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The US is preparing to begin evacuating thousands of Afghan applicants for special immigration visas

Shadow of COVID-19 and controversy was never far away on the opening day

Government has faced growing calls to switch on the technology since last week's catastrophic floods

Delta variant has left captains unable to rotate weary crews and many seafarers stranded at sea beyond their stints

President Ghani says Biden has assured him of support for Afghan forces

Parts of India's west coast received up to 594 mm of rainfall over 24 hours

Xi instructed local officials to work towards making people in Tibet identify more with the ‘great Chinese culture'

Govt forces in control of country's borders and all 'main cities and highways', says spokesperson

Say doesn't want foreign interference, won't allow Afghan soil to be used; seeks int'l role for reconstruction

French president orders 'strengthening of security protocols' following potential breach

In recent years heavy floods have hit parts of Germany, overflowing banks of waterways

The virus has shut down large parts of their economy, as other parts of the world open up.

New coronavirus cases almost doubled on Monday from the previous day and 184 new infections were expected.

Dushanbe relocates 20,000 troops to strengthen its force on the border with Afghanistan

Hindi-language daily Dainik Bhaskar carried a series of reports on devastation caused by pandemic in April and May

More than 200 of the 419 district centers under militant control, compared to 81 districts last month says Gen Milley

Officials raise the death toll from heavy rains that have deluged Henan province for almost a week to 33 people

"It was something that was flexible and we want to make it work more smoothly"

Many businesses said the situation was becoming grave

Deadly floods upended life in China and Germany, stark reminder climate change is making weather more extreme

Tens of thousands of people evacuated as officials raise the death toll to 33 people

Indian farmers will start a sit-in near parliament in the centre of the capital New Delhi

The WHO proposes a second phase of studies into virus origins, calls for transparency from authorities

The third highest tally in the world after the United States and Brazil

Junior health minister Bharati Pravin says over 4,200 people have died of the fungus

Dozens of female soldiers have become part of security services that monitor pilgrims

More rain is forecast across Henan for the next three days

Coronavirus travel recommendations were previously at the highest level

Several hundred additional fires have burned in western and central Canada

At least 170 people died in last week's flooding, Germany's worst natural disaster in more than half a century

Country has fared better than many other developed economies in keeping COVID-19 numbers relatively low

Asia will be bristling with conventional missiles that are more sophisticated than ever before, say experts

Kim Hong-bin goes missing on Monday after falling into a crevasse while descending from 8,051-metre Broad Peak

Islamic republic has been gripped by ‘fifth wave’ of virus driven by the aggressive Delta variant

Eidul Azha commemorates Quranic tale of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice son as an act of obedience to Allah

Insurgent group became fed up with war and realise that there is a need for political solutions, says Kremlin envoy

Dominic Cummings says Johnson did not want to impose second lockdown in autumn last year

Hajj ministry officially allowed women of all ages to make pilgrimage without a male guardian

Bezos is set to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight

Researchers trying to determine just what level of Covid-19 antibodies vaccine must produce to provide protection

Over 3.2 million voters are going to elect the 53-member legislative assembly for a five-year term

The whole point was to get rid of the Taliban and we didn't do that, says Jason Lilley

The first high-level contact made public by the new Israeli government

Officials say relaxation depends on Canada's Covid-19 rates remaining favourable

Price says Pakistan made significant progress on its first action plan with 26 of 27 action items largely addressed.

281 Covid-19 deaths and 5,189 new infections recorded on Monday

The study suggests that between 3.4 million and 4.7 million people have died from the virus

"My biggest concern is, of course, there will be a cluster of infections in the village"

Taliban insurgents denied they were involved in the attack on the heavily fortified palace

Department of Justice charges four Chinese nationals with cyberhacking