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DR Congo: Goma ‘Spared’ As Lava from Volcano Halts Outside City
May 24,2021
A river of boiling lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo has come to a halt outside Goma, sparing the city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the military ...
Pfizer, Astrazeneca COVID Jabs ‘HighlyEffective’ Against India Variant, Study Shows
May 24,2021
The COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca/Oxford University are "highly effective" against the Indian variant, a new study has found...
Analysis: Gaza Conflict Forces Reordering of Biden’s Policy Priorities
May 23,2021
U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January determined to focus his time and energy on the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn at home and big challenges such as China ...
Air India Says Hackers Stole Personal Data of 4.5mn Passengers, Including Passport & Credit Card Info
May 23,2021
Air India has said the personal data of millions of passengers was compromised as the result of a cyberattack. The stolen information included credit card and passport details...
Israel-Hamas Truce Takes Hold after 11 Days of Fighting
May 22,2021
A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United ...
Iran Denounces Canada Ruling Plane Downed an ‘Act of Terrorism’
May 22,2021
Tehran- Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned as “shameful” a Canadian court ruling that said a Ukraine airliner was shot down intentionally ...
1,621 Gov’t Staff on Poll Duty Die of Covid in India State: Union
May 22,2021
Aniket Kumar lost both his parents – who worked as principals in government-run schools – to COVID-19 within 10 days.
In early April, his father Lallan ...
Why India’s Hindu Nationalists are Backing Israel on Gaza Bombing
May 19,2021
Israel has faced global condemnation for its actions in occupied East Jerusalem and continued bombing of the Gaza Strip, but it has found support in India where ...
Wife of Belgian Envoy Who Slapped Seoul Shop Worker Claims Diplomatic Immunity to Avoid Charges
May 19,2021
The wife of Belgium’s envoy to South Korea has claimed diplomatic privileges, making her immune to prosecution after slapping a Seoul shop worker...
EU Drugs Regulator Says Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Can Be Stored in Fridge for up to a Month
May 19,2021
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US drug maker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech can be stored in the fridge for up ...
Gaza Coronavirus Testing & Vaccinations Disrupted after Main Lab Damaged in Israeli Strikes, Health Officials Say
May 19,2021
Gaza’s primary Covid-19 testing and vaccination site was taken offline after it was struck in ...
Israel-Palestine: US Blocks UN Statement for Third Time in a Week
May 18,2021
A third United Nations Security Council emergency meeting in a week – amid the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza – has again ended with no concrete outcome after the United ...
Central Vista: India’s Modi Blasted for $2.8bn Project Amid COVID
May 18,2021
New Delhi- Almost the entire Indian capital, ravaged by a ferocious second wave of the coronavirus and forced to go under a lockdown, has come to a standstill – except for ...
Dogged by Mideast Crisis, US Envoy Blinken Visits Denmark
May 18,2021
COPENHAGEN- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Denmark on Monday for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grew for the Biden administration to take ...
G7 Urged to Donate Excess COVID Vaccines to Global Sharing Scheme
May 18,2021
The head of UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, has asked G7 countries to donate excess supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to the global COVAX sharing scheme ...
UN Chief ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by CivilianCasualties & IDF Bombing of Gaza MediaBuilding, Dubbed ‘TERROR TOWER’ by Netanyahu
May 17,2021
UN head Antonio Guterres expressed dismay over growing civilian casualties in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and criticized the destruction of media offices in Gaza...
Israel Destroys Home of Most Senior Hamas Leader in Gaza
May 17,2021
The Israeli military said it destroyed the home of Hamas’s top leader in Gaza amid its ongoing bombardment of the Palestinian enclave...
Chileans Vote for 155-Member Assembly to Draft New Constitution
May 17,2021
Chileans are voting on Sunday in a second day of polls to elect 155 delegates to the Constituent Assembly, which will rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era constitution in a bid ...
Panic Buying in Taiwan as New COVID-19 Rules Kick Off
May 17,2021
Authorities in Taiwan have appealed to people to avoid panic buying of items such as instant noodles and toilet paper as new curbs on gatherings and movement took effect to rein in the spread of COVID-19...
Conservative Ebrahim Raisi Tops Iran’s Presidential Candidates
May 16,2021
Tehran- Top candidates to become Iran’s next president signed up on the last day of registration on Saturday and the overwhelming majority were conservatives, drawing ...
Israeli Hit on Gaza Refugee Camp Kills 10, Including 8 Children
May 16,2021
Gaza City – At least 10 member of a Palestinian family – two women and eight children – have been killed by an Israeli air raid on their home in the Shati refugee camp in the Gaza ...
China’s Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Completes Historic Mars Landing
May 16,2021
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United ...
Hong Kong Freezes Shares of Media Tycoon Lai Under Security Law
May 16,2021
Hong Kong authorities have frozen assets belonging to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including all shares in his company, Next Digital – the first time a listed firm ...
Pakistan Welcomes 3rd-Party Facilitation by Saudi Arabia on Talks with India: FM
May 12,2021
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan would welcome the third-party facilitation by Saudi Arabia or any other country for resumption of talks with India, said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood ...
Qatar’s Emir Visits Saudi Arabia, Holds Talks with Crown Prince
May 12,2021
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has visited Saudi Arabia for the first time since the signing of a declaration with the kingdom and other Gulf states to ease a years-long ...
Several Children Killed in Russia School Shooting
May 12,2021
At least seven children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at a Russian school in the southwestern city of Kazan, local officials said...
ISIL Committed Genocide Against Yazidis: UN Investigation
May 12,2021
A United Nations team investigating atrocities in Iraq found “clear and compelling evidence” that ISIL (ISIS) “committed” genocide against ...
Military and Political Leaders Mark 76 Years Since Victory in Europe Day
May 10,2021
French President Emmanuel Macron has laid a wreath in front of the statue of General de Gaulle on the Place Clemenceau in Paris in a ceremony commemorating the 76th anniversary ...
Scores of Palestinians in East Jerusalem Wounded on Holy Night
May 10,2021
Another night of violence left at least 90 Palestinians wounded after Israeli police cracked down on protesters outside occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City, as concerns ...
Plunging Back to Earth: Chinese Rocket Makes Re-Entry
May 10,2021
Remnants of China’s largest rocket launched last month plunged back through the atmosphere on Sunday, landing west of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and ending days of speculation ...
Sadiq Khan Elected London Mayor for a Second Term
May 10,2021
Sadiq Khan has been re-elected mayor of London, in a tighter-than-expected race, providing a boost to the opposition Labour party after a series of disappointing results in ...
India’s Modi Slammed for COVID Handling Amid Spiralling Crisis
May 06,2021
India’s hospitals were packed with coronavirus patients, relatives of the sick scrambled to find supplies of oxygen, and nearly full crematoriums worked feverishly ...
Hamas Commander Warns Israel over Occupied East Jerusalem Attacks
May 06,2021
The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has issued a warning to Israel over its attacks against Palestinian residents in occupied East Jerusalem ...
India COVID Crisis: ‘Lack of Oxygen Killed Him, Not The Virus’
May 04,2021
New Delhi- On Saturday afternoon, 12 coronavirus patients died at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital after it ran out of medical oxygen. Among the dead was Dr RK Himthani ...
Iran Foreign Ministry Denies US Hostage Swap Imminent
May 04,2021
Tehran- Iran’s foreign ministry says a state television report on prisoner swaps with the United States cannot be confirmed as a political rift widens ahead of presidential ...