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Tokyo reports nearly 240,000 new cases with 463 deaths in past 24 hours

Analysts say infection peak possibly already reached while global health experts predict over a million deaths in 2023

Putin attended the service at the Cathedral of the Annunciation, originally designed as a church for the Russian tsars

This Lunar New Year public holiday will be the first since 2020 without domestic travel restrictions

Shankar Mishra was on the run after being accused of urinating on a fellow passenger aboard an Air India flight

Perpetrators of the crime were hanged this morning for killing a paramilitary force member, says official news agency

McCarthy's victory in the 15th ballot brought an end to the deepest congressional dysfunction in over 160 years

United States and Germany have also pledged to send Patriot missile systems to repel Russian missile and drone attacks

Authorities' crackdown following nationwide protests continued with arrests

19 suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed after the arrest of Mexican drug lord Ovidio Guzman

The Taliban slammed Prince Harry after the royal disclosed he killed 25 people on military duty in Afghanistan

Prince Harry says he viewed those he killed as ‘chess pieces’ to be taken off the board in forthcoming memoir Spare

Half of the Earth's glaciers are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change

A video circulating on social media showed passengers crouching low below their seats as a child cried

The aviation industry has also been critical of the decisions to impose testing on travellers from China

Türkiye to continue taking 'effective steps' to counter terror financing, says Foreign Ministry

There would be no truce until Russia withdraws its invading forces from occupied land, says official

‘The majority of role eliminations are in our Amazon Stores and PXT organizations,’ says Andy Jassy

The closed-door meeting was requested by the United Arab Emirates and Japan for January 13

The 15-member council will convene at 3:00 pm at the UN headquarters in New York

Russian troops must hold fire for 36 hours from 1200 on January 6, the Kremlin says

“We have launched a process as Russia-Turkey-Syria,” Erdogan says

The meeting addressed developments in Syria and the wider Middle East

Karim Younis, 60, was convicted of kidnapping and killing Israeli soldier in 1983

Hong Kong followed China’s tough zero-COVID policy until the middle of 2022

“He (Prince William) grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor,” Harry writes

Stone graves destroyed, crosses toppled at cemetery on Mount Zion

China reports daily COVID deaths in single figures while hospitals are filled and funeral homes overwhelmed

WHO says China under-reporting virus deaths as govt plays down the severity of the situation

Countries' top diplomats discuss Taliban's ban on Afghan women’s access to education

Insulting act of French publication in publishing cartoons will not go without response, says Iran's FM

“Most of the dead are civilians. They are women and children," deputy police commissioner of Hirshabelle State said

1st set of Twitter Files were about restricting an October 2020 New York Post story on Hunter Biden laptop controversy

Walter Cunningham's Apollo 7 mission in 1968 opened way for 1st human moon landing months later in 1969

Mass use of mobile phones by personnel allowed determining location military personnel

“This time the ship is equipped with the latest hypersonic missile system, which has no analogues”, says Putin

Inter-Korean relations have been testy for decades but have grown even more tense since Yoon took office in May

Immigration is a key part of solution as Canada focuses on addressing an acute labor market shortages, says ministry

Extreme weather with snow, sleet, tornado and floods feared

UAE, China raise concern as Israeli Minister enters mosque courtyard n occupied East Jerusalem

WHO seeks data as reports claim virus spreading fast after China policy U-turn

$68,800 to be paid to families of deceased soldiers, $41,300 to be given to the injured

Iraq said $2.6 million have been recovered in public funds fraudulently withdrawn from a government account

The global jihadist group has still not confirmed Zawahiri's death or announced a new boss

Prevailing insecurity is the result of policies of the Pakistani government, says former Afghan president

This is the largest fine ever imposed on an individual by the DFSA

Visit by far-right Israeli minister prompts fierce condemnation from Palestinians and Arab countries

The move, which will be announced within weeks, is supported by Britain’s security minister and Home Secretary

Sara Khadem took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab

The Islamic Republic has accused foreign adversaries of fomenting unrest which erupted in Iran