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WHO foreign expert Peter Ben Embarek says identifying the animal pathway remains a 'work in progress'

India, US, Japan and Australia are members of the Quad, that US promotes to work as a potential bulwark against China

Experts believe the disease originated in bats and could have been transmitted to humans via another mammal

Iran launched a vaccination drive against Covid-19, focussing initially on hospital intensive care personnel

Many farmers from Sikh-dominated Punjab have been at the vanguard of the protest

Mushtaq Ahmed and six others, including his two brothers, were charged under India's harsh laws last week

Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup chanted and confronted police

The matter is one of extreme urgency, says Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN special rapporteur on protecting human rights

Heavy rain flooded an illegal underground textile workshop in a private house in Morocco's port of Tangiers

Health Ministry says only 7,580 people have shown mild adverse reactions after Covid-19 dose in 2nd half of January

The meeting will consider any possible joint response to Navalny’s jailing, the response could include sanctions

The total number of Covid-19 cases in mainland China stands at 89,706, while the death toll is unchanged at 4,636

UN monitoring team report vindicates Pakistan's stance, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi

WHO says recommendations on who should and should not use the vaccine would be made public later this week

The violent surge below Nanda Devi, India’s second-highest peak, swept away small Rishiganga hydro electric project

Coalition spokesman says the attack was aimed at 'civilians and civilian objects' in southern Saudi Arabia

Six weeks before Israel set to hold its fourth parliamentary election in two years on March 23

The teenager has no knowledge of the global pandemic despite catching the virus twice

Only a tiny minority are likely to be important or change the virus in an appreciable way says British Medical Journal

Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience grow louder and more organised

South Africa is among the most violent countries on Earth, and its homicide rates are constantly increasing

UK already provided nearly 11.5 million first doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian detained in December 2016 after arriving in Cairo from Doha on vacation

Verdict a validation of Pakistan’s stance over IIOJK, says senior officer at the SAARC-ASEAN Post-Doctoral Academia

Drugmaker believes its vaccine could protect against severe disease

The AstraZenecca vaccines were produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII)

The participants of the protest call themselves 'The Pink Front', demands Netanyahu to step down as Israeli PM

The move came as daily infections tripled in around six weeks to hit a record 3,977

Modi’s government has been giving nearby countries millions of doses of the locally made AstraZeneca PLC vaccine

“After verifying whether all sanctions have been lifted, then we will return to full compliance,” he said

Dubbed the “Himalayan tsunami” by the media due to the torrents of water unleashed in the mountainous area

Signals the pontiff's desire for greater participation of women in decision-making in the church

Aimed to target “civilians and civilian objects” says coalition spokesperson

Days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen

Intruder managed to board an official plane at a military base despite heightened security after Capitol Hill attack

With no internet and official information scarce, rumours swirl about the fate of Suu Kyi and her cabinet

PEACE cable will drastically reduce the time taken to transfer internet data

We will fight this perversion of justice with all our might, says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement

Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, and Laos have granted authorisation for the Sinovac vaccines

Government officials ordinary netizens are split over free speech and the US company’s compliance practices

Australia’s foreign ministry 'deeply concerned' about reports of Australian detained arbitrarily in Myanmar

Referring to elections in Iran in June, Zarif says the election of a hardline president could further risk the deal

Saudi foreign minister congratulates US Secretary of State on taking up new appointment last week

The merit-based scholarships for Afghan students under HEC is a great initiative of the govt, says Pak envoy

Indian government has offered concessions to the farmers but refuses to repeal three laws passed last year

The 34-year-old’s death from the virus led to an outpouring of public mourning

Civil society organisations appeal to internet providers and mobile networks to resist the junta’s orders

A team of public health workers is going door-to-door in one of Mexico City's poorest districts

Current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour

The authorities impose increasingly rigid social distancing rules as they fight the latest wave of the epidemic