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‘Power of an Afghan girl’
An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government, officials said.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Pandemic: Oxford vaccine developer cautious on 2020 roll-out
The University of Oxford’s possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty, the lead developer of the vaccine said yesterday.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Pandemic sees Nobel banquet cancelled for first time since 1956
Fears over the coronavirus will see the Nobel prize banquet cancelled for the first time in over half a century, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reports.
21 July 2020, 17:47 PM
US accuses 2 Chinese nationals of hacking spree targeting Covid-19 data, defense secrets
The US Justice Department has indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defense contractors, Covid-19 researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide.
21 July 2020, 17:26 PM
EU reaches historic deal on pandemic recovery after fractious summit
European Union leaders have clinched an historic deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-throttled economies after a fractious summit lasting almost five days.
21 July 2020, 16:43 PM
Egypt’s parliament approves possible troop deployment to Libya
Egypt's parliament gives President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight "terrorist groups" and "militias".
20 July 2020, 20:27 PM
EU in ‘mission impossible’
European Union (EU) heavyweight Germany yesterday said that national leaders split over a massive coronavirus stimulus plan had sketched a framework agreement that could bring a successful end to a fraught summit dragging into its fourth day.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Iran executes spy who helped to track Soleimani
Iran yesterday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sudan to try ousted Bashir over 1989 coup
Sudan’s former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir, ousted amid a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, faces trial from today over the military
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Saudi king hospitalised with gall bladder inflammation
Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler King Salman was admitted to hospital in Riyadh yesterday for gall bladder inflammation, the royal court said,
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Astrophysicists unveil biggest-ever 3D map of the Universe
Astrophysicists yesterday published the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, the result of an analysis of more than four million galaxies and ultra-bright, energy-packed quasars.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Kanye West holds chaotic opening of 2020 polls bid
US rapper Kanye West broke down in tears on Sunday at the chaotic launch of his unlikely campaign to oust Donald Trump as president in November elections.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Breakthrough’ treatment slashes virus death risk
An aerosol-based treatment could drastically reduce the number of new coronavirus patients dying from the disease or requiring intensive care, according to preliminary results released yesterday by a British biotech firm.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Floods kill scores in India’s Assam
Intense rain and floods in the Indian state of Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 2.75 million since May, authorities said yesterday, as they tried to collect the bodies of nine rare rhinos drowned in the past 10 days.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
UK going down ‘wrong path’
China yesterday warned that Britain was heading down “a wrong path” as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was expected to announce the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, raising tensions between the countries.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
China slams Britain’s comments on Uighurs as ‘slander’
China hits back at comments by Britain’s foreign secretary that accused Beijing of “gross” human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang.
20 July 2020, 13:57 PM
Twitter disables Trump tweet over copyright complaint
Twitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Syria votes for new parliament
Syrians yesterday voted to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus will disappear: Trump
US President Donald Trump continues to insist the coronavirus will disappear one day, despite the recent surge in cases in several states like California, Texas, Arizona and Florida, and has said his predictions will be vindicated when all is said and done.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Debt freeze extension to poor states: G20 stops short of declaration
Finance officials from the Group of 20 countries has called for all official bilateral creditors to implement fully a short-term debt freeze for the world’s poorest countries, but stopped short of extending the initiative into next year.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM