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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says US electoral system 'does not meet modern democratic standards'

A US president can be removed from office through 25th Amendment of US Constitution and impeachment by Senate

Four people died during chaos after hundreds of Trump supporters stormed Capitol in a bid to overturn election defeat

Scientists say newly developed vaccines should be equally effective against both variants

Iran issued a warrant for Trump in June, asked Interpol to relay it as a red notice to police forces around the world

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt had imposed embargo on Qatar over allegations that it supports terrorism

PM Suga’s govt seeks to limit damage to the world’s third-biggest economy while striving to defeat the virus

Spokesperson says situation in Washington DC being monitored; hopes transfer of power issue will be resolved soon

Yet there was no snow and little ice as the atmosphere over the city was extremely dry

With a similar vote earlier occurring in the Republican-controlled Senate

Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are due to take office on January 20

Four virtual plebiscite conferences held in United Kingdom, Norway, Italy and Denmark

Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN had already faced criticism from opposition lawmakers and health expert for lack of efficacy

Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms

Four people died on Capitol grounds in the chaos, including a woman who was shot and killed inside the building

Trump told his supporters to pressure their elected officials to reject the results, urging them “to fight”

Trump supporters overturned barricades, clashed with police on the US Capitol grounds and streamed inside the building

BVI court restrained to sell two PIA hotels namely Roosevelt and Scribe, according to media reports

Pakistan’s outreach and presence in Africa being significantly enhanced, says FM Qureshi

Government aims to persuade opposition to shun street protest and join in parliamentary debate over national issues

British scientists also expressed concern that vaccines may not be able to protect against the new variant

Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs claims US president not in a position to issue a separate designation to Pakistan

The aim is to assess public’s knowledge and 'sensitise and educate' them, according to the RKA cow protection agency

Iran wants Biden to lift sanctions that were imposed by outgoing President Donald Trump

Experts do not see total breakdown but think Biden may seek review of Doha agreement

Risks raising the ire of US President Donald Trump

The number of deaths linked to the coronavirus in South Korea passed 1,000

China continues to take aggressive measures to prevent another wave of the disease

SC says it will issue an order on detention of four men accused of murdering US journalist

Israeli officials claimed that the suspect threw a knife at the officer after which he was shot

H5N8, an Avian influenza among poultry and wild birds, has spread across several countries since early last year

Combat drones are being tested to be used as bombers and interceptors in surveillance missions, says Fars news agency

Premier cites need to oversee coronavirus pandemic response in Britain

Amid travel bans, PIA flies one passenger from Manchester to Islamabad

Police recorded nearly 650 anti-Muslim crimes from Jan to Nov 2020, according to official data

US on Sunday reversed itself, ordered aircraft carrier Nimitz to remain in Persian Gulf, stirring tension

All parties should avoid taking steps that could exacerbate tensions

The infection rate has vacillated, with many hundreds dying each day

Arab states agree to end three-year boycott of Doha

FO calls the world to stop allowing “morally bankrupt RSS-BJP regime” to act with such impunity

Officials have blamed businesses that flout social distancing rules for helping to fuel the wave

The Bali bombings killed more than 200 people

Bahrain will be represented by its crown prince instead of the king at the annual summit

New Delhi poised to hand life sentence to pro-freedom Kashmiri leader Asiya Andrabi, claims Pakistan

Efficacy data from the company’s ongoing late-stage trial should be available by March

Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on roads around the capital, New Delhi, for 40 days

British PM Boris Johnson says hospitals under more pressure from Covid than any time since the start of pandemic

Bitcoin lost ground from a record high of $34,800 touched a day earlier

Jared Kushner helped negotiate deal and was working phones on it until the wee hours of Monday, says US official