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Cyprus will introduce a new lockdown to quell rising COVID19 infections from Jan. 10, its health minister said on Friday, the country's second since the start of the pandemic.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hailed a breakthrough between Guld Arab states and Qatar earlier this week, saying the move to restore ties and lift restrictions was "very beneficial" for the region.

The findings come from a trial which evaluates the effect of treatments on a combination of survival and length of time patients need support in an intensive care unit (ICU).

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, will visit Taiwan on Jan. 1315 for meetings with senior Taiwanese officials, the U.S. mission to the U.N. said on Thursday, prompting China to warn they were playing with fire.

The coronavirus thrives indoors, particularly in crowded spaces, lingering in the air in tiny particles called aerosols. If even a few people were infected — likely, given the current rates of spread and the crowd size — then the virus would have had the...

I knew Wednesday would not be typical in the time of COVID-19. Instead of working in my basement, I was going to the Capitol.

A loud explosion was heard in the Yemeni city of Aden‮ ‬on Thursday evening, residents and a security source told Reuters.

Presidentelect Joe Biden has picked Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to lead the Commerce Department, helping set trade policy and looking to promote U.S. opportunities for growth domestically and overseas.

Indonesia is set to free Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who served a jail term for setting up a militant training camp and is suspected of links to the Bali bombings and other attacks in the world's biggest Muslim majority country.

United Airlines and American Airlines said they had boosted staffing at Washingtonarea airports and were working with law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of travelers and crew following unrest in the U.S. capital on Wednesday.

The first round of supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a brazen attack on the seat of government are due in court to face charges on Thursday, as police step up their search for perpetrators of violence.

Mexico's president on Thursday said conflicts should be resolved peacefully in response to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to overturn his election defeat.

Britain's rollout of COVID19 vaccines is being limited by the supply of shots, and the government is working with both Pfizer and AstraZeneca to increase supplies, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday.

Malaysia reported its biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases on Thursday as the government considered imposing restrictions in some areas, while businesses warned that another nationwide lockdown would further batter the economy.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Twitter condemned the "disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress. The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power".

Obama also singled out the Republican party and its media supporters, whom he said have "too often been unwilling to tell their followers the truth" about Democrat Joe Biden's strong victory in the November 3 election.