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The coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech was being sent to hospitals across the U.K. in super-cold containers ...Kuwait election sees two-thirds of parliament lose seats
Kuwaitis elected a new parliament in an election that saw two-thirds of lawmakers and the country’s only female legislator lose their seats, ...Bahrain becomes 2nd country to authorize Pfizer’s COVID vaccine
Bahrain said on Friday it has granted emergency use authorisation for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the second country after Britain to ...Saudi Arabia and Qatar near deal to help end Gulf crisis
Rivals Qatar and Saudi Arabia, along with neutral Oman and Kuwait, said Friday progress had been made towards resolving the Gulf crisis ...Almost half of Yemenis in acute food insecurity, new data shows
Famine-like conditions have re-appeared in parts of Yemen and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of food insecurity, new United ...Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon denied bail on fraud charge
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded into custody on Thursday after being charged with fraud, the latest in a string ...Britain okays vaccine as global Covid death toll nears 1.5 million
Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledged free ...Afghan government, Taliban announce breakthrough deal in peace talks
Afghan government and Taliban representatives reached a preliminary deal on Wednesday to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in ...UN worried as DR Congo struggles with political crisis
The United Nations has sounded a warning about a brewing political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a long-running impasse ...