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NEW DELHI: The Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization said. Here are the latest updates about the new coronavirus variant: The on Thursday decided to extend the suspension of international passenger...
Canberra: Extreme weather conditions are continuing to wreak havoc during Australia's early summer season with flooding in the nation's east and bushfires in the west. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecast further showers and a possible severe thunderstorm...
LONDON: The UK will move to "Plan B" restrictions to combat the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant this winter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. At a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday night, the Prime Minister asked people...
WASHINGTON: US and Israeli defense chiefs are expected on Thursday to discuss possible military exercises that would prepare for a worst-case scenario to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities should diplomacy fail and if their nations' leaders request it,...
Ankara: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation during which they vowed to open a new phase in the relationship between the two countri. "Soon, with the holding of a joint summit in Tehran,...
Tripoli: Libya’s upper house on Wednesday proposed delaying December presidential elections by two months, the latest dispute over the vote intended to help end 10 years of violence. A United Nations-led political process targeting December 24 polls has...
Tokyo: After several countries announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a political analyst called on Tokyo to diplomatically shun the event and go 'beyond' it by stopping Japan ese athletes from attending its opening ceremony. "Japan...
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat was alive when he was pulled out of the crashed IAF Mi-17V5 chopper, a fireman who was part of the rescue team said. The rescuer said the late CDS also told his name when he was being evacuated...
RSF report: At least 127 journalists are currently detained in China, the 'world's biggest captor of journalists', where President Xi Jinping has created a 'nightmare' of media oppression worthy of the Mao Zedong-era, Reporters Without Borders (RSF),...
Lima: A search and rescue team has found a Peruvian military helicopter that went missing on Tuesday with all five crew members who have died in the confirmed crash, the national air force said. On Tuesday, the Peruvian Defense Ministry said that the...
Jerusalem: Israel's health ministry on Wednesday announced the extension of the quarantine period for those who tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The quarantine period for Omicron patients has been extended to 14 days, compared with 10...
WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has offered condolences over the demise of Indian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife and defence personnel who died in a tragic chopper crash. Blinken took to Twitter...