Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who w...

South Africa orders 20 million Pfizer vaccines

South Africa has secured 20 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the health ministry said Sunday. Africa’s worst viru...

Russia detains over 1,000 at protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny

Police detained more than 1,000 people and broke up rallies in Moscow and across Russia on Sunday as supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Na...

South Korea to extend COVID-19 curbs into Lunar New Year holidays

SEOUL: South Korea will extend its social distancing curbs by two weeks until the end of the Lunar New Year holidays as new COVID-19 infect...

Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for t...

Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers: source

WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways on Saturday with two lawyers who had been working on his defense for his ...

Italy’s medicines agency approves AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine

ROME: Italy’s medicines regulator AIFA said on Saturday it had approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and Oxford ...

Airline sends 14,000 furlough warnings

CHICAGO: United Airlines said on Friday it warned some 14,000 employees that they might be furloughed, and aviation unions made a new reque...

COVID-19 face mask painted on giant English chalk figure

LONDON: British police are searching for the vandal or vandals who painted a COVID-19 face mask on the figure of a mysterious giant carved ...

Iran imposes mandatory quarantine for travellers from Europe

Travellers to Iran from Europe will be required to self-quarantine for two weeks after testing negative upon arrival, a health official sai...

Man charged over suspect package sent to UK COVID-19 vaccine plant

LONDON: A man has been charged after a suspicious package was sent to a factory in Wales that produces AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine resul...

India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency

MUMBAI: India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital...

India cuts off internet near Delhi as farmers begin hunger strike

SINGHU: India blocked mobile internet services in several areas surrounding New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hun...

UAE announces citizenship for investors, doctors, skilled professionals

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved law amendments, allowing investors, professionals, people with special talents and their...

Military helicopter crash kills five crew members

HAVANA: A Cuban military helicopter crashed in the mountainous eastern region of the country Friday morning, killing all five crew members ...

European regulator gives green light for Astra-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday approved AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, the thi...

COVID-19: Saudi Arabia extends travel restrictions, border closure

Saudi Arabia has extended the end of a ban on travel for its citizens and the reopening of its ports from March 31 to May 17, the Saudi sta...

Robinhood raises $1 billion of fresh funding from existing investors

Online broker Robinhood has raised more than $1 billion of fresh capital from existing investors, having been strained by high volumes of t...

J&J COVID-19 vaccine is 72% effective in the US, and 66% overall in large trial

Johnson & Johnson on Friday said its single-dose vaccine was 72% effective in preventing COVID-19 in the United States but a lower rate...

Small explosion occurs near Israeli embassy in New Delhi: police

NEW DELHI: A small explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Friday, a local police official said, adding that there were...

#GameStop: How Wall Street gains from ‘populist’ trading movement

Steep gains in shares of GameStop and other stocks this week have been described as populist market revolts. But among those out ahead are ...

Biden administration names former Obama aide Malley as Iran envoy: official

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Thursday named Robert Malley, a former top adviser in the Obama administration, as special envoy fo...

Six killed, 12 hospitalized in liquid nitrogen leak at poultry plant

ATLANTA: At least six people were killed and 12 hospitalized on Thursday after a suspected liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in the U...

British firm threatens to seize Indian assets to recover US$1.2 bn

A UK based Energy Firm-Cairn Energy- has threatened to seize Indian government assets after a US$1.2bn award by an international tribunal i...

Racing the virus: Why tweaking the vaccines won’t be simple

CHICAGO: After developing and rolling out COVID-19 vaccines at record speed, drugmakers are already facing variants of the rapidly-evolving...

Aramco will launch further share sales, says Saudi crown prince

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, on Thursday said that oil giant Saudi Aramco will hol...

American Airlines joins GameStop trading frenzy as calls for probe build

An almost 60% surge in shares of American Airlines led stellar gains for a series of social-media hyped stocks on Thursday, broadening a ba...

Kuwait extends grace period for illegal expats

Kuwait City: The Kuwait government on Thursday announced that the grace period for visa violators will be extended until March 2. In a Twe...

Portugal in ‘terrible’ phase of COVID-19 pandemic

LISBON: Portugal is in a terrible phase of the coronavirus pandemic and can hope for only limited help from abroad, Prime Minister Antonio ...