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Indonesia has now nearly 720,000 confirmed infections and 21,500 deaths

Loujain al-Hathloul is convicted of ‘various activities prohibited by the anti-terrorism law’

Authorities moved the first batch of more than 1,600 early this month

The measures do not affect the movement of goods

Foreign Office says Delhi making illegal arrests over malicious, fabricated charges under draconian laws

Global infections have raced past 80 million with nearly 1.8 million deaths

Only two people have been rescued out of a 19-member crew, the emergencies ministry says

Last Sunday, Saudi Arabia closed its borders

Israel’s centralised health system has administered 280,000 shots, the world’s fastest rate

Turkey agreed to purchase 50 million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac

Surveys have pointed to high levels of hesitancy towards inoculation in countries from France to Poland

The vaccine is a hope for a return to normal from a pandemic that killed 1.76 million people worldwide

The French government is aiming to have an initial one million people vaccinated against Covid-19 by end of February

Our heroic commandos dealt another heavy blow to the PKK/YPG terrorist organisation, says Turkish Defence Ministry

Russia launched a voluntary vaccination programme with the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine earlier in December

The vaccine provides '100 percent protection' against severe Covid disease requiring hospitalisation

The couple have been placed in isolation, according to the statement

ECOSOC chief urges fully funding the $20 billion-short Covax facility, aimed at ensuring equal access to vaccines

The hospital was evacuated and closed and patients were transferred to a public hospital in Cairo

Many economists agree the bill’s aid is too low but say the immediate support is still urgently needed

Bangladesh relocated more than 1,600 early this month

Those dying with Covid-19 on their death certificates puts the UK’s death toll at 79,349

Govt hopes to give the first dose of Oxford or the Pfizer vaccine to 2 million people over the next two weeks

Capital’s Communist party boss urges all districts to enter an “emergency” mode

The curfew resulted in nearly 100,000 fines on one night in the past week

Several climbers remain unaccounted for since Friday when two deaths were reported

Ontario reported 4,301 new cases over the past two days

US President Donald Trump has imposed wave after wave of sanctions on the Islamic republic since 2018

Medical sources in Gaza say the strikes 'lightly wounded' two civilians, including a child

Farmers’ unions still insist they want the laws repealed

Several of these attacks, especially in Kabul, have been claimed by the jihadist Islamic State group

Traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food were found in some of the deep terra cotta jars containing hot food

Mass vaccination across European Union, home to almost 450m people, would be a crucial step towards ending pandemic

The new variant of coronavirus was detected in Sweden after a traveller from the United Kingdom tested positive

China faced a barrage of criticism at home and abroad over its initial handling of the virus

Blake was among the last living British double agents that the USSR recruited during the Cold War

Alliance's election victory shows Kashmiris have not accepted decision to end special status, says ex-CM Omar Abdullah

Recognises that trade and investment require conditions for “a level playing field for open and fair competition”

A day after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged the nation to stay home and avoid social mixing

US president stuns Republicans and Democrats alike saying he was unhappy with the massive bill

Officials record 29,258 new cases in the preceding 24 hours and 567 deaths

More than 1,000 health workers reportedly tested positive for coronavirus

Hezb-e-Islami party leader blames Afghan government for failure, asks people to ensure their own security

French and British governments agree to end the blockade

Efforts to produce Covid-19 vaccine locally comes after purchase of vaccine from abroad was hindered by sanctions

The state’s premier encouraged Sydneysiders to switch to online purchases for Boxing Day shopping

France’s number of confirmed Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,547,771

The pandemic has killed more than 120,000 in Mexico this year

South Korea’s total infections now stand at 55,902, with 793 deaths

Three people were seriously injured and taken to hospital in the incident