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Health secretary says we’ve now vaccinated around a third of the over-80s in this country

Such policy changes should have been made after wider consultation, says sci-tech minister

Angry Trump supporters broke into Capitol Hill on Wednesday, which resulted in death of 5 including a policeman

'Violence is self-destructive, always. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost,' pope says in his address

Prompts tougher movement restrictions

Boeing 737-500 with 62 passengers and crew disappeared from radar screens four minutes after takeoff on Saturday

Britain aims to vaccinate around 14 million people by the middle of February

Spokesperson says legal process stalled due to India's reluctance to send witnesses for cross examination

British parliamentarian has urged his Prime Minister Boris Johnson to raise the issue with Narendra Modi

India failed to secure chairmanship of powerful Al-Qaeda/Da’esh Sanctions Committee and Non-proliferation Committee

The initial information showed the deaths were all of Taliban insurgents fighting Afghan security forces

High commissioner hopes Dhaka will reciprocate friendly gesture

State dept hails Pakistani court’s verdict of handing down five years rigorous imprisonment to Zakiur Rehman

The 94 years old Queen and her 99 years old husband Phillip were kept in priority category in Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Thousands of farmers camped on the outskirts of New Delhi for over a month, demands the repeal of laws

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced a US-backed deal to end a bitter dispute with Qatar

Our people will not be a testing device for vaccine manufacturing companies, says president Hassan Rouhani

It is second detention on high altitude border since pitched battles in June in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed

Iranian parliament passed a law in November that obliges government to halt inspections of its nuclear sites by IAEA

With priority to be given to about 30 million healthcare and frontline workers

Rescuers say suspected debris had been found in the sea off the city

With the chaos on Capitol Hill widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans

The recent outbreak began in July when a hospital - notified the Florida Department of Health of initial four cases

India is the world’s biggest vaccine maker

Video footage showed emergency services staff and volunteers battling high winds and freezing conditions

Some of the most notable of Trump’s 26,000 tweets, or on average 18 a day, as president

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thakre orders a probe into the incident

Following the storming of the US Capitol, silencing his primary megaphone with 88 million followers

Last week Iran said it had allocated $150,000 for the families of each victims

Australia has been more successful than most advanced economies in managing the pandemic

North Korea is preparing for the test and production of various new weapons

About 80% of the country’s 108 million people identify as Roman Catholic

Khamenei raised the prospect of the two Western countries possibly seeking to spread the infection to other countries

The new rules come amid an ongoing backlash against various Chinese companies from foreign governments

Last week Iran said it had allocated $150,000 for the families of each victims

Twitter said accounts used by Trump to try to get around the ban could face permanent suspension

The agency posted two pictures and a short video that showed a medical staff injecting the king with the vaccine

UAE is the first gulf state among other boycotting countries to lift more than three-year blockade

Permanent envoy draws attention to ‘startling revelations’ made by EU DisinfoLab

Europe saw its warmest year on record, 0.4°C warmer than 2019

Pfizer says it can produce up to 1.3 billion doses around the world this year

Bringing to five the number dead from the riot

Amid a prolonged gridlock in negotiations aimed at dismantling N.Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes

Hundreds of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and occupied the building for hours

Japan has seen 267,000 cases and nearly 3,900 deaths

Australia has detected several cases of the new variant

There is optimism that the rollout of coronavirus vaccines will be better coordinated under the new government

Singapore has so far only approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine

The closings were implemented to help stem a new Covid-19 wave

Europe is now under strictest restrictions