Assailant had been caught after a manhunt that involved two police helicopters and more than 200 officers

About 40 people have been rescued so far

Assad's government says the election shows Syria is functioning normally despite the decade-old conflict

Armenia's defence ministry denied Baku's assertion, the TASS news agency reported

US refusal strikes a sour note ahead of a summit in Geneva says Russian deputy foreign minister

More than 15,000 primary and second contacts have been identified, a rise of 5,000 in 24 hours

India leads and is struggling with a second Covid-19 wave and vaccine shortage across the region.

Twitter has been subjected to a punitive slowdown in Russia since March

The volunteer team has grown in size to more than 2,000 members, but still struggling to keep up

Roughly 27% of breakthrough infections were asymptomatic, while in 2% of cases, patients died