A top US official called Friday for Pakistan to take action against all extremist groups ahead of a visit to Islamabad, which has sought reconciliation with militants both at home and in Afghanistan.

The British army will begin delivering petrol to fuel stations tomorrow after fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying and forced the government to offer visa waivers to foreign truckers to plug the shortfall. “Almost 200 military tanker personnel,

Taiwan yesterday accused Beijing of bullying and damaging regional peace after Chinese fighter jets and bombers made their largest ever incursion into the island’s air defence zone. 

An Indonesian man named Khoirul Anam has created a stir on social media by ‘marrying’ his rice cooker. Khoirul Anam shared a series of pictures last week that show him dressed up in fancy wedding finery for the ceremony.

Hatice Cengiz, Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s widow, questions US President Joe Biden’s commitment to hold Saudis accountable three years after the writer’s brutal murder

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said he will not run for vice president in 2022 and will retire from politics, potentially paving the way for his daughter to contest the country’s highest office. 

2333 BC - State of Gojoseon (Modern day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao.

Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. 

US pharmaceutical company Merck said it will seek authorization of its oral drug molnupiravir for Covid-19 after a trial showed that the drug can reduce hospitalization by 50 percent. 

Afghan interpreters who worked for the Netherlands have been summoned to appear in court by the Taliban who have threatened their families, Dutch public television NOS reported on Friday. 

The world’s major economies must “stretch to do more” at next month’s UN climate talks to show they are serious about wanting to tackle global warming, US Climate Envoy John Kerry said yesterday. 

Qataris began voting on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state's first legislative elections for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council in a vote that has stirred domestic debate about electoral inclusion and citizenship.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he was retiring from politics, a surprise move that fuelled speculation he was clearing the way for his daughter to run to succeed him, despite her filing for re-election as mayor.

The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and people working in high-risk professions.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that North Korea was increasing instability after a series of weapons test launches including one which it claims was a hypersonic missile.

The UN warned of “unprecedented” malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, in a report published hours after the government sparked outrage by expelling senior UN officials.

The United Nations and the United States on Thursday spoke out over the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah and called on Bangladeshi authorities to investigate his shooting.

A long-planned round of Australia-EU free trade talks have been postponed, a European official confirmed yesterday, after fury over Canberra’s decision to cancel a major French submarine contract.

Amid surging infections, Russia yesterday reported a high for coronavirus deaths for a fourth day running as Australia said it will begin to reopen its borders next month.

British gasoline stations running dry, surging power costs in the European Union ahead of winter, forced restrictions on energy use in China and rising oil, natural gas and coal prices.