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FLASH BACK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcoming Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Hyderabad House in New…

AFGHANISTAN: Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of more Afghan cities on August 19 as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in…

AFGHANISTAN: China can play a big role in the “rebuilding, rehabilitation, reconstruction of Afghanistan”, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen told Chinese national broadcaster CGTN late on Thursday in an interview. Shaheen’s…

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf nation says. Mr Ghani left Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the capital city Kabul over the weekend. The UAE's foreign ministry…

Australia’s most populous state reported a record 633 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond Sydney. The previous record in New South Wales, which includes Sydney, was 466…

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that had tested postiive for Covid-19, his office shared that he was treated with a therapy not yet approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, but one of the few shown to be effective…

Almost 20 years before SARS-CoV-2, a related and even more lethal coronavirus sowed panic, killing nearly 10% of the 8000 people who became infected. But the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may have left some…

US health officials and medical experts announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be offered this fall, subject to authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and sign off from…

RUSSIA: The Russian Embassy in Kabul has said that Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not fit in, the RIA news agency…

AFGHANISTAN: In their first comments on governance, the Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to emolliate nerves across Kabul where women fear recurrence of the dreadful…