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Bahrain will be represented by its crown prince instead of the king at the annual summit

New Delhi poised to hand life sentence to pro-freedom Kashmiri leader Asiya Andrabi, claims Pakistan

Efficacy data from the company’s ongoing late-stage trial should be available by March

Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on roads around the capital, New Delhi, for 40 days

British PM Boris Johnson says hospitals under more pressure from Covid than any time since the start of pandemic

Bitcoin lost ground from a record high of $34,800 touched a day earlier

Jared Kushner helped negotiate deal and was working phones on it until the wee hours of Monday, says US official

The company says it was investigating connection issues affecting users and would share the updates every 30 minutes

Enrichment decision coincides with increasing tensions between Iran and US in the last days of President Donald Trump

A six-year war has left 80% of population reliant on aid, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, according to UN

Iran maintains it has never sought nuclear weapons and never would, says its nuclear work only has civilian aims

Incident comes to light after screenshot of couple's conversation goes viral on Twitter

The United States accuses Australian-born Assange, 49, of 18 offenses relating to the release by WikiLeaks

Both dignitaries reaffirm commitment towards common goal of peace and stability in the region, says ISPR

Bashir, 82, is considered the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network

'We are ready to prolong our agitation as long as possible,' says Rakesh Tikait, a farmers’ leader

US has also approved a vaccine from Pfizer, which like Moderna’s requires two shots

Israel would never allow Tehran to build them says Netanyahu

The step is one of many in a law passed by Iran in response to the killing of the country’s top nuclear scientist

The bill expands number of scholarships to women in Pakistan under a merit and needs-based programme

Vaccinating more socially mobile and economically active groups first, officials hope to quickly reach herd immunity

Mexico studies the case of a 32-year-old doctor hospitalised after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

Recently, a Facebook group was made to exchange information about the dogs and to arrange mating sessions

Pelosi has been Trump's chief nemesis in Congress, and the two clashed bitterly over the past two years

Demonstrators also battle a social media campaign by the Hindu-nationalist BJP of PM Modi

The groups says the time had come to accept that the Republican president had lost the Nov 3 election

More than 1,400 of Reliance’s telecom masts had been hit, with power supply and fibre cut by unidentified people

US and European officials said they have urged both sides to reduce hostilities and move quickly towards a settlement

Health minister says the numbers are still too high, so we will have to prolong the restrictions

Doctor in southeastern Turkey received 1st dose of CoronaVac last month

Jam-packed hospitals and stressed-out healthcare workers are 'not fake', says top infectious disease expert

The Republicans' statement says 'allegations of fraud and irregularities in 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes'

Washington blames Iran-backed militia for regular rocket attacks on US facilities in Iraq

The government has also cancelled reopening of schools in and around London but teaching unions want wider closures

Francis says he read newspaper reports of people catching flights to flee govt curbs and seek fun elsewhere

Opposition lawmakers questioned the lack of transparency in approving it, says approval is premature and dangerous

Soleimani, leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed on January 3, 2020, in US drone strike at Baghdad airport

Niger’s government not immediately available to comment

First detailed survey of public’s perception of Johnson’s handling of the Brexit talks and the Covid-19 pandemic

Al Qaeda-linked group says it was behind the killing

Gen Qassem Soleimani and a senior Iraqi militia leader was killed in a US drone strike last year

The World Health Organization ideally wants to see at least 70% efficacy

Biden beat Trump by a 306-232 margin in the Electoral College

The government says the final decision on the two vaccines would be made by the CDSCO

Foreign Office says "her life is in danger owing to imminent risk of persecutory conviction by a sham court"

Tokyo raised its Covid-19 alert level to its highest measure on Dec 17

Health authorities have identified 220 “close contacts” and more than 50 “exposure sites” linked to positive cases

Restrictions include asking people to stay at least 14 days isolate before entering the kingdom

“Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly,” Zarif wrote

Commission to submit report in one-month after completing audit of all the brick kilns in Islamabad