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Pakistan, Iran resume trade activities at border amid pandemic

Islamabad: The trade activities between Pakistan and Iran at the Taftan border crossing have resumed after remaining suspended for more than two months as...

Saudi Arabia to enforce round-the-clock virus curfew at Eid

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior...

Wuhan to test entire population after emergence of new coronavirus cluster: Report

BEIJING: Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city's entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in...

Covid-19 death toll crosses 2.8 lakh worldwide, 80,000 fatalities in US alone: Global tally

LONDON: Coronavirus cases crossed 4.19 million worldwide on Tuesday while the global Covid-19 death toll hovers over 285,100, a Reuters tally stated. The United States,...

International tourism could decline by 60-80 per cent in 2020 due to COVID-19: UN

UNITED NATIONS: International tourism could decline by 60-80 per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the revenue loss of USD...

Four bombs go off in Kabul; four including minor civilians injured

KABUL: Four bombs, one placed under a garbage bin and the other three by the roadside, went off in northern Kabul on Monday, wounding...

Obama lashes out at Trump’s handling of coronavirus

Washington: Former president Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with...

Taliban releases 28 more Afghan govt prisoners

Kabul: The Taliban released another group of 28 Afghan government prisonersin Herat province, spokesman of the militant group''s political office in Doha said on...

Pandemic shows contrasts between US, European safety nets

Washington: The coronavirus pandemic is straining social safety nets across the globe and underlining sharp differences in approach between wealthy societies such as the...

US to temporarily ban work-based visas like H-1B as unemployment levels peak: Report

WASHINGTON: The US is working to temporarily ban the issuance of some work-based visas like H-1B, popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well...

Low Vitamin-D levels related to high COVID-19 death rate? Scientists think so

LONDON: Scientists have found an association between low average levels of vitamin D, and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20...

Gunfire kills 6 at Afghan protest calling for economic aid

Kabul: A shootout erupted on Saturday at a protest in western Afghanistan by residents demanding economic assistance, leading to the deaths of at least...

China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, local transmission in Jilin Province

BEIJING: China has reported 17 new coronavirus cases, including 16 asymptomatic ones in the COVID-19 epicentre Hubei province, health officials said on Friday. China's National...

End ‘tsunami of hate’ over COVID-19 pandemic says UN chief

United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the "tsunami of hate and xenophobia" unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and appealed for...

Coronavirus infects 90k frontline healthworkers across the globe

GENEVA: At least 90,000 health-care workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages...

France, Tunisia urge UN council to adopt COVID-19 resolution

UNITED NATIONS: France and Tunisia urged the UN Security Council on Tuesday to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in major conflicts to...

First Hindu youth joins Pakistan Air Force

Islamabad: In a first, a Pakistani Hindu youth has become the first person from the minority community to join the Pakistan Air Force. Rahul Dev...

China asks Pompeo to show ‘enormous evidence’ of COVID-19 originating from Wuhan lab

Beijing: China on Wednesday dared US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to show the "enormous evidence" he claimed to have to prove that the...

Trump admin ignored concern over hydroxychloroquine import from in India, Pak: Fired US scientist

Washington: A fired American scientist has alleged that the Trump administration ignored the concern of doctors in the US over the importation of hydroxychloroquine...

‘None of us is safe until all of us are safe’: UN chief Antonio Guterres on coronavirus

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that overcoming the coronavirus pandemic will require the most massive public health effort in history since...

There may never be a Covid-19 vaccine: WHO coronavirus expert

LONDON: While over 100 vaccines are currently under pre-clinical trials and a couple of those have entered human trial stage, leading health experts have...

Israel makes ‘significant breakthrough’ in developing antibody against coronavirus

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett has said that scientists at the country’s main biological research institute have made a “significant breakthrough” in developing...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million

SYDNEY: Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new...

Top Chinese health official warns of virus rebound

BEIJING: China still face the risk of a rebound in COVID-19 cases as 10 provincial-level regions have reported new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases over the...

UK right behind Italy as worst hit in Europe

LONDON: The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 to 28,131 as of May 1, just short of Italy which has so far...

Trump says ‘glad’ Kim Jong Un ‘is back, and well’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was "glad" about the reappearance of Kim Jong Un and that the North Korea leader is...

Over 1,50,000 Indians in UAE register to return home

DUBAI: Over 150,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have applied through the online registration process to...

Coronavirus originated from China’s Wuhan lab: Trump

WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis,...

Over 32,000 Indians in UAE register to return home

ABU DHABI: More than 32,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amidst the coronavirus lockdown, have registered with the Indian missions...

Over 7 million Afghan children at risk of hunger: Report

KABUL: More than seven million children in Afghanistan were at risk of hunger as food prices have soared in the country due to the...

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