Saudi Arabia’s Hajj, Umrah minister advises pilgrims to get vaccinated
Al Arabiya News :Muslims who want to perform the Umrah pilgrimage are advised to receive the coronavirus vaccine beforehand, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and...
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2020 in a dead heat for world’s warmest year
BBC Online :New data from EU satellites shows that 2020 is in a statistical dead heat with 2016 as the world’s warmest year.The Copernicus Climate...
Pence opposes invoking constitution to force Trump out
AFP :US Vice President Mike Pence is opposed to using the constitution’s 25th Amendment to force President Donald Trump from office, despite pressure from democrats...
Gunmen storm wake in Mexico, killing at least nine
The New York Times :At least nine people were killed in central Mexico as gunmen opened fire at a wake late Thursday, the local authorities...
U.S. envoy to U.N. to visit Taiwan; China says playing with fire
Reuters, Taipei :The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, will visit Taiwan next week for meetings with senior Taiwanese leaders, Taiwan’s government and...
France braces for more duck slaughters to halt flu outbreak
AFP, Paris :French producers of foie gras called Thursday for a mass preventive cull of ducks to try to halt the spread of a severe...
Pakistan Sentences Lakhvi to Five Years for Terrorism Financing
Reuters, Lahore :A Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to five years in jail...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base in Gulf
Reuters, Dubai :Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location today, Iranian state media reported, at a time of...
Farmers from Uttarakhand hold tractor rally in Kumaon
Hindustan Times, New Delhi :Farmers protesting against the Centre’s three laws have organised a tractor march on Thursday, converging on the eastern and western peripheral...
Iraq court orders Trump arrest over drone strike on Iran general
AFP :A Baghdad court has issued a warrant for the arrest of US President Donald Trump as part of its investigation into the killing of...
Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo area as Covid-19 cases surge
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of the...
Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general
Reuters :President-elect Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals judge Merrick Garland to be the next US attorney general, a Biden transition official said on Wednesday,...