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Omicron: Safari tourism takes a hit

Dinokeng Game Reserve: Recent travel bans imposed on South Africa and neighboring countries in response to the discovery of the omicron variant in Read more...

Blast at Iran’s Natanz but no sabotage says Govt ...

Tehran: A loud explosion was heard near Iran’s main nuclear facilities in Natanz, which have previously been targeted by sabotage attacks, bu Read more...

Jobless & desperate: Afghans stream to Iran ...

Herat (Afghanistan): Over the course of an hour on a recent night, the bus waiting in the Herat station filled with passengers. Mostly young men, t Read more...

No reprieve: 4 year jail term for Suu Kyi ...

Bangkok: A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monda Read more...

Era ends : EU will miss Merkel

Berlin: Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005.Read more...

‘Next virus will be more lethal, contagious’ ...

London: The scientist behind the creation of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine, administered in India as Covishield to protect against COVID-19, on M Read more...

Help Afghan girls: Malala’s plea to Blinken ...

Washington/Kabul: Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has delivered a message from Sotooda Forotan, an Afghan school g Read more...

Riyadh-Beirut ties: France for peace

Dubai: France’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a joint phone call with Lebanon’s prime minister during Emmanuel M Read more...

US-Russia ties: Ukraine emerges as flashpoint ...

Biden says he and his advisers are preparing a comprehensive set of  initiatives aimed at deterring Putin from an invasion

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US, allies slam Taliban’s targeted killings ...

Berlin: The United States and a group of Western countries including Germany, France and Britain have expressed concern over reported killings and Read more...