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India’s decision to end IIOJK’s autonomy could curtail the political participation of Muslims, says UN experts

South Africa has reported the highest number of deaths, followed by Egypt

Austin spoke with Prince Mohammed 'to reaffirm the strategic defence partnership between two countries'

PM Modi not only failed to protect minorities but providing political patronage, says HRW official

In a bizarre claim, Ayatollah Abbas urges his followers not to interact with people vaccinated for coronavirus

Ambassador Asad Majeed comments come as Biden administration conducts a review of a February 2020 deal

Weekly new cases of Covid-19 have fallen by almost half, reports Xinhua News

Officials may face uphill task persuading residents to take vaccine where public distrust of authorities runs deep

Several roads deserted and markets plyartial shut despite govt's desire to showcase normalcy

Issues arrest warrants against six celebrities for encouraging protests that have paralysed many govt offices

Airlines would be required from next week to segregate inbound travellers from those countries

Amsterdam poised to be Europe’s number one corporate listing venue this year

Both women pleaded not guilty after being accused of orchestrating the demonstrations by filming them

Commission to propose on Thursday that 2015 Paris climate change agreement be part of future trade deals

MSF calls for urgent vaccine distributions in southern Africa to counter the spread of the new variant

Netanyahu was one of the last foreign leaders to get a call from US president

Pakistan’s assistance for Afghanistan development and human resource capacity-building will continue, says Imran Khan

Snowstorm began on Wednesday evening, leading the authorities to shut down public transportation

It is targeting a 60% increase in annual revenues to more than 50 billion roubles ($675.33 million) by 2025

The government is counting on the Pfizer shot, developed with BioNTech, to ramp up its Covid-19 vaccination programme

Pope Francis is a big supporter of vaccines to stem the spread of the coronavirus

Says Facebook’s move to block all media content in Australia is an irresponsible attempt to bully a democracy

‘Despite our happiness … our happiness is incomplete,” says sister of prisoner

US is committed to a deal that includes ‘a just and durable political settlement,’ says state department

Study says 1.67 million lives were lost in India as a whole in 2019 due to toxic air

Falls in infections and deaths coincide with lockdowns and severe curbs on gatherings and movements

Ambassador Akram says “more permanent members will compound Council’s inequality and dysfunctionality”

Auckland lockdown was the first in the country for about six months

The nuclear-armed neighbours last week announced a plan to pull back troops, tanks, equipment

Tehran says its nuclear steps are reversible if Washington lifts the sanctions

"This is the first major step towards ending the pandemic,” said vice health minister

FSB said it had seized a suicide belt, homemade bombs and automatic weapons from suspects

Premier virtually addresses opening session of Governing Council of International Fund for Agricultural Development

Duke is expected to remain in hospital for a few days of observation and rest, says Buckingham Palace

State governor orders immediate closure of boarding schools in the area

Images of lingerie photoshoot come just weeks after pop icon upset Indian govt by commenting on farmers' protests

In 2018, Priya Ramani became first of a string of women to go public with allegations against MJ Akbar

UN envoy warned army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to the pro-democracy demonstrations

The foreign minister said he did not support slapping “widespread generalised indiscriminate sanctions” on Myanmar

China wants to know if the US may have trouble making F-35 fighter jets if China imposes an export ban

Barrage of rockets hit in and near a military airbase occupied by the US-led coalition

“We will not be able to be part of such a process if the new administration returns to that deal”

Clinical trial showed shot offered minimal protection against new coronavirus variant

The South African variant was detected in four people last month and the Brazilian one in one person this month

Current political situation is ‘absolutely not’ what Beijing wants to see, says Chinese envoy

South Korea says it foiled attempts by its neighbour to hack into South Korean firms developing coronavirus vaccines

Ankara claimed on Sunday that militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) executed the 13 Turks

Israeli defence ministry says request for special permission to fly out to Abu Dhabi was refused

Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, 22, was arrested by Delhi police on Saturday

Experts say India has been trying to use its vaccine dominance to shore up diplomatic support