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Indian Variant in Europe: Where Is It and Should We Be Concerned?

Indian Variant in Europe: Where Is It and Should We Be Concerned?

May 01,2021

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel has killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday ...

Dozens ‘Crushed to Death’ In Israel Pilgrimage Stampede

Dozens ‘Crushed to Death’ In  Israel Pilgrimage Stampede

May 01,2021

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel has killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday...

Indonesia Says It Will Salvage Submarine That Sank Off Bali

Indonesia Says It Will Salvage  Submarine That Sank Off Bali

May 01,2021

Indonesia said it will salvage a submarine that sank off the coast of Bali earlier this month as grieving relatives cast flowers into the sea to pay their respects to the 53 crew members killed in the disaster...

‘A Coup’: Palestinian Factions Slam Parliamentary Poll Delay

‘A Coup’: Palestinian Factions Slam  Parliamentary Poll Delay

May 01,2021

The Palestinian Hamas movement, which governs the besieged Gaza Strip, has slammed President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to delay parliamentary polls that were scheduled ...

US General’s Warning to Pakistan

US General’s Warning to Pakistan

April 27,2021

I think the country that is going to be most affected frankly is going to be Pakistan because ...

EU, UK and US Offer Support as COVID-19 ‘Swallowing’ People in India

EU, UK and US Offer Support as COVID-19 ‘Swallowing’ People in India

April 27,2021

The European Union, UK and the United States have pledged to help India as the country battles a devastating surge of COVID-19 infections ...

Biden’s First 100 Days: Where He Stands on Key Promises

Biden’s First 100 Days: Where  He Stands on Key Promises

April 27,2021

WASHINGTON- As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reining in the coronavirus during the early months of his administration seems ...

Virus Surge in Crowded Gaza Threatens to Overwhelm Hospitals

Virus Surge in Crowded Gaza Threatens to Overwhelm Hospitals

April 27,2021

GAZA CITY - More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, some of the worst fears are coming true in the crowded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is ...

Sanctions-battered Iran faces worst coronavirus wave

Sanctions-battered Iran faces  worst coronavirus wave

April 26,2021

As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran commuters still pour into its subway system and buses each working day, even as images ...

Anti-war debate muted as Australia marks ANZAC Day

Anti-war debate muted as  Australia marks ANZAC Day

April 26,2021

Melbourne- Bob Manz was 19 years old when, in 1967, he received his conscription notice for service in the Australian Army during the Vietnam War...

Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected attack

Fire extinguished on oil tanker off  Syria after suspected attack

April 26,2021

Firefighters have extinguished a fire on an oil tanker off Syria’s Banias refinery after a suspected attack by a drone coming from the direction of Lebanese waters...

China’s President Xi Calls for End to Hegemony and Demands ‘Fair’ World Order in Veiled Jab at The US

China’s President Xi Calls for End to Hegemony and Demands ‘Fair’ World Order in Veiled Jab at The US

April 21,2021

The Chinese president has spoken of his wish to see a fairer world which isn’t dominated by a single country as he called for an end to the artificial “building of walls ...

German Chancellor Election: CDU’s Laschet Secures Place on Ballot after Party Top Brass Pick Him Over CSU-Friendly Rival Soeder

German Chancellor Election: CDU’s  Laschet Secures Place on Ballot after  Party Top Brass Pick Him Over  CSU-Friendly Rival Soeder

April 21,2021

Germany’s center-right CDU/CSU Union will field CDU chairman Armin Laschet as its candidate for chancellorship at the upcoming general election. He was overwhelmingly ...

Magnitude-6.0 Quake Strikes Near Indonesian Coast – USGS

Magnitude-6.0 Quake Strikes  Near Indonesian Coast – USGS

April 21,2021

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck not far from Nias Island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey, which put the tremor at a depth ...

Biden Pressed On Emissions Goal as Climate Summit Nears

Biden Pressed On Emissions  Goal as Climate Summit Nears

April 20,2021

WASHINGTON- When President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to reduce greenhouse ...

Riot & Clashes with Police Break Out in Jaffa

Riot & Clashes with Police Break Out in Jaffa

April 20,2021

Police deployed cavalry and used flashbangs to disperse protesters in the city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, where a rabbi was beaten by locals when scouting for a new place for a yeshiva he runs...

Attorneys at Chauvin Trial in Floyd Death Make Final Pitch

Attorneys at Chauvin Trial in Floyd Death Make Final Pitch

April 20,2021

MINNEAPOLIS- Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd are set to make their closing arguments Monday, each side seeking ...

India’s Capital to Lock Down Amid Devastating Virus Surge

India’s Capital to Lock Down  Amid Devastating Virus Surge

April 20,2021

NEW DELHI- New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night as an explosive surge in coronavirus cases to prevent the collapse of the Indian ...

Bitter Experience Helps French Icus Crest Latest Virus Wave

Bitter Experience Helps French Icus Crest  Latest Virus Wave

April 20,2021

ROUEN- Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt “completely burned from the inside ...

Iranian, Saudi Officials Held Direct Talks in Iraq: Report

Iranian, Saudi Officials Held  Direct Talks in Iraq: Report

April 19,2021

Senior Iranian and Saudi officials held direct talks in a bid to repair relations between the two regional rivals, according to a report in the Financial Times which quoted officials ...

War-Torn Syria to Hold Presidential Elections on May 26

War-Torn Syria to Hold  Presidential Elections on May 26

April 19,2021

Syria is set to hold a presidential election on May 26, the country’s second in the shadow of civil war, seen as likely to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power...

Schools Reopening and No More Mask-Wearing Outdoors

Schools Reopening and No More  Mask-Wearing Outdoors

April 19,2021

Israel has lifted its requirement for wearing a mask in the street and has fully opened schools, as officials believe “progress” in fighting the pandemic is apparent...

3 Kids or More: Chinese Researchers Call To ABANDON Birth

3 Kids or More: Chinese  Researchers Call To  ABANDON Birth

April 19,2021

China must “fully liberalize” its birth-control policy to increase its labor force in the upcoming decades and compete with such countries as the US economically, a paper published by ...

‘No Hurry to Open Borders’: Australian PM

‘No Hurry to Open Borders’:  Australian PM

April 19,2021

Australia is in “no hurry” to lift its international travel restrictions, PM Scott Morrison has said. There may be an easing of the rules on ...

Era Ends as Raul Castro Steps Down as Communist Party Chief

Era Ends as Raul Castro Steps Down as  Communist Party Chief

April 18,2021

HAVANA- Raul Castro said he is stepping down as Cuban Communist Party leader, leaving the island without a Castro guiding affairs for the first time in more than six decades ...

Russian Security Service Briefly Detains Ukrainian Diplomat

Russian Security Service Briefly  Detains Ukrainian Diplomat

April 18,2021

Russia’s FSB security service briefly detained a Ukrainian diplomat in St Petersburg, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, in the latest flare-up of tensions ...

Prince Philip: Small Funeral to Bid Farewell to Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip: Small Funeral to Bid Farewell to Duke of Edinburgh

April 18,2021

Queen Elizabeth II and close members of the royal family will bid a final farewell to Prince Philip on Saturday at a funeral restricted by coronavirus rules...

Iran Successfully Produces 60%-Enriched Uranium Days After ‘Act of Sabotage’ at Natanz Nuclear Facility

Iran Successfully Produces 60%-Enriched Uranium Days After ‘Act of Sabotage’ at Natanz Nuclear Facility

April 17,2021

Iran has produced 60%-enriched uranium at its Natanz nuclear facility, country’s senior officials have said. The facility was hit by an “act of sabotage” that Tehran blamed on Israel ...

Putin to Decide on Counter Sanctions Against Washington, Says Kremlin

Putin to Decide on Counter Sanctions Against Washington, Says Kremlin

April 17,2021

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would decide what counter sanctions to impose on Washington, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden hit Moscow with an array of punitive measures, but gave no indication of timing...

Beijing Says US Return to Paris Agreement Is Not ‘Return of The King’

Beijing Says US Return to Paris  Agreement Is Not ‘Return of The King’

April 17,2021

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has rubbished US suggestions that Beijing isn’t doing enough to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, insisting that Washington ...

Blinken Says China ‘Didn’t Do What It Needed to Do’ About Covid-19. Beijing Says, We Did… Did You?

Blinken Says China ‘Didn’t Do What It Needed to Do’ About Covid-19. Beijing Says, We Did… Did You?

April 14,2021

A Chinese diplomat fired back at the US secretary of state, after he accused Beijing of not doing “what it needed to do” in the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Muslims Mark Ramadan Amid Virus Surge and Renewed Curbs

Muslims Mark Ramadan Amid Virus Surge and Renewed Curbs

April 14,2021

MECCA- Muslims in many parts of the world marked the start of Ramadan on Tuesday, but a spike in coronavirus cases in several countries has once again put curbs on...

Iran Vows Response to Israel’s ‘Very Bad Gamble’ After Sabotage Act at Natanz Nuclear Site

Iran Vows Response to Israel’s ‘Very  Bad Gamble’ After Sabotage Act at  Natanz Nuclear Site

April 14,2021

Iran’s foreign minister has warned Israel that an attack on the Natanz atomic site will not stop the country’s nuclear program, and will provide them with further leverage in talks to revive the JCPOA...

South Korea Calls in Japanese Ambassador to Protest Decision to Dump Fukushima Water into Ocean

South Korea Calls in Japanese  Ambassador to Protest Decision to Dump Fukushima Water into Ocean

April 14,2021

South Korea’s foreign ministry summoned Tokyo’s ambassador on Tuesday to protest the Japanese government’s decision to release more than one million ...

EU and COVID-19: When A Vaccine Only Adds to The Trouble

EU and  COVID-19: When A  Vaccine Only Adds to  The Trouble

April 12,2021

BRUSSELS- European Union leaders no longer meet around a common oval summit table to broker their famed compromises. Instead, each of the 27 watches the other heads of state or government ...