Macron takes to TikTok to push COVID vaccines

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday took to TikTok and Instagram to try counter misinformation about vaccines following the th...

US Senator Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON: Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham revealed on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, has f...

US will not lock down despite surge driven by Delta variant, Fauci says

The United States will not lock down again to curb Covid-19 but “things are going to get worse” as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases,...

Britain to offer vaccine booster shots for 32 million next month: report

Britain will offer COVID-19 booster vaccines to 32 million Britons starting early next month with up to 2,000 pharmacies set to deliver the ...

‘Powerless and angry’: Japan’s anti-Olympic activists fight on

TOKYO: Kai Koyama was standing outside Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium as fireworks burst overhead during the opening ceremony but unlike many of th...

Belarus athlete enters Poland’s embassy in Tokyo after refusing to return home

A Belarusian athlete at the centre of an Olympic standoff with her own country walked into Poland’s embassy in Japan on Monday, a day after ...

Thousands more Afghans can resettle in US as refugees, says State Department

WASHINGTON: Thousands of more Afghans will have the opportunity to resettle as refugees in the United States under a new program announced b...

UAE rolls out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17

The United Arab Emirates will start providing China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17, the UAE government said on Twitter o...

Australia tightens COVID curbs as Brisbane extends lockdown, army patrols Sydney

Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-h...

PIA schedules 11 especial Iraq-bound flights for Ashura pilgrimage

KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines has on Monday announced especial flight operations for Najaf pilgrimage starting August 11 wher...

Pfizer and Moderna raise prices for COVID-19 vaccines in EU

Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial ...

Lockdown in Brisbane extended as army patrols Sydney to enforce COVID curbs

SYDNEY: Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce s...

Myanmar military extends emergency, promises vote in 2 years

YANGON: Myanmar’s junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the militar...

Death toll in Turkey wildfires rises to eight, coastal resorts affected

ISTANBUL: The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast rose to eight on Sunday as firefighters battled for a fifth day to contai...

Fauci says he expects no new US lockdowns despite surging Delta cases

President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he does not expect the United States will return to lockdowns, ...

Taliban rockets hit Kandahar airport, clashes intensify in Afghanistan

KABUL: Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan with at least three rockets overnight, the insurgent group’s spokesm...

Pfizer, Moderna raise prices for COVID-19 vaccines in EU: report

Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial ...

Chinese cities test millions as virus cases surge

Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled Sunday to c...

Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude felt across Swat, seismic monitor confirms

SWAT: An earthquake with a measured magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale has hit the Mingora city and the adjacent areas resulting in peopl...