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Saudi-led coalition says kingdom’s air defences intercepted and destroyed the drone

Pakistan among six nations agree to closely track virus variants, discuss multiple ways for further collaboration

Traditional fast-breaking meals are provided at hundreds of points in Karachi and elsewhere during Ramadan

Ministry spokesperson hopes the US can make proper arrangements for Chinese people to go to the country

Cuts and delays in AstraZeneca deliveries have weighed on the choppy inoculation campaign in the bloc

Said to add pressure on Beijing to roll out measures encouraging couples to have more children and avert a decline

Premier also apprises of Pakistan’s flagship climate change initiatives, including 10 billion tree tsunami project

The Biden administration will maintain limited forces in Kabul to guard the sprawling embassy

Kingdom's de facto ruler says Saudi Arabia will not accept any pressure or interference in its internal affairs

About 2,000 athletes and staff would get jabs before travelling to the games which are scheduled to begin on July 23

At the same time, many countries are shutting their borders to travellers from India

The military upgrades will begin this year and be finished by 2026

Shots reducing the risk of developing an infection by around 60% to 65% from four weeks after one dose

FM apprised his Canadian counterpart of effective measures taken by Pakistan to mitigate the impact of the pandemic

Patients have died outside hospitals, gasping for air, as they wait to be admitted

Quake was of magnitude 6.0 with an epicentre in a hilly region near India's border with Bhutan

India has an official tally of 17.64 million infections, experts believe real number runs higher

Team of experts including army conducts thorough inspection of PSM’s plant

Fully vaccinated people can eat, walk or attend small gatherings outside without a mask

A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in the capital, New Delhi

The main differences are over what sanctions the United States will need to remove

A luxury hotel to be converted into a Covid-19 health facility for the exclusive use of high court judges

Police administrative worker, a mother of two, was stabbed in the throat on Friday

The foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will meet via video link

Biden's historic declaration infuriated NATO ally Turkey, announcement had opened a "deep wound"

The country began its vaccination campaign on April 19

India's coronavirus death toll neared the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported

New cases of Covid-19 in the United States fell 16% last week to about 409,000

Decision taken after surge in positive Covid-19 cases in the world's second-most populous nation

Israeli officials fiercely object to apartheid accusations

India has called on its armed forces to help tackle the devastating crisis

A 2030 target would be a milestone to achieve Biden's stated ambition of net zero carbon emissions by 2035

Modi discussed smooth and efficient supply chains of Covid-19 vaccines' raw materials

Turkey's 37,312 new infections reported on Monday were the highest in Europe

Daily Covid cases expected to peak at 500,000 in mid-May, and may subside b/w June and July, according to local media

The US president has made comments that are groundless and unfair, Erdogan said in televised remarks

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says this is a totally inhumane and wholly unjustified decision'

The attackers were believed to belong to the regional offshoot of Islamic State

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says none of this is serious, the prime minister has been utterly focused on delivering

FM Javad Zarif says he ‘has zero influence over Iran’s foreign policy’

Premier suggests four key areas to focus on as the world tackles Covid-19

Infections rise to 352,991, with overcrowded hospitals turning away patients after running out of supplies

Health authorities warn of situation similar to that in India if cases continue to rise at current rate

No immediate confirmation from Saudi Arabia

Classifies India as a Covid high incidence area, puts the country on a separate warning list for virus variants

The Perseverance rover, which carried the four-pound rotorcraft to Mars, filmed the 80-second third flight

Most of the cases were reported among people up to age 30

Intelligence chief Richard Moore says climate crisis is ‘foremost international foreign policy agenda item for planet’

We’re deeply concerned over devastation caused by second wave of Covid-19 in neighbouring India, says Masood Khan

Attack came as top US military commander in Afghanistan said work had begun to withdraw the forces from the country