COVID vaccine shortfall: The Abu Dhabi art dealer peddling jabs
An Abu Dhabi art gallery owner offered to procure COVID-19 vaccines for the Czech government amid global jab shortfall.
Are Jerusalem riots linked to the Palestinian elections? – analysis
This is Fatah's way of winning votes - by presenting itself as being at the forefront of the battle against Israeli measures and policies...
The high cost of India’s cheap garment exports
The garment industry is exacerbating India's growing water crisis.
Jury deliberations begin in Derek Chauvin murder trial
The jury will determine whether former police officer Derek Chauvin is guilty of murdering George Floyd.
EU warns ‘spark’ could set of escalation at Ukraine borders
Russia's troop deployment has sparked fears of an imminent escalation in hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
Cape Verde ruling party maintains grip on power
Movement for Democracy party is expected to hand Ulisses Correia e Silva a second five-year term as PM.
UEFA blasts ‘disgraceful’ Super League plan as backlash grows
UEFA threatens to ban clubs and players joining a breakaway Super League that has plunged European football into crisis.
COVID variants are hitting US young hard
Faster-spreading COVID variants are sending children and young adults to hospital with serious symptoms.
Pakistan PM calls for West to criminalise blasphemy against Islam
PM Imran Khan calls on Western governments to treat insults against Islam’s prophet as it does the Holocaust.
UK race report attempted to normalise white supremacy: UN experts
UN working group slams controversial report commissioned by the government, but PM Johnson stands by findings.
Is the South African COVID variant immune to vaccines?
Dr Khan examines fears that the coronavirus variant which began in South Africa might be able to evade current vaccines.
Amnesty: ‘Alarming crackdown’ on rights defenders in Congo
The rights group says activists who have spoken about the economic crisis and the handling of pandemic were targeted.
New Zealand says it will set China policy, not US-led Five...
Minister also says New Zealand is 'uncomfortable' with expanding remit of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing group.
Bangladesh extends coronavirus lockdown for another week
Bangladesh extends nationwide lockdown for yet another week to counter the spike in infections, says official.
Britain’s Johnson cancels India trip amid record COVID spike
British PM cancels his first major foreign visit since taking power in 2019 as coronavirus cases surge in India.
ISIL-linked group in Egypt claims execution of Copt, 2 tribesmen
A 13-minute video released by Sinai Province showed three men from Sinai being shot dead by armed men.
How the siege of Sarajevo changed war reporting
From the use of armoured cars and flak jackets to digital technology and live satellite broadcasts.
COVID roundup: India’s rising cases and a ‘travel bubble’
India continues reporting over 200,000 daily cases, but Australia and New Zealand open quarantine-free 'travel bubble'.
Will Russia attack Ukraine?
Moscow is massing its troops along the border with its neighbour amid heightened tension.
‘Like fire-fighting’: China carmakers struggle with chip shortage
Automakers around the world have had to adjust assembly lines due to chip shortages caused by high demand for cars.
New record rise in India’s COVID cases, deaths; curfew in capital
Delhi to be under curfew as India sees 273,810 new cases, taking total caseload past 15 million and record 1,619 deaths.