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In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, The Russian armys Iskander missile launchers take positions during drills in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukrainian leaders: Stay calm, Russian invasion not imminent

Moscow has denied it is planning an assault, but it has massed an estimated 100,000 troops near Ukraine and is holding...

26 Jan 2022 10:59 AM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHOs director-general. (AP file photo)

WHO chief warns against talk of -'endgame-' in pandemic

Conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge, it-'s dangerous to assume omicron is the last one

24 Jan 2022 9:46 PM IST

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they arrive for a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on January 24, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

NATO sending planes, ships to eastern Europe

Tensions are mounting as the West accuses Moscow of threatening to invade Ukraine by massing over 100,000 troops on its...

24 Jan 2022 9:32 PM IST

An instructor trains members of Ukraines Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia rejects UK claim of trying to replace Ukraine leader

Amid diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to meet Russian Defense...

24 Jan 2022 10:26 AM IST

World Health Organisation (WHO) European director Hans Kluge, speaks during a joint press conference (AFP file photo)

Europe could be headed for pandemic -'endgame-': WHO

The WHO regional office for Africa also said last week that cases of Covid had plummeted in that region and deaths were...

24 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

Members of Ukraines Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government

The U.K. government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment, without providing evidence to back it up

23 Jan 2022 11:13 AM IST

Boris Johnson not only failed to be consistent protecting the wrongdoer one day and abandoning him the next, he then donned ashes and sackcloth and became an enthusiast for banning second jobs for MPs. (AP)

UK-'s Boris Johnson faces Parliament test over lockdown party claim

Johnson has previously said that he personally broke no lockdown rules, but his troubles are mounting

12 Jan 2022 5:08 PM IST

A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children for distribution. (Photo: AFP)

Pfizer CEO says Omicron-targeted vaccine to be ready by March

Bourla said Pfizer could be ready to file for U.S. regulatory approval for a redesigned vaccine and launch it as soon as...

11 Jan 2022 10:31 AM IST

A medical worker administers a shot of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo: AP)

Vaccine skeptics slammed across Europe as Omicron rages

Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people

9 Jan 2022 1:11 PM IST

People walk past a Covid-19 testing station on January 4, 2022, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Soaring Omicron could lead to more dangerous variants, WHO warns

Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron...

5 Jan 2022 10:23 AM IST

People celebrate the New Year in Nikolskaya street near an empty Red Square due to pandemic restrictions during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

Omicronâ€™s New Yearâ€™s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022

In Paris, officials canceled the fireworks amid surging infections and reintroduced mandatory mask-wearing outdoors

1 Jan 2022 1:32 PM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

Armed intruder arrested at Queen Elizabeth II-'s castle grounds in UK

In her annual Christmas broadcast on Saturday, the Queen paid tribute to her beloved husband Prince Philip, who passed...

26 Dec 2021 4:30 PM IST