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Putin hits back as NATO warns Moscow against attacking Ukraine
Russia would pay a high price for any new military aggression against Ukraine, NATO and the United States warned on Tuesday as ...Barbados becomes the world’s newest republic, renouncing British queen
Barbados ditched Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its ...Moderna says Omicron vaccine could be ready by early 2022 if needed
Moderna Inc. is having its best two-day rally in a year after the company said a new vaccine to fight the omicron ...Vaccines should give good protection against Omicron: South African expert
Existing COVID-19 vaccines should be highly effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalisation from the newly identified Omicron variant, a top South ...Nuclear talks resume as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling
World powers and Iran will gather in Vienna on Monday to try to salvage their 2015 nuclear deal, but with Tehran sticking ...Singapore, Malaysia reopen land border amid worries over the Omicron variant
Singapore and Malaysia reopened one of the world’s busiest land borders on Monday, allowing vaccinated travellers to cross after nearly two years ...South African doctor says patients with Omicron variant have “very mild” symptoms
A South African doctor who was one of the first to suspect a different coronavirus strain among patients said on Sunday that symptoms of ...Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy says military will ‘destroy’ Tigray rebels
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his soldiers would “destroy” rebels from the northern Tigray region, in the latest instalment of footage ...Israel tightens travel restrictions over new COVID variant
Israel on Sunday approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its ...Burkina Faso police fire tear gas at protest against militant violence
Police fired tear gas in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday during a demonstration against the government’s failure to stop a wave of ...