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Iranian state television says Tehran would free four Americans in exchange for four Iranians held in US

Kingdom suspended entry for non-citizens from 20 states with exception of diplomats and medical practitioners earlier

British authorities have already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India

Revelation that Johnson spent lavishly to redecorate his residence has touched a nerve

Speakers at webinar in Pakistan urge Muslim countries stand against unjust statement

The ban will take effect from May 4

Mamata Banerjee is set to be chief of West Bengal after her Trinamool Congress party won a two-thirds majority

Clubbers had to undergo an antigen Covid test, show a negative PCR test or proof that they had already had coronavirus

The cause of ignition not immediately known, the fires come as the city remains on "high alert"

Makes Covid tests mandatory; condition to come into effect from May 5

However, deaths due to the infection jumped by a record 3,689 bringing the total to 215,542 people

More than 1,000 people march through central London, chanting "Kill the Bill" outside govt buildings

Coordinated with expat communities around the world to mark "the global Myanmar spring revolution"

Counting of votes in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry scheduled to end on Sunday

Countries have been rushing to help India alleviate the crisis as it battles a devastating second wave

Twitter last week removed dozens of tweets critical of Modi-led government's handling of pandemic

We have all the reasons to expect that final outcome will be successful, says Russia's envoy to UN nuclear watchdog

Violence against Afghans has escalated in recent weeks, with more than hundred Afghan security forces personnel killed

One of the immediate things to do is to essentially call a shutdown of country, says US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci

P-8 aircraft would help expand maritime surveillance capabilities

Forum of advisers found more mutations in coronavirus that it thinks need to be tracked closely

Counting of votes in local elections for 4 states, 1 union territory to be held on May 2

Sources also said that a delegation of Taliban political leaders had been in Pakistan's capital Islamabad this week

Despite a relentless crackdown killing at least 759 protesters, crowds come out day after day to reject the junta

Preliminary investigation shows the fire was caused because of a short circuit in a designated Covid-19 facility

More than 20 of the people injured were still hospitalized by Friday night

The extended “troika” had been meeting since 2019 to evolve a regional consensus on the Afghan endgame

Buildings shook in Tokyo, the capital, some 400 kilometres away

The exit of US forces has only exacerbated the fear felt by ordinary Afghans

Modi, his top lieutenants, other politicians, opposition figures, held election rallies throughout March and April

The country opens up its mega vaccination drive to all adults, as several states warn of acute vaccine shortages

Government will reconsider the restrictions on May 15

It was not immediately clear how much would be returned to military, but it was likely to be several billion dollars

Qureshi, Szijjarto agree global financial watchdog should not be used as political tool

Benjamin Hannam had worked as a probationary police constable with the London Metropolitan Police

Huge car bomb in the provincial capital of Pul-e Alam also injured 60 people

It also restricts travellers from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Israel will hold a day of mourning on Sunday with flags lowered to half mast on all public buildings

World's second-most populous country has reported more than 300,000 new infections daily for nine consecutive days

Since United States struck a deal with Taliban in February 2020 there have been no US combat deaths

New cases in the past 24 hours stood at 386,452 in India, while deaths jumped by 3,498, according to health ministry

Amid the chaos, Muslim organisations are coming forward to help people as daily cases rise exponentially

Marking the first time the drugmaker has delivered abroad from US facilities after a Trump-era restriction

"The fish started floating up, and in abnormal quantities...It's unacceptable."

Seven other local cases on Thursday were linked to an airport immigration officer

Scientists studying what led to surge, whether a variant of covid-19 first detected in India is to blame

Karen rebels have clashed with the army since Myanmar's generals ousted an elected government led by Suu Kyi

Several states have said they will be unable to immunize people aged 18-45 immediately

India's affluent are now scrambling for treatment in another sign of the severe strain the medical system is under

Officials have emphasised the side effect is 'vanishingly' rare and advised that most people still get the shots