Rohingya protest against living conditions at camps on Bangladesh island
DHAKA, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees have staged protests against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Bangladesh where they were moved from vast camps on the...
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India reports 4,529 Covid deaths in single-day spike
NEW DELHI, India: India has reported a record 4,529 deaths caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours while new cases rose by 267,334....
21 killed, 100 missing as Cyclone Tauktae batters Inida’s Gujarat
GUJARAT, India: At least 21 people have been killed and nearly 100 others missing after a monster cyclone slammed into western India, compounding the misery...
India’s Covid cases cross 25 million as death soar by record 4,329
NEW DELHI, India: The health ministry’s official data showed that India’s total coronavirus cases have surpassed the 25 million mark, boosted by 263,533 new infections...
Thailand records highest number of Covid-19 cases amid prison outbreak
BANGKOK, Thailand: Thailand has witnessed its highest number of daily Covid-19 pandemic cases, with the majority of the new infections stemming from the country’s overcrowded...
Maldives ex-president Mohamed Nasheed ‘critical’ after bomb blast
MALE, Maldives: Mohamed Nasheed sustained several wounds in the blast and was taken to ADK Hospital where he underwent multiple “successful” surgeries. On Friday afternoon,...
India records 3,980 deaths in highest single-day spike
NEW DELHI, India: India has reported more than 400,000 coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while the number of dead from the virus rose...
Turkish president, Saudi king discuss ties over phone
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz have discussed bilateral ties in a call, the second conversation between...
India records over 20 million cases amid oxygen shortage
NEW DELHI, India: India has recorded more than 20 million Covid infections, but the government claimed that cases are “slowing down”. The country added more...
3,417 more die as Covid cases in India soar to 20 million
NEW DELHI, India: India has reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of...