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UK tracks 41 cases of Delta K417N variant, extra measures taken

LONDON: Health officials in England have tracked 41 cases of the Delta K417N variant of Covid-19, an even more transmissible…

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‘Poor man’: UK queen expresses sympathy for under fire health minister

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth expressed sympathy on Wednesday for Britain's health minister who has faced repeated attacks from Boris Johnson's former…

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Afghan hospital burns after attack; Taliban seize border post in north

KABUL: Suspected Taliban fighters fired a rocket into a hospital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking a blaze that caused extensive…

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Nepal’s top court removes most of cabinet in blow to caretaker PM

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court delivered a fresh blow to embattled communist Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli by removing 20 recently…

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Nepal SC starts continues hearing on petitions against House dissolution

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday started the continuous hearing on a slew of writ petitions against the May 22…

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Pakistan’s ‘Strategic Depth Policy’ behind ‘unbearable suffering’ of Afghans

KABUL: Afghanistan diaspora in the Netherlands has blamed Pakistan's 'Strategic Depth Policy' for the unbearable suffering of Afghans along both…

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Afghan hospital burns after attack; Taliban seize border post in north

KABUL: Suspected Taliban fighters fired a rocket into a hospital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking a blaze that caused extensive…

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‘Members of Saudi hit squad that killed Khashoggi were trained in US’

WASHINGTON: Four members of the Saudi hit squad that killed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had received paramilitary training…

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Strong earthquake shakes Peru’s capital

LIMA: A strong earthquake shook Lima and regions of central coastal Peru late Tuesday, with no immediate reports of casualties…

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HK police arrest Apple Daily columnist under security law

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested on Wednesday a columnist of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on suspicion of conspiring to…

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