World

New York: At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and an unknown number...

Hong Kong: Months after the closure of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, another Hong Kong-based media company-- Stand News-- has announced that it...

Washington [US]: Amid the global surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, almost 3,000 flights have been cancelled and more than 11,500 flights have been...

Geneva [Switzerland]: The overall risk related to the new variant of concern Omicron remains "very high", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...

Gaithersburg/Pune (Maryland/Maharashtra): Novavax a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercialising next-generation vaccines for serious...

Washington: US President Joe Biden acknowledged the possibility of holding a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on January 10, the White...

Washington: The Food and Drug Administration in the US has said that rapid antigen tests are less sensitive for detecting Omicron variant infections."Early...

Paris: The number of COVID infections has surged to a new level in Europe as France has logged a record of nearly 1,80,000 coronavirus cases in the past 24...

Muscat: The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee, has approved remote learning modes for the first two weeks of the new school term.“Abu...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah approved in an Amiri order on Tuesday the formation of a new cabinet led by His...