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There were no initial reports of casualties or damage from the quake

Naval forces of 45 countries – including Russia and NATO troops – are participating in maritime exercise from Thursday

PM Imran, who will be visiting the country later this month, welcomes the move

The solar-powered rover will explore the Martian surface for 90 days

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea says four Houthi drones were used in an attack that he said struck Abha airport

We note the ongoing talks between the governments of India and China, says State Department spokesman Ned Price

Receipts expected to ease in the current financial year that ends next month to between 71.1 billion and 75.7 billion

However conviction appears unlikely barring a major shift among Republicans

“It’s not about ties, it’s about cultural identity, mate”

The 26-year-old Boeing Co 737-500 jet crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta

Fresh political turmoil engulfed the volatile Caribbean nation this weekend

Says the Supreme Leader has explicitly said in his fatwa that nuclear weapons are against sharia law

WHO foreign expert Peter Ben Embarek says identifying the animal pathway remains a 'work in progress'

India, US, Japan and Australia are members of the Quad, that US promotes to work as a potential bulwark against China

Experts believe the disease originated in bats and could have been transmitted to humans via another mammal

Iran launched a vaccination drive against Covid-19, focussing initially on hospital intensive care personnel

Many farmers from Sikh-dominated Punjab have been at the vanguard of the protest

Mushtaq Ahmed and six others, including his two brothers, were charged under India's harsh laws last week

Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup chanted and confronted police

The matter is one of extreme urgency, says Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN special rapporteur on protecting human rights

Heavy rain flooded an illegal underground textile workshop in a private house in Morocco's port of Tangiers

Health Ministry says only 7,580 people have shown mild adverse reactions after Covid-19 dose in 2nd half of January

The meeting will consider any possible joint response to Navalny’s jailing, the response could include sanctions

The total number of Covid-19 cases in mainland China stands at 89,706, while the death toll is unchanged at 4,636

UN monitoring team report vindicates Pakistan's stance, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi

WHO says recommendations on who should and should not use the vaccine would be made public later this week

The violent surge below Nanda Devi, India’s second-highest peak, swept away small Rishiganga hydro electric project

Coalition spokesman says the attack was aimed at 'civilians and civilian objects' in southern Saudi Arabia

Six weeks before Israel set to hold its fourth parliamentary election in two years on March 23

The teenager has no knowledge of the global pandemic despite catching the virus twice

Only a tiny minority are likely to be important or change the virus in an appreciable way says British Medical Journal

Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience grow louder and more organised

South Africa is among the most violent countries on Earth, and its homicide rates are constantly increasing

UK already provided nearly 11.5 million first doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian detained in December 2016 after arriving in Cairo from Doha on vacation

Verdict a validation of Pakistan’s stance over IIOJK, says senior officer at the SAARC-ASEAN Post-Doctoral Academia

Drugmaker believes its vaccine could protect against severe disease

The AstraZenecca vaccines were produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII)

The participants of the protest call themselves 'The Pink Front', demands Netanyahu to step down as Israeli PM

The move came as daily infections tripled in around six weeks to hit a record 3,977

Modi’s government has been giving nearby countries millions of doses of the locally made AstraZeneca PLC vaccine

“After verifying whether all sanctions have been lifted, then we will return to full compliance,” he said

Dubbed the “Himalayan tsunami” by the media due to the torrents of water unleashed in the mountainous area

Signals the pontiff's desire for greater participation of women in decision-making in the church

Aimed to target “civilians and civilian objects” says coalition spokesperson

Days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen

Intruder managed to board an official plane at a military base despite heightened security after Capitol Hill attack

With no internet and official information scarce, rumours swirl about the fate of Suu Kyi and her cabinet

PEACE cable will drastically reduce the time taken to transfer internet data

We will fight this perversion of justice with all our might, says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement