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Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties, economic recovery post-COVID with UAE counterpart

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held another round of "productive interaction" with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Two die as Tesla with 'no driver' crashes in Texas

Deputies said the car was travelling fast and failed to navigate a turn before running off the road, hitting a tree, and bursting into flames.

Hong Kong bans flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines for 2 weeks

This comes after the N501Y mutant COVID-19 strain was detected in the city for the first time.

Israeli police clash with Palestinian crowd in Jerusalem

Similar clashes have occurred nightly since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began last week.

Czechs to discuss alleged Russian link to 2014 blast with European Union

The central European country expelled 18 Russian embassy staff on Saturday and said that investigations linked Russian intelligence to the explosion, which killed two people.

Coronavirus | Canada’s Trudeau mobilizes federal workers in Toronto and rest of Ontario

The government will also seek to boost rapid testing, especially for essential workers, Trudeau said.

Israel opposition head calls for unity government

Netanyahu’s Likud party emerged from March 23 polls with 30 seats, making it the largest in Israel’s 120-member parliament.

Macron admits to error over green transition

“We have to increase the price of carbon and we have to help this transition to happen for entrepreneurs and our households,” he said.

Coronavirus | Half of U.S. adults have had at least one Covid vaccine dose: CDC

Around 84 million adults are fully vaccinated — 32.5% of the adult population.

11 killed, 98 injured in train crash north of Cairo

Train wrecks and mishaps are common in Egypt, where the railway system has a history of badly maintained equipment and mismanagement.

Five wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting Americans

The rockets targeted Balad airbase north of Baghdad, and two crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of U.S. company Sallyport: source

White House: No guarantees about Afghanistan’s future post-pullout

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will withdraw its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan by September 11.

Daughter of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he needs a doctor

“Allow a doctor to see my dad,” Navalny’s daughter Dasha, a student at Stanford University, wrote on Twitter.

Israel and Greece sign record defence deal

.The agreement includes a $1.65 billion contract for the establishment and operation of a training centre for the Hellenic Air Force by Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems over a 22-year period.

Macron says nations must ‘define red lines’ with Russia

“We will never accept new military operations on Ukrainian soil.” The West must demonstrate diplomacy and credibility in making that point, he said.

Protesters take seven officials hostage in Pakistan

The protests have paralysed cities and led to the deaths of six policemen

Saudi, Iranian officials hold talks to patch up relations

Ties were frozen after attack on Kingdom’s embassy in 2016

Variant from India being probed: U.K.

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - British health officials areinvestigating a COVID-19 variant originating in India but as yetthey do not have enough

Call for protests amid Navalny’s ‘failing health’

He is on a hunger strike in prison

Myanmar shadow govt. wants invite for ASEAN crisis talks

It urges foreign leaders not to formally recognise the junta

3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin tavern

Three people were killed and two were left wounded early on April 18 in a shooting at a tavern in southeastern Wisconsin, sheriff's officials

Coronavirus | Israel lifts public mask mandate, opens schools

All primary and secondary school grades returned to classrooms on Sunday, and health officials ended a year-long requirement to wear a mask in public spaces

Syria presidential election on May 26: Parliament Speaker

Speaker Hammoud Sabbagh said the window for nominations will be open for 10 days starting on Monday. Syrians abroad will vote May 20, he said.

U.S. FedEx facility shooting | Sikhs calls for gun reforms in U.S.

They held a vigil to mourn the victims of shooting that claimed eight lives

After child dies, U.S. regulator warns about Peloton treadmill

Sales of Peloton equipment have soared during the pandemic

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southwestern Iran

Iran is on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake a day on average.

U.S., China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency

China and the United States are the world’s top carbon polluters, pumping out nearly half of the fossil fuel fumes that are warming the planet's atmosphere.

Libya welcomes UN decision to deploy cease-fire monitors

The Government of National Unity also urged the council to help get mercenaries out of the oil-rich country, as it heads toward December elections after a decade of fighting and upheaval.

Coronavirus | France to impose quarantine on arrivals from four countries

Although flights from Argentina, Chile and South Africa will not be suspended, all arrivals from those countries will have to submit to the quarantine or face fines.

Biden says Navalny’s situation ‘totally unfair’

U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday that jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who doctors have warned faces imminent cardiac arrest due to his

Navalny’s doctor: Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’

Physician Yaroslav Ashikhmin said that test results he received from Navalny’s family show him with sharply elevated levels of potassium, which can bring on cardiac arrest, and heightened creatinine levels that indicate impaired kidneys.

Envoys to Iran nuclear talks hail ‘progress’ in Vienna

The talks also took place just a day after Iran said it had started producing uranium at 60% purity following an explosion at its Natanz nuclear facility that it blamed on arch-foe Israel.

Czechs expel Russian embassy staff, PM says suspected Russian link to ammunition explosion

Several explosions shook the Vrbetice ammunition depot, 330 km southeast of Prague, on October 16, 2014.

Riot declared in Portland protests after police kill man

Police said they dispersed the crowd so firefighting crews could douse fires before they spread in extreme fire hazard conditions.

France approves ‘ecocide’ offence to punish environmental damage

Transgressors will be liable to up to 10 years in prison and a fine of 4.5 million euros ($5.4 million).

Journalists allege police harassment at Minnesota protests

U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright issued a temporary restraining order on Friday prohibiting police at the protests in Brooklyn Center from arresting journalists or using force against them.

U.S. West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

Water levels in the Lake Powell and Lake Mead are expected to plummet low enough for the agency to declare an official shortage for the first time, threatening the supply of Colorado River water.

Guillermo Lasso | A victor of circumstances

The centre-right candidate’s win curtails the pink tide in Ecuador further

Our lands are under threat, say Tamils in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province

Systematic effort to change Tamil areas’ demographics, alleges Batticaloa MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam.

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