BSS :Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial, the country’s most prominent rights group that chronicled Stalin-era purges and symbolised post-Soviet democratisation.The ruling against Memorial International, the group’s central structure, caps...
BSS :Rapid Covid home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated Omicron variant compared to earlier strains, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday.The news comes...
Al Jazeera :Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Stand News online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former editors and board members.The outlet issued a statement on...
BSS :Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is preparing to visit Russia following an invitation from his counterpart Vladimir Putin, an Iranian government spokesman said Tuesday, a first since 2017.Putin has invited Raisi to Moscow early...
BSS :Kuwait’s newly-formed government took the oath on Wednesday before Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.During the oath, the crown prince called on...
Al Jazeera :Baldev Kumar threw his head back and laughed at the mention of India’s resurgent GDP growth. The country’s economy clocked an 8.4-percent uptick between July and September compared with the same period...
BSS :President Joe Biden on Monday said some US hospitals could be “overrun” by Covid cases, but the country is generally well prepared to meet the latest surge and Americans need not panic.In a...
BSS :Tens of thousands more people were confined to their homes in northern China on Tuesday, as the country battled its worst Covid surge in 21 months and locked-down residents took to social media...
BSS :Dozens of Rohingya refugees intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said on Tuesday.At least 100 mostly women and...
BSS :Yemen’s Huthi rebels said on Tuesday that they had allowed the temporary resumption of UN flights into the capital’s Sanaa Airport, a week after a halt due to Saudi-led coalition air strikes.“The civil...
Xinhua, Islamabad :At least eight people were killed while four others injured in two separate shooting incidents in Pakistan, local media reported on Monday. According to the reports, at least five people were killed...
AP, Manila :The death toll from one of the most destructive typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent years rose to 388 on Monday, the government said, as disease outbreaks threatened some of the...
