The fate of Armenia’s prime minister hangs in the balance after parliament agreed to discuss protesters’ demands for his resignation over a ceasefire that secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The European Commission has proposed rules which would give the EU the power to declare a health emergency and stress test national plans to tackle pandemics, in a potential blow to the World Health Organization.

A blast at a World War One remembrance ceremony in Jeddah wounded several people on Wednesday, France said, urging its citizens living in Saudi Arabia to exercise maximum vigilance following what it called an attack using an explosive device.

China has urged the United States to stop boosting ties with Taiwan, after Washington and Taipei announced they would hold economic talks that Taiwan’s government described as a “major milestone” in relations.

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from Covid-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot.

Positive data on BioNTech and US partner Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine is an unlikely success for the married couple behind the German biotech firm, who have devoted their lives to harnessing the immune system against cancer. Pfizer said on Monday said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed the importance of the Kingdom’s ties with Iraq and the two countries’ determination to strengthen bilateral relations, in a video call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Tuesday, according to Al Arabiya News.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has warned that Covid-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide.

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Donald Trump's refusal to concede his election loss an "embarrassment" but dismissed the standoff as unimportant.

With his defeat in the US presidential election, Donald Trump finds himself fighting against being tagged with a label he frequently applies to rivals but which runs completely counter to his own brand: “loser.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliament’s upper chamber on late Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain’s EU exit treaty.

The African Union (AU) called for a ceasefire in north Ethiopia where federal troops fighting local Tigrayan forces were reported to have captured an airport yesterday and the region’s leader accused Eritrea of sending soldiers across the border.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliament’s upper chamber on late Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain’s EU exit treaty - a plan that has been criticised by US president elect Joe Biden.

Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday as part of a ceasefire deal to end six weeks of heavy fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces.

The race for power in the Indian eastern state of Bihar was set to go down to the wire yesterday as trends available late this evening indicated that the opposition alliance led by Rashtriya Janata Dal narrowed the gap against ruling National Democratic Alliance which includes BJP.

Palestine Liberation Organisation secretary general and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat died yesterday of coronavirus complications at the age of 65, the Palestinian president’s office said.

Collins Dictionary yesterday said that “lockdown” is its Word of The Year in 2020 following a dramatic increase in usage during the spread of Covid-19.

Thai Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha yesterday urged calm from all sides as tensions rise between royalist groups and pro-democracy protesters calling for reforms to the monarchy.

Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed -- who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize -- has ordered a military offensive on the northern Tigray region of the country. Ahmed, who won it for ending the 20-year conflict with Eritrea, is far from the first laureate to later wage or support war.

The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the eyes.