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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 ...New COVID variant Omicron triggers global alarm, market sell-off
The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern ...Thailand doubles 2021 visitor numbers after easing quarantine rules
Thailand has received more than 100,000 visitors after launching a scheme earlier this month that allowed vaccinated tourists to skip quarantine, an ...Asian and European countries, alarmed by new COVID variant, tighten curbs
Asian countries rushed to tighten restrictions after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with Singapore and ...Islamist car bomb attack kills at least eight in Somalia
At least eight people were killed in Somalia’s capital on Thursday when Islamist militants launched a suicide attack on a U.N. security ...