International

US: The remains of two people who died in the September 11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center were positively identified this week, as officials continued the difficult and heart-wrenching task of returning victims to their…

AFGHANISTAN: The first international commercial flight since the end of the chaotic western airlift from Afghanistan last month took off from Kabul airport on Thursday with more than 100 passengers on board, officials said. “We…

NIRTH KOREA: North Korea celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its foundation with a night-time military parade in the capital, state media reported on Thursday, publishing photographs of marching rows of personnel in orange hazmat suits…

AFGHANISTAN: he Taliban have been rounding up scores of demonstrators and subjecting them to abuse in overcrowded jails, according to journalists who were present. The repression follows a Taliban announcement on Tuesday that…

UN: As much as 97 per cent of Afghanistan’s population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a response to the country’s political and economic crises is urgently launched, according to a rapid appraisal released by the…

SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an extension of a global moratorium on Covid-19 booster doses, with an aim to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of its population. “A month ago,…

CHINA: China will donate 100 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries by the end of 2021, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday. Speaking at the 13th BRICS summit via video link, Xi Jinping said China has…

Pfizer’s top scientist defended the dose of the active ingredient in the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is lower than in Moderna’s vaccine. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has 30 micrograms of mRNA, while Moderna’s has 100…

Indian authorities are restricting major religious festivals that start this week and attract huge crowds, warning that a new COVID-19 wave had already begun in the financial capital, Mumbai. State governments across the country…

Since the early stages of the pandemic, people have claimed supplements like zinc, vitamin D and melatonin can help treat and prevent COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting vaccinated or…