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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…

Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus. How much the manufacturers stand to gain depends on how…

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…

The Taliban say they have shot dead four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies in public squares in the Afghan city of Herat. The gruesome display came a day after a notorious Taliban official warned that extreme punishments such as…

As millions of Americans remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus, health experts hope potential approvals of a number of different oral anti-viral pills - to be taken daily to treat coronavirus — become the final puzzle pieces for…

US: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described India and America as “natural partners” as he held the first in-person meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House during which they decided to further…

US: Four members of Donald Trump’s inner circle on Thursday received subpoenas to appear before a congressional committee to shed light on what exactly the former president said and did on the day rioters entered the US Capitol earlier…