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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’

Covovax requires two doses and is stable at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius refrigerated temperatures

We are trying to finance it from our domestic revenues and we believe we can, says finance ministry

Restrictions on the pill had been in place since the FDA approved the drug in 2000

Mohammed bin Salman is taking charge of presidential meetings and reception of dignitaries

Man had reportedly spilled liquid that fuelled the blaze

Three people still missing after floods hit Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Russia and West must start from a clean sheet in rebuilding relations

An estimated 5,000 to 7,000 people are detained, including nine UN staff, under a state of emergency

Virtual Black Stone Initiative will be part of the Kingdom’s Agency for Exhibitions and Museums Affairs

Health passes were made compulsory in France this August, along with other measures to fight spread of virus

Authorities say five more children are in hospital, four in critical condition

Computer-based system evaluates significant activities that impacted US-Sino relations

England's chief medical officer warned people on Wednesday not to mix with others

Frozen memories of a bloody December begin to thaw for Biharis as they get recognition

Indian analysts hope the US will keep strategic interests in mind and avoid imposing the sanctions

US House voted on proposal authored by Ilhan Omar to address anti-Muslim bias

Commission on Afghanistan will include 16 members appointed by the two major parties

Truck drivers will though be exempt from the new rules

Omicron grips cells more tightly, withstands some antibodies

Derek Chauvin will likely see prison time extended

Moscow will give an adequate response soon, says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

Omicron variant's spread globally worries officials

A confrontation at the IAEA board could have caused the wider talks to collapse, diplomats said

Nine EU countries have vaccination rates below 60 percent

The 2019 attack on Christchurch mosques had claimed the lives of 51 worshippers

The development comes after Abu Dhabi tells Washington it would suspend talks on the $23-billion deal

Travel red list is now less effective as Omicron has spread so widely across the world, says health secretary

The plot was discussed in a group chat on messaging platform Telegram