World

A devastating fire in a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad killed 82 people in the early hours of Sunday. News agency AFP reported, quoting sources, that many of the victims were...

Geneva: The first case of COVID-19 variant responsible for the massive second wave in India, has been detected in Switzerland, the public health authority said on Saturday. “The first case...

A submarine which went missing since Wednesday was declared lost for good. The Indonesian navy gave up on Saturday and said the submarine had sunk and cracked open, killing 53...

Colombo: The reigning Mrs World winner has officially relinquished her title, organizers announced on Wednesday. Sri Lanka’s Caroline Jurie, who won the Mrs World competition last year in Las Vegas,...

Minneapolis: White former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering African-American George Floyd. The trial was a racially charged one that was seen as a pivotal test of...

London: The United Kingdom has added India to a “red list” of countries from which most people travel to the UK is suspended in view of the new COVID variant,...

Scientists have found a new experimental antiviral drug MK-4482, which could help in the treatment of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. It significantly decreased the levels of virus and disease damage in...

In a first of its kind directive since the coronavirus pandemic broke last year, the Brazilian government has advised women to postpone pregnancy, if possible. According to CNN, a government...

You have heard of oil spill, but milk spill? Local residents of a village in western Wales watched in awe as the waters of a river which runs through the...

Baghdad: Suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Saturday blew up an oil well in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk. The targeted well is part of the Bai Hassan oil field...