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Coalition says it carried out strikes on ‘legitimate military targets’

WHO chief scientist says the variant was successfully evading some immune responses

Chinese researchers say vaccine's efficacy against new variant remained unclear

Over 6,000 Sikhs hailing from various countries take part in the voting, unnerving India

Moscow warns of a possible military response unless it sees political action to assuage concerns

Turkish president says ‘as a Muslim, I will continue doing what our religion tells us’

International entertainers and musicians including superstar French DJ David Guetta performed at the event

Our armed forces will immediately attack all centres, bases, used to carry out aggression, says Iranian commander

Abha International Airport is being put on 'privatisation path', says Saudi official

The authorities have so far detected 63 people infected with the variant

Rai, which displaced nearly 490,000 people in Philippines before moving toward the South China Sea over the weekend

US regulators authorized the 50 microgram booster of Moderna's vaccine in October

Johnson, his wife Carrie with their newborn baby, and staff sitting around table in Downing Street garden

Dhaka expresses its support for inclusive development to rebuild Afghanistan and maintain regional harmony

China still needs to make further improvements, says State Council Information Office

Iran has warned of a "crushing" response to any Israeli move against the Islamic Republic

Israeli prison authorities placed two female detainees in solitary confinement

The UAE revamped an array of laws in a social liberalisation drive designed to burnish its progressive brand

We need to solve the current tensions on the diplomatic level, says defence minister

We will not give this niche to the Americans, says firebrand space chief

Investigation launched on crash north of Brisbane, say authorities

Tense Taliban personnel periodically charged crowds that formed at front of the queue in Kabul

Missile is smallest, lightest among entire Agni series of ballistic missiles

Trove of confidential documents show that the US air wars in the Middle East resulted in thousands of civilian deaths

Hundreds of mourners boarded armoured buses to Homesh for a memorial service

Fear among minorities in India has grown over last few years, though ruling BJP party denies allegations

Cases were up 44.4% over the seven days to Dec. 18 compared with the previous week

Just weeks into its release, Netflix has cancelled its poorly-received Cowboy Bebop remake

Spain recorded 5.46 million cases and 88,708 deaths since the pandemic began

Foreign minister says Moscow's relations with the US have not hit their lowest point yet

UN health agency says more data is needed to understand how severity is impacted by vaccination, pre-existing immunity

Deputy FM says it is the responsibility of countries like US to help Afghanistan recover after decades of war

Accused allegedly tried to take the sword kept at Sikhism's holiest place

Confirmed Omicron-variant cases in the country hit 24,968 on Friday

Su-30SM fighters jets from both countries were also part of patrols, Belarus military said

Omicron variant is estimated to account for more than 80% of new Covid-19 cases in London

Organisations and individuals are being threatened by Hindutva groups, says Muslim leader

The infected person recently returned to Ukraine from the United Arab Emirates

Moscow for the first time laid out in detail demands that it says are essential for defusing the crisis

The development comes just days after a partial lockdown was extended in the country

Study says Omicron is five times more likely to reinfect people than its predecessor, Delta.

Thousands of Afghans have applied for new travel documents to escape a growing economic and humanitarian crisis

Emergency use listing of Covovax boost for lower-income countries, says WHO

‘We can’t -- and we won't -- go back to where we were 21 months ago,’ says Governor Kathy Hochul

Australia was not in the same situation as the United Kingdom, Europe or North America, where cases are soaring

Courts have blocked Biden's vaccine requirement for healthcare workers in half the states

Variant associated with a 5.4-fold higher risk of reinfection compared with Delta, says Imperial College London study

The current government in Afghanistan ‘has sovereignty’ over the country, says Suhail Shaheen

We are in a critical situation, says Pastor Yellappa, head of an independent church in Gokak

‘Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer retained activity against new variant but antibody response greatly reduced’