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Approval of Oxford/AstraZeneca could relax restrictions
British regulatory approval of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca could accelerate the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, cabinet ...Azerbaijan reports attack on its troops in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Monday its army units have been attacked by “an illegal Armenian armed group” in Nagorno-Karabakh, killing one Azerbaijani ...Saudi court jails women’s rights activist for more than five years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison, her family ...European Union begins vaccinations to end Covid ‘nightmare’
Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine ...Russia’s president Vladimir Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV ...EU begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new ...Central African Republic rebel groups call off ceasefire before election
A rebel coalition that has been fighting the government in Central African Republic said Friday it was calling off a three-day ceasefire ...Libya’s eastern strongman urges troops ‘drive out’ Turkish forces
Eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has called on his fighters to “drive out” Turkish forces backing the UN-recognised government, as talks drag ...Ethiopia’s PM says forces have been sent into Benishangul-Gumuz region
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he had deployed forces to the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, a day after gunmen killed ...Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the ...