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Reports: Taliban seize key Afghan border crossing with Iran
Herat (Afghanistan): The Taliban on Thursday seized another key Afghan border crossings, this time with Iran, according to an Afghan official...
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
Washington: The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the...
Key party in Malaysia ruling alliance pulls support for PM
Kuala Lumpur: The largest party in Malaysia's ruling alliance said Thursday that it will withdraw support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin...
Pakistan mourns passing away of legendary Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar
Peshawar: Pakistan's top leadership and people on Wednesday showed their adulation for the 98-year-old legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar who...
Xi warns against politicisation, stigmatisation of COVID-19 origin
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on political parties worldwide to oppose politicising the COVID-19 pandemic or attaching...
UN body on human rights says disturbed over Stan Swamy’s death; India rejects criticism
United Nations/Geneva: The top UN human rights agency said on Tuesday that it was "deeply saddened and disturbed" by the...
UK PM Johnson confirms lockdown end on July 19, with warning pandemic not over
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed that all legal COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, including the mandatory wearing of face...
Facebook’s failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish
By Fiona R Martin: Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney & Aim Sinpeng: Lecturer in Government...
New post-infection treatment for COVID-19 identified
Washington: Scientists have identified a post-infection treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and successfully demonstrated its efficacy in...
Taliban take districts in NE Afghanistan from fleeing troops
Kabul: The Taliban's march through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several...