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S.Korea surpasses 1 million total COVID cases with daily record 06 Feb 2022 - 11:31 am

Seoul: South Korea on Sunday surpassed one million cumulative COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as health officials reported a daily record of...

UK's Elizabeth wants Charles' wife to be 'Queen Camilla' when he's king 06 Feb 2022 - 10:20 am

London: Britain's Queen Elizabeth said on Saturday that she wants Prince Charles' wife Camilla to be styled Queen Consort when he becomes king,...

Rescuers extract body of Moroccan boy trapped in well for 5 days 06 Feb 2022 - 12:10 am

Doha: Workers retrieved the body of young boy on Saturday who was trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco. The...

Russian bombers fly over Belarus amid Ukraine tensions 05 Feb 2022 - 09:06 pm

MOSCOW:Russia on Saturday sent a pair of long-range nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over its ally Belarus amid spiraling tensions over Ukraine. The Russian...

Turkey's Erdogan says he tested positive for COVID-19 05 Feb 2022 - 04:23 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tested positive for COVID-19, he tweeted Saturday. "Today my wife and I tested positive for COVID-19...

CDC backs Moderna Covid-19 shots after full US approval 05 Feb 2022 - 02:35 pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday continued its endorsement of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for adults, now that U.S. regulators have...

Two skiers killed in second deadly avalanche in Austria 05 Feb 2022 - 02:33 pm

ZURICH: Two skiers were killed by an avalanche in western Austria, police said on Saturday, hours after another avalanche in the same province...

Moroccan rescuers delicately digging toward child trapped in well 05 Feb 2022 - 01:48 pm

RABAT: Rescuers were delicately removing rocks on Saturday as they dug towards a young boy who has been trapped for five days in...

Biden administration restores sanctions waiver to Iran as talks in final phase 05 Feb 2022 - 12:27 pm

Washington: The Biden administration has restored a sanctions waiver to Iran, a senior State Department official said on Friday, as indirect talks between...

Rescuers inch closer to Moroccan boy, 5, trapped in well 05 Feb 2022 - 12:17 pm

Ighran, Morocco: Attempts to rescue a 5-year-old boy trapped in a Moroccan well stretched into a fourth day Saturday, with unstable soil threatening...

Increased Covid cases at Beijing Games no reason for concern, organisers say 05 Feb 2022 - 12:15 pm

Beijing: Covid-19 cases inside Beijing's Winter Olympic Games bubble hit the second highest since arrivals began after 45 new cases were detected on...

Pence says Trump was wrong that he could have overturned 2020 election 05 Feb 2022 - 11:21 am

In a sharp rebuke of his former boss, former US Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that Donald Trump was wrong to...

Deadly Afghan airport attack was not preventable: Pentagon 05 Feb 2022 - 10:57 am

Washington: The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives...

Fire hits Russian Embassy in Manila, employees evacuated 05 Feb 2022 - 10:47 am

Manila: A large fire broke out at the Russian Embassy in the Philippine capital, prompting the evacuation of employees and their families but...

Rescue effort continues as #saveryan grips Qatar 05 Feb 2022 - 10:24 am

Doha: Moroccan rescue workers said they are "almost there” reaching the child trapped at the bottom of a well. Support for the boy...

Australia Deputy PM apologises for calling PM Morrison 'hypocrite and liar' 05 Feb 2022 - 08:21 am

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce apologised on Saturday to Prime Minister Scott Morrison for calling him "a hypocrite and a liar" and...