Hong Kong and China move closer to partial border reopening
.HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Chinese authorities said a meeting on Thursday moved them closer to partially reopening the border bet...
Italy, France to deepen ties as Merkel's exit tests European diplomacy
.ROME (Reuters) - The leaders of Italy and France will sign a treaty on Friday to strengthen bilateral ties at a time when Europ...
Britain alarmed by new COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa
.LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa tha...
France expands sea monitoring as migrants vow to pursue UK dream
.DUNKIRK, France/ZAGREB (Reuters) - France pledged on Thursday to step up surveillance of its northern shores, but migrants huddling i...
Protest paralyses Bangladesh capital after student death.DHAKA (AFP) - Huge crowds blockaded busy streets and harassed drivers in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday to protest the death of a high sch...
More than 1,000 Afghan Shiite Hazaras pledged their support Thursday to the country's Taliban rulers.KABUL (AFP) - More than 1,000 Afghan Shiite Hazaras pledged their support Thursday to the country&n...
The quake was at depth of 12 km, and was about 140 km away of Aizawl in northeastern India.
.KOLKATA (Reuters) - A shallow and strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Myanmar-India border reg...
Thousands of protesters hit the streets across world to demand an end to violence against women.
.MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Europe and Latin America on Thursday...
Authorities said on Thursday that 52 people died, including miners and six rescuers.
.GRAMOTEINO (AFP) - More than 50 people were reported to have died Thursday after smoke filled a Siberian coal m...
The new directive will come into force from Wednesday, Dec. 1 2021..RIYADH (Web Desk) – Saudi Arabia has announced on Thursday that it will allow direct entry from six countries including Pakis...
Afghan citizen Sharbat Gula has arrived in Rome..ROME (AFP) - Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan woman immortalised decades ago on a National Geographic cover, has been evacuated to Italy, the Italia...
The explosion hit at around 7:30 am, just as children were settling down for their first lessons..MOGADISHU (AFP) - Eight people were killed in a car bombing near a school in Somalia s capital Mo...
The vaccine is already cleared for use in people aged 12 and over in the 27-nation EU..THE HAGUE (AFP) - The Pfizer coronavirus jab got the green light for children aged five to 11 in Europe on Thursd...
'Out of control': Small Australian firm wrongly named as Taliban hashish partner.SYDNEY (Reuters) - A small Australian medical consulting firm got caught up in an unexpected publicity storm on Thursda...
US warns 'no military solution' to Ethiopia war as PM goes to front.WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday warned "there is no military solution" to Ethiopia’s civil war and...
Five years after his death, is Castro's revolution floundering?.HAVANA (AFP) - Five years after Fidel Castro’s death, the revolution he started in 1959 appears to be at an impasse, with Cuba&rsq...
Russian court to consider closure of top rights group Memorial.MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia’s Supreme Court will on Thursday consider a request to shut down Memorial, the country’s most prominent...
Germany's Covid death toll passes 100,000.FRANKFURT (AFP) - More than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Germany since the start of the pandemic, a public health agency announced Thursday.
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