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Around 2,500 revellers from across France and abroad attended the New Year party near Rennes

New Covid-19 infections in Tokyo hit a record 1,337 on Dec. 31

Country witnessing decline in number of daily infections

Occupied region has been under military siege since August 2019

Ebrahim Raisi said not even US President Donald Trump, who ordered the strike, was "immune from justice"

The second deadliest incident was the May crash of a Pakistan airliner crashed in May killing 98

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing

Love and marriage outside religious and caste groups have long attracted censure in India

Britain is battling a new wave of a virus that has already killed more than 74,000 people

Trial participants who received the placebo will have two doses of the investigational vaccine reserved for them

The United States is averaging 186,000 cases a day

Iran is already enriching at Fordow with first-generation IR-1 centrifuges

That rate is lower than the 86% rate for the same vaccine reported by the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 9

Senate secures two-thirds majority needed to override president's veto

An email to staff from the Royal London Hospital says it is now in 'disaster medicine mode'

FO voices concern over continued incarceration of leadership

Experts believe worst is yet to come as health care workers brace for surge in cases, deaths after holiday gatherings

Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city

UN health agency says it will work with regional partners to tell national health authorities about two-dose shot

Bans, which were issued in April and June, were set to expire on Dec. 31, but will be extended until March 31, 2021

Iran’s FM accuses Trump of attempting to fabricate pretext to attack Iran, says Tehran would defend itself forcefully

Trump yet to formally concede his November election defeat to his Democratic rival

There is now a renewed focus on Indigenous empowerment amid the Black Lives Matter movement

Two assailants killed one policeman and injured another

The total number of cases in mainland China now stands at 87,071, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634

Customs formalities on the island nation’s frontier with Europe return for the first time in several decades

As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building

Brazil reported 56,773 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours

Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra break multiple world records during the championship

Amount to be debited from HC account in London as NAB fails to clear liabilities to lobbyist firm

Recently approved vaccine Sinopharm’s Beijing developer says its Phase 3 trial showed 79.34% efficacy

No light show in Beijing, the lions of London’s Trafalgar Square will be barricaded off, as will Red Square in Moscow

One cannot tell British people that they are not Europeans, says Stanley Johnson

It will be first time since 2013 that Pope Francis will have skipped leading a major papal event for health reasons

China's bottled water king dethrones Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani

AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy in preventing infections was 70.4%, compared with Pfizer/BioNTech's efficacy of 95%

Coalition air strikes hit Sanaa airport and several other sites in and around the city; no casualties reported yet

More than 1,000 of his tweets and a number of media interviews he gave have been examined by the prosecution

After five years of frenzied gyrations of the Brexit crisis that have dominated European affairs

The Iraqi prime minister has urged calm but also warned that "we are ready for a decisive confrontation if necessary"

The public floggings and executions in the city's squares still haunt residents

Matthew went to a drive-up hospital testing site and tested positive for Covid-19 the day after Christmas

The 17th-century mausoleum, was shut in March after government imposed a lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19

Pakistan announces a 1.2 million dose purchase deal with Sinopharm

Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization blamed a misaligned radar system, lack of communication for downing of the plane

Opposition politicians said the move was an attack on Muslims

Minorities in India particularly Muslims feeling isolated and intimidated, says President Arif Alvi

232 freedom fighters and 177 Indian troops also among 474 deceased, says report

More than 700 seminaries will be shut by April, says Indian state’s education minister

Iran accidentally shot down the Ukrainian plane, mistaking it for a missile when tensions with the US were high