India kicked off its two year tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with the country's tricolour being installed at the indoor stakeout area during a special ceremony on a wintry afternoon at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Monday. ....

Spain's Ministry of Health on Monday reported 30,579 new coronavirus cases and 241 deaths during the New Year period between December 31 and January 4. ....

In an all out crackdown against the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant groups, Pakistan counter-terrorism authorities have arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the chief planner of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the LeT's current supreme commander of operations, on charges of terror financing. ....

China has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around UK, according to a publication run by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ....

A nurse in California tested positive for Covid-19 eight days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine approved for emergency use in the US. ....

The UK on Wednesday approved the Oxford University-AstraZenecas Covid-19 vaccine for use after authorisation by the country's medicines regulator. ....

A Indian man was killed in an alleged gunfight with members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) just days after the conclusion of the 51st Director General-level border coordination conference between the BGB and India's Border Security Force (BSF). ....

Sydney on Wednesday reported 18 new locally acquired coronavirus cases, raising concerns that an already active Covid-19 cluster could further increase. ....

Britain recorded more than 50,000 coronavirus cases overnight for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world, according to official figures released on Tuesday. ....

In a visible sign of turbulence in their relationship, the visiting Chinese delegation led by Guo Yezhou, a vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was accorded a frosty reception at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International airport on Sunday. ....