Huge plume of black smoke towers over Tehran as major blaze breaks out at Iranian refinery (WATCH LIVE)
A serious fire erupted at a refinery in the southern part of Tehran on Wednesday,…More
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Over 8,700 killed on train tracks in India last year despite Covid-19 lockdown limiting railway services
More than 8,700 people died after being struck by trains in India in 2020 despite…More
‘Hundreds’ of photos show Aussie troops chugging beer from dead Afghan’s prosthetic leg, court is told
Lawyers for a soldier suing several media outlets for defamation have claimed that hundreds of…More
Australia, Sweden & Spain commit millions more doses & dollars to Covax vaccination scheme as pledged funds beat program target
The governments of Sweden, Spain, Australia, and other states have pledged to donate millions more…More
More than 100 million workers forced into poverty by Covid-19 pandemic, says UN
The Covid-19 pandemic has plunged more than 100 million workers into poverty, the UN has…More
Singapore uses special access route to fast-track use of China’s Sinovac Covid vaccine
Singapore’s health ministry has announced China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine has been cleared for use under…More
Some 60% of German respondents would like to get Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine – poll
About 60% of Germans would like to get vaccinated with the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine…More
Erdogan vows to target refugee camp in campaign against PKK, unless UN cleans it up first
Turkey’s president has warned that he could target a refugee camp, deemed an “incubator” for…More
Herzog elected Israel’s new president with 87 votes, as midnight deadline looms for opposition to oust Netanyahu
Isaac Herzog has been elected Israel’s eleventh president, winning a sizeable majority of 87 votes…More
Israel finds ‘likely’ link between Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and cases of heart inflammation in young males
A specially appointed epidemiological team has found “a likelihood of a link” between receiving the…More