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Officials have blamed the spate of violence on Arab crime families which have accumulated power and weapons

Emergency does not bring mandates, vaccine passports, lockdowns, business restrictions or gathering limits

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without electricity when power grids failed 

Many Central Asia analysts believe intra-clan infighting among the elite may have played a major role in protests

Tianjin has made it harder for people to leave town, while Anyang, ordered residents to remain indoor

LodeStar gun, aimed at first-time buyers, would retail for $895

The number of deaths per one million inhabitants was last week among the highest in the world

WHO warns repeated vaccine boosters not a viable strategy

Johnson's private secretary had invited over 100 people to the party during the first Covid lockdown

Professor Faizullah Jalal family says the tweets critical of new interim govt were shared from a fake account

Help us stave off widespread hunger, disease and ultimately death, says aid chief

Technical team says it would consider a change in vaccination composition to make the shots more effective

President Tsai Ing-wen issues instructions to spare no efforts in the search and rescue mission

Washington was working to ensure the US pork industry could start shipping products to India

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, China and the United States have sparred over air services

Recipient David Bennett was dying and there was no other choice available

Kazakh security forces have detained 9,900 people over the unrest

Deaths are averaging 1,700 per day, up from about 1,400 in recent days

Iranian FM says the fighting of the brave Afghan nation has shown that no foreign power can occupy Afghanistan

Surprisingly, it doesn't take the fish a long time to learn how to drive the vehicle, says researcher

Suspect arrested after he ‘knowingly and wilfully' threatened to kill former US president

Junk collector was playing with unexploded mortar shell when it went off in Lal Pur district

Afghan FM says he assured Ahmad Massoud and others that they can return to their homeland ‘without any concerns’

It came to the fore as journalists clicked on the just-expired Microsoft Teams link

Moazzam Begg says he ‘tried to seek accountability’ after his unjustified detention at International Criminal Court

No fatalities reported so far, while some people are reported to have suffered minor injuries

China and Russia believe "colour revolutions" are uprisings instigated by the United States

Tahany El-Gebaly dies at age of 71

Citizens appeared dazed as they returned to everyday errands in the financial hub

Her trial has been closed to the media and Suu Kyi's lawyers have been barred from communicating with the media

There are no immediate reports of casualties

India reported 179,723 new cases on Monday, most of them in the country's biggest cities

Minister says diplomacy could fail after one session; West threatening sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

Officials say 32 people have been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries and some 60 people were injured in total

Hospitalisations have increased steadily since late Dec. as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as dominant strain

Greek Orthodox Patriarch says churches are regularly desecrated, vandalised and clergies subjected to intimidation

Arun Prakash says silence of country’s political leadership over violent calls against minorities is ‘ominous’

About 850,000 of the persecuted Muslim minority live in network of camps in Bangladesh's district of Cox's Bazar

Saudi women in black on horseback rode ahead of men on camels as musicians with swords danced to the beat of drums

President Rajapaksa made the request during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo

The soft-focus portraits by veteran Italian photographer Paolo Roversi will go on tour around Britain this year

The lavish birthday celebration cost nearly $10,000, according to police

Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says Faizullah Jalal was trying to instigate people against the system

The health ministry reported 327 new deaths

Dozens of people have been killed, thousands detained and public buildings have been torched

The case highlights the plight of many parents separated from their children during the hasty evacuation

The protesters denounce French president's intent to 'piss off' people refusing Covid-19 shots

The 60-year-old suffered from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Next steps include aligning the telescope's optics, and calibrating its scientific instruments, according to NASA

Tehran says 51 people, many of them from US military, were targeted for their 'role in the terrorist crime'