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China issues winter's first snowstorm orange alert, cold snap sweeps country 07 Nov 2021 - 10:30 am

BEIJING: China's weather agency issued the winter's first snowstorm orange alert, the second-highest level, on Sunday while nationwide cold wave alarms fuelled concerns...

Iraqi PM survives assassination attempt 07 Nov 2021 - 10:10 am

Baghdad: The Security Media Cell announced that the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi was subjected to a failed assassination attempt with a drone....

Baby handed to US soldiers in chaos of Afghanistan airlift still missing 07 Nov 2021 - 10:02 am

NEW YORK: It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug....

Jordan to harmonise strategies confronting effects of climate change 07 Nov 2021 - 09:21 am

Jordan is one of the first countries in the region to realize, from an early stage, the importance of climate change and the...

Thousands rally in rainy Glasgow for COP26 climate action 06 Nov 2021 - 04:27 pm

Glasgow: Thousands of protesters set off from a Glasgow park Saturday to march through the city hosting the U.N. climate conference and demand...

Sudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes 06 Nov 2021 - 04:21 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan:Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup, announcing...

S.Korea to purchase 70,000 courses of new Pfizer Covid-19 pill 06 Nov 2021 - 04:16 pm

Seoul: South Korea has agreed to buy 70,000 courses of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency...

Austria to bar unvaccinated from restaurants as cases rise 06 Nov 2021 - 04:09 pm

Vienna: Unvaccinated people in Austria who also haven't had COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to enter restaurants, hotels and hair salons or...

Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 92 06 Nov 2021 - 02:50 pm

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone:An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large...

New infections record as Russia's COVID-19 wave persists 06 Nov 2021 - 02:31 pm

MOSCOW:Russia's COVID-19 cases hit another one-day record as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections that has persisted for more than...

Several injured in knife attack on German train 06 Nov 2021 - 02:25 pm

Frankfurt: Several people were injured in a knife attack on an express train between the south German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg on...

Denver Zoo reports world's first coronavirus cases in hyenas 06 Nov 2021 - 01:15 pm

Denver: Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide, a national...

Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital kills at least 91, says morgue 06 Nov 2021 - 12:51 pm

Ninety-one people were killed in the capital ofSierraLeone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local...

New Zealand's daily coronavirus cases cross 200 for first time in pandemic 06 Nov 2021 - 12:47 pm

New Zealand's 206 new daily community infections on Saturday carried it past the double-hundred mark for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic,...

US Democrats pass $1 trln Infrastructure bill, ending daylong standoff 06 Nov 2021 - 11:49 am

Washington: After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion package of highway, broadband and...

At least eight dead and many injured in crush at Texas music festival 06 Nov 2021 - 11:25 am

At least eight people were killed and many were injured in a crush when fans surged toward the stage during the opening night...

Family, friends gather to honor trailblazer Colin Powell 05 Nov 2021 - 09:30 pm

WASHINGTON: Friends, family and former colleagues gathered Friday at Washington National Cathedral to honor Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from...