Tehran, February 11 (AP): Thousands of cars and motorbikes paraded in celebration of the 43rd anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution on Friday, although fewer pedestrians were out for a second straig
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Hong Kong, February 10 (AP): Hong Kong residents expressed growing frustration Thursday after new, tighter coronavirus restrictions went into effect, imposed by city leaders in line with Beijing's zero-COVI
London, February 10 (AP): Britain's Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his office said Thursday. A message on his official Twitter page said Charles tested positive on
Seoul, February 10 (AP): South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in his final months in office, has expressed concern over North Korea's expanding weapons program and the possibility it could resume nuclear and
Los Altos (US), February 10 (AP): Two freelance journalists have been awarded the 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize for their work reporting on underrepresented or misrepresented groups in the United States
Bangkok, February 10 (AP): An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after he was put on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join in protests against military r
Rome, February 9 (AP): Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness on Tuesday for any grievous faults" in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but admitted to no personal or specific wrongdoing after an
Geneva, February 9 (PTI): Describing the new COVID-19 variants as the "wild card", a top World Health Organisation official has warned that the Omicron will not be the last one and the possibility of
Cairo, February 9 (AP): Egypt's president on Wednesday swore in the first-ever Coptic Christian to head the country's highest court. Judge Boulos Fahmy is the 19th person to preside over the Supreme
Kabul, February 9 (AP): Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heat. This comes as
Tehran, February 9 (AP): Iran unveiled a new missile on Wednesday with a reported range that would allow it to reach both US bases in the region as well as targets inside its archfoe Israel. State TV reporte
United Nations, February 8 (AP): The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the UN Security Council on Monday over the usefulness and impact of UN sanctions, which are currently imposed o-
United Nations, February 8 (AP): Al-Qaida's past ties to the recently empowered Taliban have the potential of making Afghanistan a safe haven for extremists, and terrorist groups enjoy greater freedom
Washington, February 8 (AP): In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Joe Biden met with Germany's new leader Monday and vowed the crucial Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline will
Moscow, February 7 (AP): International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron set to hold talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Wash
Singapore, February 7 (AP): Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron
United Nations, February 7 (AP): North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source
New York, February 6 (AP): Looking out at a sea of faces at a Texas fairground, most of them white, former President Donald Trump seethed about his legal troubles and blamed them on malicious prosecutors. Th-
Beijing, February 6 (PTI): China on Sunday pledged closer cooperation with Pakistan under the USD 60 billion CPEC investment programme and called for resolving the Kashmir issue properly and peacefully while op
Rzeszow-Jasionka, Poland, February 6 (AP): Hundreds of U.S elite troops were expected to arrive in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine on Sunday on President Joe Biden's orders to deploy 1
