NEW YORK, 2 Dec 2021: The UN World Food Program (WFP) urgently called for US$2.6 billion today to address the serious humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where the lives of 3.2 …
SEOUL, 2 Dec 2021: South Korea today announced a reimposition of mandatory quarantines for travellers from abroad, irrespective of their vaccination status, after the omicron variant of the coronavirus was …
ISLAMABAD, 29 Nov 2021: The Pakistani Army moved to the northwest of the country today to contain overnight protests against the alleged desecration of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, officials …
GENEVA, 29 Nov 2021: The new omicron variant poses a “very high” global risk of new Covid-19 waves sweeping across countries with “serious consequences,” the World Health Organisation warned today. …
GENEVA, 28 Nov 2021: A growing number of countries are scrambling to protect themselves against the new omicron variant of the coronavirus by banning flights from southern African nations where …
DHAKA, 27 Nov 2021: Hundreds of students took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka yestrday, occupying the main intersections of the city and paralysing traffic – to demand the …
GENEVA, 27 Nov 2021: The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday identified a variant of Covid-19 detected in South Africa as a variant of concern (VOC) – a determination that came …
MOSCOW, 26 Nov 2021: A total of 46 miners and six rescuers have been killed as a result of an incident at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Russian region …
JOHANNESBURG, 26 Nov 2021: A new variant of coronavirus has been detected in South Africa, where infection figures are rising again, health authorities confirmed yesterday. “Unfortunately, we have detected a …
DHAKA, 25 Nov 2021: Rights group Amnesty International today demanded an immediate release of teenage Bangladesh girl Dipti Rani Das, in detention for more than a year over alleged blasphemy. …
