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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the global initiative making these medicines accessible to all countries. The WHO…

Pope Francis has landed in Iraq for a historic tour of the war-ravaged nation. He is expected to meet with members of the country’s Christian community and draw attention to their plight. The trip, which marks…

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill, setting up what is likely to be days-long debate over the merits of the sweeping package. The…

China has made invasive COVID-19 anal swabs mandatory for all foreign travellers arriving in the country. According to UK paper The Times, testing hubs will be set up in Beijing and Shanghai airports. China began…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reclaiming their narrative after the United Kingdom’s Times newspaper published a buzzy report about a bullying complaint allegedly filed from inside Kensington Palace,…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was fighting for his political life on Tuesday after a third woman accused him of sexual harassment. The Democrat has suffered a spectacular fall from grace since he became a national star last year…

A U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday that it was “extremely dangerous” for the United States to have named Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler as having approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal…

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption by a Paris court on Monday. He was found guilty for offering to pull strings to help a magistrate land a…

Russia’s communications regulator accused Twitter on Monday of violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content. Roskomnadzor said Twitter had failed…

New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said allegations of sexual harassment against him arose from misinterpreted ‘jokes’ and became “unwanted flirtation”.…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election, which he lost by a wide margin to President Joe Biden. He peddled the false claim again on Sunday in his…

Myanmar police opened fired on Sunday on protests against military rule, killing at least four people and wounding several on the second day of a crackdown on demonstrations…

Britain bid farewell on Saturday to Captain Tom Moore with a televised funeral for the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic. Soldiers…

The United States on Friday slapped a visa ban on 76 Saudis after it released a damning report on the murder of the journalist.The report by the US intelligence claimed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

Britain’s 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth has urged the public to take the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it does not hurt and those who are wary should think of others.The monarch and her 99-year-old husband Prince…

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia. The strikes are a calibrated response to…

UK Supreme Court has rejected a legal bid by ISIS bride, Shamima Begum, to return to UK and fight for the restoration of her citizenship. The court gave its much awaited…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed his suspension by social media giant Facebook, both on Facebook and Instagram. Trump lodged the appeal with Facebook…

Saudi Arabia’s former long-serving oil minister, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is dead. He died at the age of 90 on Tuesday in London, UK. Saudi state television announced his death, without offering a cause. But…

Japan has appointed a “Minister of Loneliness” to take try and reduce loneliness and social isolation among its residents. The decision has been taken by the government as the country is now dealing with…

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the beauty-queen wife of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested at Dulles International Airport on trafficking charges. According to U.S…

A general strike against military rule shut businesses in Myanmar on Monday and huge crowds gathered peacefully despite fears of violence after authorities warned that confrontation could be deadly. Three weeks after seizing power, the…

“Governor Andrew Cuomo is my enemy”, former US President Trump said on Monday hours after the Supreme Court declined to block the Manhattan district attorney from obtaining his financial records. In a…

President Joe Biden plans to mark the milestone of 500,000 Americans killed by the COVID-19 virus with a somber ceremony Monday evening at the…