India, which claims to be the biggest democracy in the world, has the highest number of journalists killed in retaliation for their work this year, according to a Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) report. Four […]
India and its neighbours should fully reopen schools to address the interrupted education of more than 400 million children whose classrooms were shut by the coronavirus pandemic, UNICEF said Thursday, with a top official warning […]
LONDON: Booster Covid-19 vaccine shots give an estimated 70% to 75% protection against mild disease from the new Omicron variant, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday, citing initial findings from a real-world study. […]
CAIRO: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday during a rare visit to Egypt for talks on the blockaded Gaza Strip and Iran’s nuclear programme, the two sides said. Egypt […]
A British appellate court opened the door on Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the US by overturning a lower court ruling that found the WikiLeaks founder’s mental health was too fragile to […]
In the biting cold of a Kabul autumn, Hadia Ahmadi, a 43-year-old teacher who lost her job after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital in August, sits by the roadside trying to earn the equivalent […]
The European Union (EU) warned Russia on Friday that it would face consequences if it invaded Ukraine, as Germany’s new chancellor called for talks to resolve tensions after Moscow amassed troops on the border with […]
Winnipeg: The first case of the omicron variant, also known as B.1.1.529, has been detected in Manitoba, the province says in a news release. Public health officials are doing aggressive case and contact management, and […]
PARIS: France arrested one of the Saudi Arabian suspects Tuesday in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi, 33, was detained by border police as he […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will talk to European allies later Tuesday, following a video call with his Russian counterpart, according to the White House. The call with Vladimir Putin has lasted more than two […]
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