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Japan has been relatively slow in inoculating its citizens

Senate approves adding proposal to ban religious practices in university's to bill against 'Islamist separatism'

The spike, much faster than last year’s first wave, has caught the authorities by surprise

Temporary suspension does not mean that the vaccine is unsafe or ineffective

Washington's special envoy for climate change John Kerry meets India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi

After EU and British regulators found a potential link between the shot and rare brain blood clots

Relationship between vaccine, blood clots not confirmed, more studies needed, says WHO advisory committee

Turkey's president to hand over chairmanship of D-8 Summit to Bangladeshi premier on Thursday

Iraqi calls soared for a withdrawal of US troops after former president Trump ordered assassination of Qasem Soleimani

Health ministry data shows 685 deaths, taking the tally to 166,862

Australia has no current plans to change the rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

The move comes after NZealand records 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border of which 17 were from India

Afghan president is lauded for demonstrating confidence in the war-torn country's healthcare system

Says former heir Prince Hamza today is with his family in his palace under my care

Scientists fear a showdown between the South African variant and the already rampant Brazilian variant

Prisoners of war were captured during fighting with Azeri forces during last year’s Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The country’s military ruler said the civil disobedience movement was 'destroying' Myanmar

FM hopes Russia will play role in bringing peace to region as the two sides discuss strengthening bilateral relations

Satinder Lambah says two countries need people who have seniority and decision making power

Deaths rose by 630 - the most in four days - to 166,177

Neither Washington nor Tehran say they expect any quick breakthroughs from the talks

Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies poised to extend a freeze on debt payments

The European region, which includes 51 countries, has the highest total number of deaths at nearly 1.1 million

Saudi Arabia is looking to bring up to 500 international companies to Riyadh after the February ultimatum

Main opposition party demands inquiry as French media report says deal involved payment of €1 million to ‘middleman’

"Individual risks for most disorders maybe small, effect across whole population may be substantial"

Moderna will become the third vaccine to be used in Britain after the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer

The university said in February it planned to enroll 300 volunteers aged 6-17 years, based in the United Kingdom

Severe cases have filled about 70% of hospital beds in the region

Covid-19 variant first discovered in Britain, taken hold in Osaka region

Authorities did not provide details on the nationalities of those involved in the incident

The Afghan intelligence service believes the insurgents have mastered the technique of planting roadside IEDs

Seventeen divers participated in the effort to find and free the monk

The pressure has meant production capacity at SII is "very stressed, to put it quite frankly", the firm's CEO said

The premier reiterated importance Pakistan attaches to its relations with Russia as a key foreign policy priority

25-year cooperation agreement part of China’s “Belt and Road” initiative

Taiwan’s Defence Ministry says 15 Chinese aircraft including 12 fighters entered its air defence identification zone

India breached the grim milestone of 100,000 daily infections for the first time on Monday

No groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks

Flights to and from some Australian states could still be suspended if there were local outbreaks

The latest gun battle has been termed as the deadliest ambush of its kind in four years

Step 2 out of the roadmap will see shops and pub gardens reopen next week

The new reported cases brought the total number of infections to over 1.94 million

Transport ministry's permanent secretary said pilot landed at the future Copperbelt International Airport "by error"

Ambassador Akram says India failed in its campaign to isolate Pakistan, a prominent member of international community

Hundreds of shopkeepers in the capital, Dhaka, protested the lockdown, saying it would hurt their businesses

Born blind, Khansa Maria wishes to use her skills, experience in a way that benefits others with her disability

EU tightened its oversight of vaccine exports last month

Jaishankar says ties with Russia are time-tested and two sides also discussed a summit meeting between Modi and Putin

It is clear that there is an association of blood clots with vaccine, says an official of European Medicines Agency