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Mutants have a diminishing effect on the efficacy of the vaccines, confirms Dr Anthony Fauci

Travellers from other regions & countries will have to have tested negative before arrival in the country

Aljabri exiled in Canada was a top aide to Prince Nayef, who was deposed as heir to throne by MBS in 2017

Joe Biden approach will be more calculating than knee-jerk, say experts, but that is no guarantee of reduced tensions

Mexico also expects about 1.5 million doses from Pfizer after global delivery delays by the US company

The new law also includes the option to hold dual citizenship

Team visits hospital where doctors treated early coronavirus patients

Geir Pedersen told journalists after the week-long talks ended, leaving the schedule of a new round uncertain

Authorities identified more than 2,700 children who needed to be reunited with their parents

About 44% of all intensive care beds are occupied by Covid-19 patients

Defying restrictions, people gather in central Warsaw, chanting “freedom, equality, abortion on demand”

In Tripoli, protesters angry over a strict lockdown clashed with security forces on Friday night

Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike after weeks of clashes with authorities

The Island which emerged from sea two decades ago, now holds at least 6,700 Rohingya refugees

FM Qureshi, Secretary of State Tony Blinkin hold first phone discussion

Health minister says deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines are being delayed

Israel treating blast near as 'terrorist incident', says an Israeli official on condition of anonymity

If United States fulfils its obligations, we will fulfil our obligations in full, says FM Javad Zarif

Police says no immediate information on injuries or how many people inside

US-China relationship should become a key strategic priority for Biden says Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong

Lockheed Martin is also pitching its F-21 fighter to the Indian air force

The WHO-led team plans to visit labs, markets, and hospitals in Wuhan

Antonio Guterres says his offices always available; warns there is no military solution to the decades-old dispute

The newest addition to the roughly 3,500 Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar

An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing

Mask shipments alone were worth 340 billion yuan ($52.6 billion)

He will deal with one of the most politically divisive foreign policy challenges facing the new administration

Authorities try to clear a protest site but most farmers refused to move saying any retreat would constitute surrender

Colombia decreed closure of its land and river borders on March 16, 2020 and has extended order until March 1, 2021

The fall posed a worrying sign that resurgence in Covid-19 cases could delay economic recovery

Measures were taken to curtail the spread of potentially vaccine-resistant variant of Covid-19

Drugmakers are considering new versions of their vaccines to respond to the most concerning variants identified so far

Those that are still flying feel less valued by their employers, says survey of nearly 2,600 pilots

Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, says Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian

Muslim forensic pathologist at military hospital was charged over wearing headscarf in 2019

The pope will visit the former Islamic State stronghold of Mosul which has a significant Christian minority

Mangal Bagh was killed in a roadside bomb in Achin district of Nangarhar province, according to local media reports

Senate Foreign Affairs Committee wants govt to ensure that RSS-BJP nexus is 'fully exposed and penalised'

EU is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries due to production problems

US prosecutors allege Naqvi is architect of a plot to defraud investors including Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

After the government unveiled a plan to inoculate 10 million high-risk people by July

Boris Johnson said it would have been a “great pity” if the UK had stayed in the European Union’s vaccine programme

Manufacturers and services firms have been hit hard by supply chain and export disruption says IHS Markit

Riot police fired live bullets as protestors tried to storm the city’s government building

Hopes the two countries could meet halfway to create an open and equal business environment says spokesperson

Country reports 17,553 new coronavirus cases bringing the total to 2,178,828, and another 941 deaths

Teen planned to attack on anniversary of Christchurch killings, intended to Livestream attack

Say entire family in shock; call on US govt to “take all necessary actions under the law to correct this injustice”

Border restrictions to be eased as country records 11th straight day of zero cases

Countries in Asia-Pacific proved most successful in handling pandemic