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White House says US will not lift travel restrictions at this point

White House says US will not lift travel restrictions at this point

Reuters 2021-07-27 12:11:38

The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions "at this point" due to concerns over the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant and the rising number of US coronavirus cases, the...

Australia's Victoria to lift strict Covid lockdown, Sydney cases surge

Australia's Victoria to lift strict Covid lockdown, Sydney cases surge

-- 2021-07-27 11:10:47

Australia’s Victoria state said on Tuesday it will lift a strict lockdown after curtailing the spread of COVID-19, while neighbouring New South Wales faces an extension of restrictions after dai...

Imran Khan's party wins Kashmir election

Imran Khan's party wins Kashmir election

-- 2021-07-27 10:42:07

The ruling party of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has won a majority of seats in Pakistan-administered Kashmir's regional assembly, the head of the election commission announced on Monday. Ana...

South, North Korea seek to rebuild ties

South, North Korea seek to rebuild ties

REUTERS 2021-07-27 10:12:49

South and North Korea have restored their once-severed hotlines as part of efforts by the two countries' leaders to rebuild strained ties, Seoul's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday. South Korea...

57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast

57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast

Reuters 2021-07-27 08:55:21

At least 57 people drowned on Monday after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums, the latest tragedy in the central Mediterranean, the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) sai...

Biden, Kadhimi seal agreement to end  US combat mission in Iraq by year end

Biden, Kadhimi seal agreement to end US combat mission in Iraq by year end

REUTERS 2021-07-27 08:38:15

US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi have sealed an agreement formally ending the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021. The Democratic president is completing US...

Umrah for pilgrims abroad to resume on August 10

Umrah for pilgrims abroad to resume on August 10

-- 2021-07-26 20:21:17

Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the resumption of Umrah service for pilgrims abroad from August 10 following a successful Hajj season. Umrah for Saudis and expatriate residents in the Kingdom restar...

Torrential rains kill over 160 in India, dozens trapped in landslides

Torrential rains kill over 160 in India, dozens trapped in landslides

-- 2021-07-26 19:43:24

Rescue teams in India were digging through thick sludge and debris on Monday to find over 60 people trapped in landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains that have so far claimed more than 160 live...

Southeast Asia's virus cases hit new highs

Southeast Asia's virus cases hit new highs

Reuters 2021-07-26 15:07:23

Thailand reported a record number of coronavirus cases on Monday, while Malaysia has notched up more than 1 million infections, as the virulent Delta variant carves a deadly path through Southeast Asi...

Afghan civilian casualties hit record high in May-June: UN

Afghan civilian casualties hit record high in May-June: UN

Reuters 2021-07-26 13:30:34

Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians were killed or injured in May and June as fighting between Taliban insurgents and Afghan security forces escalated, the highest number for those two months since records...

Kidnappers in Nigeria free 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held

Kidnappers in Nigeria free 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held

Reuters 2021-07-26 10:39:47

Kidnappers who raided a boarding school in northern Nigeria earlier this month released 28 children on Sunday but another 81 remain in captivity, according to a pastor involved in the negotiations for...

China's for-profit private education firms brace for hit

China's for-profit private education firms brace for hit

Reuters 2021-07-26 10:34:56

China’s private education firms are bracing for a “material” hit to their operations after Beijing announced new rules barring for-profit tutoring in core school subjects to ease fin...

China accuses US of creating 'imaginary enemy'

China accuses US of creating 'imaginary enemy'

-- 2021-07-26 10:13:37

China accused the United States of creating an "imaginary enemy", adding that it was unqualified to level criticism on human rights at a meeting on Monday with the second-ranking US diplomat. The Uni...

Tunisia's democracy in crisis as president ousts government

Tunisia's democracy in crisis as president ousts government

Reuters 2021-07-26 10:11:47

Tunisia faced its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the activities of parliament, a move his foes labelled a coup that should...

Landslide claims nine lives in India’s Himachal

Landslide claims nine lives in India’s Himachal

-- 2021-07-26 09:54:27

At least nine people were killed by a landslide in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday as boulders fell and hit the vehicle they were travelling in, news agency ANI reported. The...

Israeli airlines start direct flights to Morocco after improved ties

Israeli airlines start direct flights to Morocco after improved ties

REUTERS 2021-07-25 19:28:51

Two Israeli carriers on Sunday launched nonstop commercial flights to Marrakesh from Tel Aviv following the upgrading of diplomatic relations last year between Morocco and Israel. Israel and Morocco...

Sierra Leone parliament repeals death penalty

Sierra Leone parliament repeals death penalty

REUTERS 2021-07-25 16:15:27

Sierra Leone's parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African country carried out its last execution. Sierra Leone's President Julius...

Typhoon In-fa sweeps into China’s east coast, cancelling flights

Typhoon In-fa sweeps into China’s east coast, cancelling flights

-- 2021-07-25 15:40:21

Typhoon In-fa hit China’s east coast south of Shanghai on Sunday, after airline flights and trains were cancelled and the public was ordered to stay indoors. The typhoon made landfall in Zhoush...

Sydney to get extra doses of Pfizer vaccine as Covid cases mount

Sydney to get extra doses of Pfizer vaccine as Covid cases mount

-- 2021-07-25 12:20:00

Sydney will get 50,000 more doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week to battle its worsening COVID outbreak, Canberra said on Saturday, reversing a rebuff by the Australian government and other states th...

Curfew imposed in Afghanistan to counter Taliban advances

Curfew imposed in Afghanistan to counter Taliban advances

-- 2021-07-25 10:44:27

The Afghan government imposed a curfew across almost all of the country on Saturday in an attempt to stop the Taliban from invading cities, BBC News reports. Aside from the capital Kabul and two ot...

Water-related hazards top list of 10 most destructive disasters, says WMO

Water-related hazards top list of 10 most destructive disasters, says WMO

UNB 2021-07-24 21:14:10

Water-related hazards now top the list of natural disasters with the highest human losses in the past 50 years, according to the UN weather agency. The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Wea...

Indonesia, Asia's Covid epicentre, mulls relaxing social curbs

Indonesia, Asia's Covid epicentre, mulls relaxing social curbs

-- 2021-07-24 12:23:01

Indonesia is suffering a devastating wave of coronavirus infections, driven by the Delta variant, but the government is already talking about relaxing social curbs enacted earlier this month - a move...

Biden approves $100m in emergency funds for Afghan refugees

Biden approves $100m in emergency funds for Afghan refugees

REUTERS 2021-07-24 11:37:04

US President Joe Biden on Friday authorised up to $100 million from an emergency fund to meet "unexpected urgent" refugee needs stemming from the situation in Afghanistan, including for Afghan special...

Biden assures Afghan president of continued US support as Taliban pile pressure

Biden assures Afghan president of continued US support as Taliban pile pressure

Reuters 2021-07-24 10:07:52

With the last US forces on the way out of Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden assured President Ashraf Ghani of US diplomatic and humanitarian support on Friday as Taliban advances piled pressure on t...

Rains trigger floods and landslides in India, at least 67 dead

Rains trigger floods and landslides in India, at least 67 dead

REUTERS 2021-07-23 17:55:11

At least 67 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds...

Food systems that ignore needs of poor are doomed to fail:  IFAD

Food systems that ignore needs of poor are doomed to fail: IFAD

-- 2021-07-23 16:48:45

President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gilbert F Houngbo on Friday said their attempts to create more equitable and sustainable food systems are doomed to fail if they...

Heavy rains kill 18 in India

Heavy rains kill 18 in India

Reuters 2021-07-23 14:51:40

At least 18 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooding that submerged low lying areas and cut off hundreds of villages, a...

Once Germany’s strength, water now threatens the country

Once Germany’s strength, water now threatens the country

REUTERS 2021-07-23 14:05:36

Bad Muenstereifel's transformation from picturesque but sleepy German tourist town into an outlet shopping centre put it on the map for millions of visitors. Then floods laid waste to its medieval st...

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 1m mark

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 1m mark

-- 2021-07-23 13:15:11

Pakistan has confirmed 1,425 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, leading the country's tally to cross the 1-million mark, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said Friday morning....

India reports another 35,342 virus cases

India reports another 35,342 virus cases

Reuters 2021-07-23 11:14:09

India reported on Friday 35,342 new Covid-19 cases, the federal health ministry said. The country's tally of infections now stands at 31.26 million, health ministry data showed.