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Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s state ...US approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as millions of doses begin shipping
The United States said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, ...Israel and Morocco agree to normalise relations in latest Trump-brokered deal
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to recognize Israel in a diplomatic ...Turkey condemns seizure of vessel by east Libyan forces
Turkey on Tuesday condemned the interception of one of its ships by eastern-based Libyan forces in the Mediterranean, saying it must be ...Mount Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height
The highest point on Earth got a bit higher Tuesday as China and Nepal finally agreed on a precise elevation for Mount ...Pfizer coronavirus vaccine data gets positive review from U.S. regulators
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a positively-worded briefing document Tuesday that said the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is safe and ...UK starts mass Covid vaccination programme
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside ...Brexit crunch time as EU and UK still divided over trade deal
Brexit trade talks hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant ...UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world
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, ...