50% Europeans on track to contract Omicron: WHO
BSS : More than half of people in Europe are on track to contract the Omicron coronavirus variant in the next two months if infections...
International
UN wants $5b aid for Afghanistan in 2022
BSS : The United Nations said on Tuesday it needed $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer...
Kazakh president fires rare criticism at predecessor after unrest
BSS : Kazakhstan’s President Kassym- Jomart Tokayev issued rare criticism of his long-ruling predecessor Tuesday, and said he expected Russian-led forces to leave the troubled...
UN rights envoy urges halt to attacks on Myanmar town
Reuters :Myanmar’s military must halt attacks on the town of Loikaw and lift a blockade on those trying to flee, a UN human rights investigator...
Nepal closes schools as Covid-19 cases spike
Reuters :Schools across Nepal will close for nearly three weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases, a government spokesman said on Monday, forcing more than...
UK’s biggest ever prehistoric sea dragon discovered
BBC Online :The fossil of the UK’s biggest ever sea dragon has been discovered by scientists, who are calling it one of the “greatest finds”...
Iran allegedly smuggling weapons to Yemen: UNO UN
BSS : The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran Tehran is...
Libya reports 592 new Covid-19 cases
BSS : Libya on Saturday registered 592 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths and 625 recoveries from the disease, according to the Libyan National Center for...
US, Russia hold high-stakes talks on Ukraine war fears
BSS : The United States and Russia opened talks on Sunday in Geneva on soaring tensions over Ukraine, with Moscow seeking a wide-ranging new security...
US, NATO take firm line ahead of Russia talks on Ukraine
BSS :The United States said on Friday that a diplomatic solution was possible with Russia but that it would not give in to its demands...
21 die as vehicles trapped by snowstorm in Pakistan
BSS :At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see...
India reports 1,41,986 new Covid cases, 285 deaths
BSS :India saw a single-day rise of 1,41,986 new corona virus cases, raising the tally to 3,53,68,372, which includes 3,071 cases of Omicron variant reported...