Cyprus Finds Covid-19 Infections That Combine Delta and Omicron
A strain of Covid-19 that combines delta and omicron was found in Cyprus, according to Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of...
Aung San Suu Kyi Found Guilty Over Walkie-Talkie Charges
BURMA: A military-run court in Myanmar has found civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was overthrown in last February’s coup, guilty on at least...
Ten Bodies Left in Vehicle Outside Mexican Governor’s Office
MEXICO: An SUV filled with 10 bodies was left outside the office of a Mexican state governor in a public square lit up with holiday...
Total Number of Covid-19 Cases Registered Worldwide Passed 300 Million
PARIS: The total number of Covid-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million, with the Omicron variant s rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens...
Biden Condemns Trump as a Threat to Democracy
President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection by forcefully calling out former President Donald Trump for attempting to...
Dozens of Policemen Dead in Clashes in Kazakhstan’s Almaty
Dozens of protesters and at least a dozen security officers died in clashes in Kazakhstan’s largest city and former capital Almaty, with scuffles ongoing in...
Eight Children Killed in US Apartment Fire
WASHINGTON: Twelve people, including eight children, were killed early on Wednesday when flames swept through a public housing apartment building in Philadelphia in one of...
India PM Narendra Modi Trapped In Farmers Protest
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trapped on a flyover for 20 minutes by protesters in Punjab in what is being reported as...
Indian Forces Martyr Three Kashmiris in Occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district, today...
Sudan’s PM Resigns
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned Sunday, more than two months after a coup and following another deadly crackdown on protesters, with the...
Stampede at Hindu Shrine Kills at Least 12 People in IoK
SRINAGAR: At least 12 people have died and 13 injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir. The disaster happened around 3am...
Pakistani Youth Go To Bottom of Sea To Celebrate New Year
RIYADH: In Saudi Arabia, Pakistani youth went to the bottom of the sea to celebrate the New Year by cutting a cake. In the Saudi...
New Zealand Welcomes New Year With Exquisite Light Show
AUCKLAND: New Zealand on Friday welcomed the New Year 2022 with an exquisite light show. The country celebrated the new year eve with huge light...
UN Chief Calls For Making 2022 As Year of Recovery
NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to commit to making 2022 as a year of recovery for everyone. In his...
Travel Restrictions Covid-19: US President Revokes Southern Africa Travel Restrictions
Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden has announced he will lift travel restrictions imposed on eight African countries on December 31 because of the omicron variant...
Saudi Arabia Once Again Made Wearing Of Mask Mandatory
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said that all citizens must wear masks at all times and maintain social distance to limit the spread of the new coronavirus...
Israeli Jets Attack Syrian Port
An Israeli airstrike hit Syria’s Latakia port before dawn on Tuesday, sparking a fire that lit up the Mediterranean seafront in the second such attack...
Sputnik-V Vaccine More Effective Against Omicron
MOSCOW: Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine and its one-shot version Sputnik Light booster demonstrates high virus-neutralising activity (VNA) against the highly-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, providing a...
US, Russia Set For Security Talks On January 10 Amid Ukraine Tensions
WEB DESK: US and Russian officials have said that they will hold security talks on 10th of next month to discuss concerns about their respective...
Iran Says Vienna Nuclear Talks to Restart Around Joint Document
TEHRAN: The eighth round of Iran nuclear talks are starting on Monday in Vienna, Austria. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told the reporters in Tehran...
Indian Troops Martyr One More Kashmiri Youth In IIOJK
Srinagar: The Indian forces martyred one more Kashmiri youth in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of...
Christians In India Being Forced to Convert To Hinduism: New York Times
NEW YORK: Terrifying revelations of atrocities against the Christian community in India have been brought to light by the American newspaper New York Times. Hindu extremists...
France Recommends Covid Booster Jab 3 Months After Initial Vaccines
PARIS: France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their initial jabs, reducing the guideline of five months to...
Google Faces Fine of $98m Over Content Breach
MOSCOW: A Moscow court has said it was imposing a fine on Alphabet’s Google $98m for what it said was a repeated failure to delete...
Christians Across The World Celebrating Christmas
Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas. Prayer ceremonies are being held in all major and small church centers on the birth anniversary of Jesus...
India Court Directs Modi to Defer Local Polls
NEW DELHI: An Indian court has urged the federal election commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone state polls due early next year and...
Insulting Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Is Not Freedom of Expression: Putin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday insulting Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) does not count as freedom of expression, reported Russian news agency TASS. Putin’s...
At least 37 People Dead in Bangladesh Ferry Fire
DHAKA: At least 37 people died when an overcrowded night ferry caught fire in Bangladesh on Friday, police said. The latest maritime tragedy to hit...
Suicide Bomber Killed at Kabul Passport Office Gate
KABUL: A suicide bomber was killed at the gate of a passport office in the Afghan capital Kabul, a government spokesman said, and several people...
UK Reports Over 1 Lakh Daily Covid Cases, Highest Daily Rise
London: The UK government has reported 106,122 new virus cases in the last 24 hours, the first time the daily figure has topped 100,000, as...
US Authorizes Some Transactions With Taliban
Washington: The United States formally exempted on Wednesday US and UN officials doing permitted business with the Taliban from US sanctions to try to maintain...
US Thanks Pakistan For Holding Int’l Session on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) thanked Pakistan for hosting a key session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in which envoys from 57 Islamic nations...
Putin Warns West of Military Measures Over Ukraine Threats
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia was prepared to take military steps in response to “unfriendly” Western actions over the Ukraine conflict, in a...
Lira Plunges Again After Erdogan Rules Out Higher Interest Rates
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s troubled lira shed a further five per cent against the dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Muslim teachings to justify...
Philippines Typhoon Death Toll Climbs To Over 375
Manila: The death toll continues to rise following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year, with several central towns and provinces still grappling...
Israel Bans Travel to the United States Amid Omicron Fears
TEL AVIV — Israel on Monday barred travel to 10 new countries, including the United States, Canada and Germany, as its total number of omicron...
Typhoon-hit Philippines, 208 People killed, and 52 Still Missing
Manila: The death toll from Typhoon Rai has surpassed 200 in the Philippines, with humanitarian workers reporting “complete carnage” in coastal areas where they said...
China Begins Working On Hypersonic Jets
BEIJING: China has begun work on a hypersonic aircraft that will fly at five times the speed of sound, carrying ten passengers to the other...
Iran’s Top Negotiator Satisfactied Over Nuclear Talks
TEHRAN: Iran says that progress has been made in nuclear talks being held in Vienna. In a Tweet, Iran’s top negotiator in Vienna Ali Bagheri...
EU Warns Russia of ‘Severe Cost’ of Aggression Over Ukraine
EU leaders have warned Russia that action against Ukraine will result in “massive consequences” and a “severe cost” amid worries over the build-up of Russian...
27 Dead in Japan’s Osaka Fire
TOKYO: Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a blaze at a building in a commercial district of the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, the...
Two Kashmiris Martyred in IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their continued act of state terrorism martyred two more youth in Kulgam district. The...
France Tightens Rules on UK Travelers Amid Omicron Surge
France has tightened restrictions on travellers arriving from the United Kingdom, as infections linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant surge in Britain. The move comes...
US House Of Representatives Approves Bill Against Islamophobia
Washington: When Republican Representative Lauren Boebert cracked a racist, Islamophobic joke about Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in the US House of Representatives, it wasn’t the...
Time Magazine Names Elon Musk Person of The Year
Time magazine has named Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year, for an incredible 12 months of achievements in which...
Omicron Variant of COVID Is Less Dangerous: Study
The South African study claims that Omicron variant of the COVID-19 is less dangerous than other variants, while Two shots of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine offers...
At least 50 killed in Haiti Gas Tanker Blast
At least 50 people were killed when a gas tanker exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, according to a local official,...
7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Indonesia
Jakarta: A 7.3-magnitude struck Indonesia Tuesday, with monitors briefly issuing a warning of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves. However, the threat was later lifted....
Rahul Gandhi Criticizes Modi’s Hindutva Govt
JAIPUR: The Congress held a rally in Jaipur to protest inflation and accused the Centre of working for the interest of “capitalists” and “industrialists”, terming...