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Kuwait City: Kuwaitis head to the polls on Thursday to vote inthe second parliamentary election in the tiny oil-rich Gulf countryin less than two years.In December 2020, Kuwait elected a parliament...

Doha: The Egyptian-born, Qatar-based influential Islamist cleric Youssef al Qaradawi died at the age of 96 on Monday, his website said.He died in Qatar, where he has been living in exile for...

Dozens of people have been killed in fresh flooding in southern Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 1,265 in the latest floods.There were more than 50 deaths in the...

Senegal forward Sadio Mane arrived in Munich on Tuesday to complete a transfer from Liverpool to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.Sky TV showed Mane arrive on a private plane for the mandatory...

Tesla is to cut its salaried workforce my around 10% over the coming three months, while increasing the number of workers paid by the hour over the longer term, company chief executive Elon Musk told...

Vinicius Junior has confirmed his intentions to stay with Real Madrid, declaring: "I will continue with the biggest team in the world".The winger initially struggled to make his mark after arriving...

Berlin - The United Nations has warned that the war in Ukraine is having serious effects on its ability to deliver urgently neededfood aid to countries around the world, as much of it is stuck in...

Manila - A cargo ship caught fire on Sunday in central Philippines waters, leaving one dead and three injured, the coastguard said.The cause of the fire that gutted MV General Romulo has not yet been...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan foiled an attempt to boot him from office Sunday by getting the president to dissolve the national assembly, meaning fresh elections must be held within three...

Islamabad - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that people in the country were conspiring to topple his government and that the plot had foreign backing, in a vague reference to the...

Washington: The US is banning all imports of crude oil from Russia, US President Joe Biden said at the White House on Tuesday.The decision comes amid growing support from across the political spectrum...

Manila - Individuals who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 are not allowed to take public transport in the Philippine capital, amid a surge in cases, the transportation department said Wednesday....

New Delhi - Two Indian states, including populous UttarPradesh, have announced night curfews, while the cities of New Delhi and Mumbai have restricted social gatherings amid Omicron fears.India has an...

LONDON: Around one in ten Londoners were likely infected with Covid-19 on Sunday, according to new official estimates that underlined the relentless advance of the Omicron variant.Daily modelled...

Sydney - Skilled workers, international students, and other eligible visa holders are again allowed to enter Australia almost two years after the country's international borders were closed due to the...

Berlin: Signs were growing on Tuesday that lockdowns could very well be the order of the day as the world heads into 2022, with fear of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus growing and more...

British coronavirus rules have been relaxed for returning holidaymakers who are fully vaccinated in what the government is hailing a huge boost for the travel industry. From 4am (0300 GMT) on Sunday -...

The body of an eight-year-old girl who was eaten by a crocodile on Indonesia's Buru island two days earlier was found on Friday, an official said.Suci Ramadhani was bathing with her friends on...

Washington: Oil prices extended gains for the sixth day running on Tuesday amid tighter supplies and signs of growing global demand.Benchmark Brent crude futures rose 69 cents, or 0.9 percent, to79.41...

Climate change increases the likelihood of extreme rainfall and thus of flooding events like the one that hit western Germany last month, according to a study published on Tuesday.Given current...