chief to OIC members

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced his “total commitment” to rejecting anti-Muslim bigotry, hate and all forms of intolerance, urging all to...

Only two survivors from Pakistan air disaster

KARACHI: A day after a Pakistan Airlines passenger plane crashed into a Karachi neighbourhood, authorities said there were two survivors and 97 victims in...

China reports no new COVID-19 cases for first time

SHANGAI: China recorded no new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland for May 22, the first time it had seen no daily rise in...

Plane with 107 on board crashes in Pakistan

Karachi: Many people are feared dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 107 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential...

Mosques to stay shut for Eid prayers in Saudi Arabia, UAE

Dubai: Mosques will remain closed for prayers on the Eid Al-Fitr festival, Saudi and United Arab Emirates officials said on Friday, calling on the...

Khalilzad meets Taliban in Doha, discusses peace deal

Kabul: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad reported he had a "constructive meeting" with senior Taliban leaders in Doha, and discussed...

US diplomat’s comments on India-China border issue ‘nonsense’, says China

BEIJING: China on Thursday termed as ‘nonsense’ a senior US diplomat’s remarks blaming it for using constant aggression on the border with India to...

19 million children in India & Bangladesh at imminent risk from Cyclone Amphan: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS: At least 19 million children in parts of Bangladesh and India are at “imminent risk” from flash flooding and heavy rain as...

Palestine no longer to abide by accords with Israel, US: Mahmoud Abbas

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority will no longer be committed to any signed agreements with Israel or the United States,...

Coronavirus cases in Russia cross 300,000-mark

Moscow: The total number of coronavirus cases in Russia on Wednesday crossed the 300,000-mark with 8,764 fresh cases being reported in the last 24...

10 killed, 14 injured in twin attacks in Afghanistan

Kabul: At least 10 villagers were killed and 14 others wounded in two separate gun shootings in Afghanistan, authorities said on Wednesday. In one incident...

WHO a puppet of China, says Donald Trump

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump attacked the United Nations health body as a Chinese "puppet" on Monday and confirmed he is considering slashing or canceling...

Chinese health experts wave off concerns of second, deadlier wave of coronavirus

BEIJING: Chinese health experts involved in the country’s fight against the coronavirus believe the worst is now over, downplaying warnings that the disease could...

Taliban rejects as fake statement on India attributed to it

KABUL: The Taliban clarified on Monday that a statement circulated on social media regarding India and attributed to it does not belong to the...

Obama was a grossly incompetent president, says Trump

Washington: US president Donald Trump on Sunday called his predecessor Barak Obama a ‘grossly incompetent president'. Trump's reaction came after Obama on Saturday criticised the...

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria: Khamenei

TEHRAN: Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, renewing Iran’s demand for U.S. troops...

Spraying disinfectants can be ‘harmful’, says WHO

GENEVA: Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the...

Pakistan coronavirus cases cross 40,000 with 1,352 new cases

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's coronavirus cases crossed 40,000 on Sunday after 1,352 new infections were detected, while the death toll in the country has gone up...

US to donate ventilators to India to fight coronavirus: Trump

Washington: President Donald Trump has announced that the US will donate a lot of ventilators to India to help it fight the "invisible enemy",...

China calls on U.S. to pay its debts to the United Nations

UNITED NATIONS: China on Friday issued a statement calling on all U.N. member states to “actively fulfill their financial obligations to the United Nations,”...

No approved treatments yet for COVID-19: WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a number of treatments are under clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19, but none of...

Coronavirus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan

WASHINGTON: Whistleblower Dr Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the U.S. lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it...

COVID-19 could kill 6,000 children every day: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS: The UN's children agency has warned that an additional 6,000 children could die daily from preventable causes over the next six months...

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