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According to the order, figures representing the human form violate Islamic law

Instagram live stream by a Kazakh blogger showed a fire blazing in the office of the Almaty mayor

Remarks prompted howls of condemnation from opposition rivals

Japan says missile 'likely' fell outside exclusive economic zone

China has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control

No casualties reported in attack

Local official says women can only use private baths while wearing hijab

Iran shot down the airliner in January 2020. All 176 people onboard were killed

Several Indian Muslim women said on social media that their pictures had been used without consent

The protests shook the former Soviet republic's image as a politically stable and tightly controlled country

TeK UK president says failure to act would result in UN meeting the same fate as now-defunct League of Nations

Premier, ministers' messages come on day of Kashmir's Right to Self Determination

Experts say it's not known how much longer, beyond six months, the antibodies will stay elevated

Taliban say the agreement came following a meeting of Russian investors with the Afghan deputy premier 

Authorities also report 1,688 deaths for the same period

Delhi CM Kejriwal is one of the 37,379 new cases reported in the country over past 24 hours

Nonetheless, official says the strain poses a threat in countries where populations remain unvaccinated

Afghans are quick to remind visitors that the country has now triumphed over three foreign empires

Bamiyan province was one of the rare places that remained sheltered from the conflict that ripped much of Afghanistan

A third crew member, an aerial observer, was injured and evacuated to a hospital

Delhi reported more than 4,000 new infections late on Monday, with over 6% of all tests turning positive

Iran and groups allied with it in Iraq and other countries have been holding events to honour Soleimani

Chief of staff of the armed forces has said the group is planning to recruit 150,000 fighters to join their ranks

The country's largest cities have seen a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, including those of Omicron variant

Saudi-led coalition says vessel was carrying medical supplies

Iran is due to hold its own main annual commemorations of Soleimani's killing on Monday

Xi'an reported 90 new local virus cases on Monday, down from 122 cases a day before

Private and public schools will double up as vaccination centres for children

Daily infections in the UAE rose above 2,000 on Dec. 29, after having fallen below 100 in October

Omicron has brought record case counts and dampened New Year festivities around much of the world

Republican representative says Twitter is an enemy to America and can't handle the truth

Border crossing came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borders in early 2020

Settlers entered the complex under Israeli police protection

Thousands of protesters defied authorities and gathered in Amsterdam to oppose coronavirus restrictions

The Covid-19 strain brings record case counts and dampens New Year festivities around the world

Attack termed ‘new indicator of sick Islamophobic mentality on the rise’

It was not clear when the raid was carried out or exactly when the alcohol was destroyed

Hundreds of women were listed for ‘auction’ using photos taken from their social media accounts

Minister denies that the government succumbed to the far-right to take the flag down

Such weather is highly disruptive due to lack of heavy drainage systems in region

Hamas denounces attack, terming it a 'new crime'

Defender Juan Bernat, back-up goalkeeper Sergio Rico and midfielder Nathan Bitumazala are the other players

ASFPA empowers soldiers to conduct operations and arrest suspects with full impunity, say activists

Both countries confirmed their first known case of the Omicron variant in early December

France joined US, India, Brazil, Britain and Russia in having had more than 10 million cases

87 percent of Afghan women have experienced some form of physical, sexual or psychological violence

From marriage of minors to economic coercion, feminists and lawyers struggle to defend the rights of women

Toll includes nine in Afghanistan, eight in Mexico, four in India and three in Pakistan

Russian President Putin lauds weapon as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems

Under prevailing analogue system, ‘teachers submit their thesis papers based on plagiarism for personal interests’