PRAGUE: Slovakia on Friday lifted a state of emergency in force since October to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, but Prime Minister Eduard Heger...
PRAGUE: Slovakia on Friday lifted a state of emergency in force since October to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, but Prime Minister Eduard Heger...
BENGALURU: Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd said on Friday it expects to get 36 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in...
MADRID: Dutch tourists who visit Spain's Balearic and Canary Islands will no longer have to take a coronavirus test on their way home,...
BERLIN: Germany's seven-day rate of COVID-19 cases fell below a key threshold for the first time in nearly two months on Friday, paving...
TOKYO: Japan is declaring a state of emergency in three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Friday, in...
HANOI: Vietnam is seeking 31 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in 2021, its health ministry said...
LISBON - British holidaymakers are on tenterhooks as Portuguese authorities have yet to decide whether the country will allow them to visit from...
Gaza - A Palestinian mother and her three children were among the ten latest victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza...
LONDON - The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and the theory that it was caused by a laboratory leak needs...
SINGAPORE - Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it sought to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state. From...
DUBLIN - Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect it from what it described as a...
LONDON - Britain will adapt its vaccine rollout to protect people more quickly in areas where a coronavirus variant first detected in India...
Britain's sports minister Oliver Dowden is confident sports events can welcome back capacity crowds from June 21, though he said some "high-risk" venues...
TAIPEI - Taiwan reported a record rise in domestic COVID-19 cases on Friday with 29 new cases, as community transmissions in part of...
WASHINGTON - The United States stands with Honduras and condemns the "cynical use" of COVID-19 vaccines for political purposes, the State Department said,...
CANBERRA, Australia - Around half the passengers due to arrive on a flight from India to Australia on Saturday after a two-week travel...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Israeli artillery pounded northern Gaza early Friday bringing the front lines closer to dense civilian areas and paving the...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks...