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, ...