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Austin becomes first Black Pentagon chief

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Austin retired in 2016 after serving as the first Black general to head U.S. Central Command.

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

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Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations

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In rushing to court not even a week after Mr. Biden was sworn in, America's biggest red state signaled that it was ready to resume the role of chief antagonist to a Democratic President's immigration agenda

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. File photo

Twitter bans Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei after Trump threat

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Iran supreme leader did not call out the former U.S. President by name, but reiterated a vow for vengeance against those who ordered and executed the attack on Qassem Soleimani

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

New UK variant of coronavirus may be more deadly, says Boris Johnson

But the British PM stresses that the two vaccines being administered in the UK are effective against all strains

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday Jan. 22, 2021.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

Austin becomes first Black Pentagon chief

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. File photo

Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Twitter bans Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei after Trump threat

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday Jan. 22, 2021.

New UK variant of coronavirus may be more deadly, says Boris Johnson

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Trump impeachment article to be sent to Senate on Monday

Wider reach: Indian vaccine at Casablanca, Morocco.

Coronavirus | Myanmar, Mauritius, Seychelles receive Covishield vaccine

COVID-19

A container with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines is handled at the Tom Jobim International Airport on January 22, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Brazil President Bolsonaro thanks PM Modi for COVID-19 vaccines PTI

India began commercial exports and sent two million doses of Covishield, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, to Brazil on January 22.

Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing

Pfizer to supply 40 million COVID-19 shots for poor countries

YouTube bans German channel that spread virus misinformation

Biden administration believes WHO is vital to contain COVID-19 pandemic: VP Harris tells WHO chief

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South Asia

Pak media watchdog suspends licence of news channel for airing 'contemptuous' remarks against judges
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Pak anti-terrorism court jails 3 JuD leaders in terror financing case
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Sri Lanka reopens for tourists after 10 months
Meera Srinivasan

Coronavirus | Nepal, Bangladesh receive Covishield consignments
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Europe

New UK variant of coronavirus may be more deadly, says Boris Johnson
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Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyright
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Google, French press ink copyright payments deal
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Concerns grow over Eurostar rail service linking U.K., EU
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West Asia

Twitter bans Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei after Trump threat
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Islamic State claims deadly and rare twin blasts in Baghdad
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At least 32 killed in Baghdad suicide bombings
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U.S. to review Houthi terrorist label, says Blinken
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‘US seeks relationship with Iran based on mutual interest’

Time ripe for ‘new chapter’ in Afghanistan: US

Vietnam storm death toll rises to 57

US officials to meet Aung San Suu Kyi

Rana sought to sneak in people into US: FBI

Russia congratulates Karzai on re-election

In blow to Obama, Republicans win vital state race

Republicans wrested the Virginia governor’s seat from Democrats on Tuesday and vied for another in New Jersey, troubling signs for President Barack

Berlusconi’s unending legal woes

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to be headed for the courts again when corruption cases against him come up for hearing on the 27th

China accuses Dalai Lama of “sabotaging” ties with India

The Chinese government has accused the Dalai Lama of “sabotaging” ties between China and India ahead of the Tibetan religious leader’s November 8

12 Sri Lankan parties float new front

Twelve political parties in Sri Lanka, led by the main opposition party United National Party (UNP), floated a new front on Tuesday with the explicit

Bid to curtail Goldstone impact

France and Britain have embarked on a joint initiative to ensure that the Goldstone report which has accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza remains

U.K. admits it overreacted to London bombings

In an extraordinary mea culpa, the British Government on Monday admitted that it overreacted to the London bombings of July 7, 2005 by resorting to

Pak Taliban ‘prepared for a long war’

A Taliban spokesman denied on Tuesday that Pakistan has won a series of battlefield victories in its offensive in tribal South Waziristan, saying the

Karadzic attends U.N. court hearing for first time

Radovan Karadzic has appeared in the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal’s courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week to argue for more

Fiji expels Australian, New Zealand diplomats

Fiji’s military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has ordered top Australian and New Zealand diplomats out for allegedly interfering in the

Karzai calls on Taliban to join peace process

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on Taliban militants to lay down arms and join the peace process in his first press conference on Tuesday after

Tropical storm kills 23 in Vietnam

Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on

Korea raises N-threat, pushes US for talks

North Korea says it has completed reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium. The North’s official Korean Central News

Saudi launches campaign to make Haj tobacco free

In a bid to make this year’s Haj pilgrimage completely tobacco free, Saudi Arabia’s health ministry has launched a “no-smoking campaign” in the holy

Global protocol could limit Sub-Saharan land grab

New code of conduct could limit aggressive moves by China, South Korea and Gulf states who have been buying vast tracts of agricultural land

Senior US officials to visit Myanmar

Two senior U.S. officials made the highest-level visit to Myanmar in more than a decade for talks on Tuesday billed as a key pivot in Washington’s

Abdullah to play a role in future of Afghanistan: US

Though he withdrew from the presidential race, the White House on Tuesday said Hamid Karzai’s main opponent Abdullah Abdullah will play an important

Bangladesh court sends HuJI chief to police custody

A Bangaldesh court has remanded Sheikh Abdus Salam, founder of banned Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji), to six-day police custody after he was arrested

IAEA chief urges Iran to cooperate on nuke issue

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei has asked Iran to respond swiftly to the offer made by the US, France and Russia to

Honduras Congress not yet called back into session

The leadership of Honduras’ Congress will meet Tuesday to begin consideration of an accord that could reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, but no

To ease drought, Chinese scientists make snowfall

The residents of China’s capital rose in surprise this weekend to a city blanketed by the heaviest snowfall seen in recent years and the earliest

A bow of honour to WTC victims

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, part of it built with World Trade Center (WTC) steel, arrived in its namesake city on Monday with a 21-gun

China to develop space military capabilities

China’s Air Force will begin to develop “offensive operations” in space, a high-ranking military official has said in a seeming departure from

Zardari facing another debacle

Another political storm is brewing for President Asif Ali Zardari as his Pakistan People’s Party government prepares to bring the controversial

Sri Lanka asks U.S. not to quiz Fonseka

Sri Lanka on Monday categorically urged the United States to “desist from any endeavour to interview” its Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sarath Fonseka,

Suicide bomber injures 7 near Lahore

A suicide bomber exploded a car Monday at a police roadblock on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore, injuring at least seven police officers,

Outcry in Palestine after U.S. backtracks on settlements

The Palestinian group Hamas has reinforced its call for resistance against Israeli occupation amid an outcry in the Arab world after the Americans on

Swine flu vaccines will not be foolproof: WHO

The much-awaited swine flu vaccine, currently being developed, will not provide 100 per cent protection against the disease, the World Health

Bangladesh Cabinet approves law to return confiscated property of Hindus

The Bangladesh cabinet on Monday approved a proposed law to return Hindu properties which were confiscated during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, when the

Karzai declared winner

Afghanistan’s Election Commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country’s tumultuous ballot Monday, cancelling a planned runoff

Rawalpindi bears the brunt again

Yet to recover from the audacious attack on Pakistan Army HQ in Rawalpindi on October 10, the city bore the brunt once again when a powerful bomb exploded in the parking lot of Shalimar Hotel, near a branch of the National Bank of Pakistan. At least 20 people were killed and over 25 injured in the deadly blast.

UN climate chief: deal must be legally enforceable

The top U.N. climate official says a new global warming agreement must be legally enforceable because rich countries have broken too many promises to

Russia suspends all Il—76 flights

Russia’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday grounded all Ilyushin Il-76 medium lift transport aircrafts, following a crash of a plane in which 11 crew

UN secretary-general arrives in Afghanistan

The U.N. says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Afghanistan for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and his former challenger. The visit

Blast in Rawalpindi kills 34

Pakistan was reeling under more terrorist attacks on Monday, with at least 34 people killed and nearly 50 wounded in a suspected suicide bombing in

Iran to have new capital

Expediency council approves plan for new capital - which could be a new or existing city - amid earthquake fears over Tehran

UN suspends development work in northwest Pakistan

The United Nations says it is stopping long-term development work in northwestern Pakistan because of security concerns. The U.N. says Monday's

Pastors open online churches

Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the

Over 20 feared dead as boat carrying 40 sinks off Australia

Nearly 23 people were feared dead after a boat carrying about 40 suspected asylum seekers sank on Sunday, hundreds of nautical miles off the Cocos

Halloween bash at White House

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000

Rapid retreat of Tibet’s glaciers alarms researchers

Researchers in China have documented what they describe as the rapid retreat of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, the source of many of the

U.S. seeks Fonseka testimony on 'rights abuses'

Sri Lanka Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sarath Fonseka, currently on a private visit to the U.S., has written to the Sri Lankan Mission in Washington

Last round of climate talks open before Copenhagen

Negotiators from nearly 180 countries hope to nail down the outline of a plan to provide tens of billions of dollars a year to fight climate change,