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Published by Al-Araby Britain on Monday summoned Iran’s ambassador to London in response to what it claims was a Tehran-ordered attack on a merchant vessel off the coast of Oman that killed a British and Romanian national. “The Iranian ambassador to the UK, Mohsen Baharvand, was summoned today to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office… […]

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands more Afghans who may be targets of Taliban violence due to their U.S. affiliations will have the opportunity to resettle as refugees in the United States under a new program announced by the State Department on Monday. Reuters exclusively reported on plans to set up the “Priority Two” refugee

Published by Reuters By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia’s east coast states of New South Wales and Queensland faced an escalating battle against the COVID-19 Delta variant on Sunday, with millions under strict lockdown and authorities urging more testing and vaccinations to rein in the outbreaks. Sydney and its surroundings, under a stay-at-home order for

Published by Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan with at least three rockets overnight, the insurgent group’s spokesman said on Sunday, adding that the aim was to thwart air strikes conducted by Afghan government forces. “Kandahar airport was targeted by us because the enemy were using it as a

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Governments around the world on Thursday raced to head off a surge in coronavirus cases driven by the Delta variant, with US President Joe Biden offering new incentives to vaccine holdouts and Israel authorizing booster shots. The World Health Organization warned the highly transmissible strain of the virus, first

Published by Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India reported 44,230 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the most in three weeks, the latest evidence of a worrying trend of rising cases that has forced one state to lock down amid fears of another wave of infections. India was battered by the Delta variant of the virus in

Newscraving Desk: Srinagar The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) said today that its executive members Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat, Bilal lone and Masroor Abaas Ansari were permission to meet  chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on his recovery from COVID-19. Following this, APHC members held a meeting at Lone’s residence as they  condemned their chairman’s “continued and arbitrary house detention since August

Published by Reuters By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is expected to delay a partial rollback of a controversial migrant expulsion policy, according to three people familiar with the matter, citing fears related to the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus. The administration of President Joe Biden had planned to exempt migrant

Published by Reuters By Colin Packham and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s military will help enforce a lockdown in Sydney after the city of 6 million posted a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases on Thursday and state authorities said the outbreak was likely to get worse. The lockdown of Australia’s biggest city has increased

Newscraving  Desk Jammu Flash floods triggered by cloud burst in Hanzor area of Dachhan in Kishtwar district have led to death of 5 people while around 25 to 26 are feared missing in the area. Authorities also rescued 12 persons in an injured condition. SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Bhat said that 6 houses and 1 ration