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WASHINGTON: An American warship sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, in the latest challenge to Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the
KABUL: A major US air base north of Kabul was targeted in a rocket attack on Saturday but there were no…
KABUL: An explosion at a religious gathering in central Afghanistan killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 20 others on Friday,…
BERLIN: A German man has been charged with 91 counts of attempted murder for driving his car into a crowd celebrating…
BERLIN: The secretary general of the United Nations on Friday stressed that as wealthy nations roll out the coronavirus vaccine for…
BERLIN: Germany reported a record level of coronavirus deaths as it entered a harder lockdown Wednesday, closing shops and schools to…
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a team of international experts would travel to China next month to help…
HONG KONG: Saudi Arabia’s 2021 budget released this week is in line with October’s pre-budget statement, which was reflected in our…
Many services from Alphabet Inc. , including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, were down for thousands of users across the globe…
OTTAWA: Canada will begin a roll-out of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, just days after becoming one of the first…
MOSCOW: Russia had nothing to do with alleged monitoring by hackers of internal email traffic at the US Treasury and Commerce…
LONDON: Britain’s Prince William and his family attended a Christmas show in London on Friday night, where he paid tribute to…
CHICAGO: “Out of Mesopotamia,” by Salar Abdoh, journeys through a labyrinth of life, from warzones to non-warzones. Abdoh’s profound novel follows…
DUBAI: A Houthi missile hit the grounds of a local football club in Taiz, Yemen, killing Nasser Al-Raimy and his son,…
BEIJING: US financial news service Bloomberg said Friday that Chinese authorities have detained one of its Beijing-based news assistants on what…
GENEVA: Any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines are for national authorities to review, the World Health Organization said on Friday in…
BENGALURU: Egyptian filmmaker Mayye Zayed’s “Lift Like a Girl” recently won the acclaimed Golden Dove for Best Film in two categories…
CHENNAI: Netflix’s latest drop, “Ava,” tells a sordid story of murder and mayhem, laced with love and longing. Ava Faulkner, essayed…
TOKYO: Japan’s badminton world number one Kento Momota on Wednesday announced his long-awaited return to competition as he begins his bid…
HONG KONG: Companies including the Chinese arm of TripAdvisor have been ordered by regulators to overhaul their mobile phone apps in…
NEW DELHI: Railway tracks and highways were blocked across India as farmers launched a national day of action Tuesday against reforms…
DUBAI: US reality TV star Khloe Kardashian revealed this week that the annual Kardashian-Jenner star-studded Christmas party will be canceled this…
Christopher Nolan, one of Warner Bros.’ most important filmmakers, has come out strongly against the company’s decision to debut its films…
DUBAI: No sooner had Sergio Perez finished celebrating his first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix and the lights at the Bahrain…
DUBAI: Art aficionados, rejoice: Sotheby’s Dubai has acquired a rare oil painting by renowned Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn that dates…
DUBAI: Dubai’s economy is expecting a 35 percent growth in foreign investment due to recent reforms in the UAE’s Commercial Companies…
The success of clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines has not only delivered desperately needed relief to a world teetering on the…
A key feature of international relations during the pandemic has been the reinforcement of the alliance between Moscow and Beijing. While…
