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SPAIN: Huge bursts of lava were seen shooting into the air on the Spanish island of La Palma as new vents opened in the Cumbre Vieja volcano. The intense lava flows that started last Sunday have forced thousands to evacuate, and on…

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have announced they will change Afghan Passports and National Identity Cards issued by the previous Government and said the documents will be valid for the time being, according to a local media report. The…

SWITZERLAND: The Delta COVID variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health Organisation has said. "The Delta variant now…

FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron has said France will double the number of vaccine doses it donates to poorer countries to 120 million. “The injustice is that in other continents vaccination is far behind because of us,…

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province from shaving or trimming beards, a media report said. "The Taliban have banned stylish hairstyles and shaving beards in Helmand Province in southern…

GERMANY: Germany's center-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in a national election Sunday, narrowly beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel 's center-right CDU/CSU conservative bloc in a closely fought race that…

UK: The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic reduced life expectancy last year by the largest amount since World War II, news agency Reuters reported citing a study by Oxford University. The study showed that life expectancy…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Washington for a three-day visit, received a warm welcome from the members of the Indian community at Joint Base Andrews in Washington DC. This was Prime Minister Modi’s first visit abroad…

The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police…

Germany is preparing to bid farewell to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after elections scheduled for Sunday. She has led Europe’s biggest economy for the past 16 years and has played a major role in Europe and on the…