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The Covid-19 death toll in the US all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to start unwinding England's third and - he hopes - final coronavirus lockdown, as a quickening UK-wide inoculation drive relieves pressure on hard-hit hospitals.
Syria Insight: Regime walk-out leads to new 'constitution crisis'
For some the constitutional talks were a last hope in ending the Syrian war peacefully. For others, it was another attempt by the regime to stall for time.
Dubai airport sees passenger traffic drop 70% amid pandemic
As the travel industry collapsed worlwide, Dubai International Airport, which saw 86.4 million passengers in 2019, became a ghost-town of ...
Dubai 'surges' health care capacity as virus cases spike
Dubai increased its healthcare capacity as coronavirus cases rose.
Involving regional states in Iran talks will spell failure
Comment: It would be a mistake to allow long-standing and difficult issues of regional rivalries to interfere in future negotiations with Iran, writes Shireen T. Hunter.
Trump's journey from election defeat to second impeachment
Former US president Donald Trump has doggedly denied he lost the November election, and faces a second impeachment trial next week on charges he ...
Seeking justice for Italy's 2013 migrant drowning tragedy
In-depth: Survivors of a 2013 shipwreck that killed 200 migrants say Italy failed to take appropriate measures to save their relatives. A new UN ...
Iran receives its first batch of foreign coronavirus vaccine
The first batch of 500,000 Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines have arrived in Tehran.
Yemen rebels 'ready' for UN mission to repair tanker
Houthi rebels said they are 'ready' to allow a UN mission to inspect a fuel tanker that has been abandoned since 2015 and can cause a massive ...
Iran imposes mandatory quarantine for travellers from Europe
The change in measures came as a health official claimed that the COVIran Barekat had "completely neutralised" the highly infectious variant ...
Donald Trump impeachment trial to begin in February
The impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump commences in the first week of February.
Libyan leaders approve interim executive mechanism: UN
Interim UN envoy Stephanie Williams said 'Libyans have now a genuine opportunity to move past their differences and divisions' with this step
UK vows to exhaust all efforts to free Zaghari-Ratcliffe
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said his government had "intensified" negotiations to secure the "immediate" release of Nazanin ...
Scottish court upholds Lockerbie bomber's conviction
The Lockerbie bombing is alleged to be a retaliation for the downing of an Iranian passenger jet by a US Navy missile in July 1988 that killed ...
Scottish judges to rule on posthumous Lockerbie appeal
The family of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer, have battled for years to bring the case and clear his name.
Sudan: key dates in Darfur war
A timeline of the decades-long Darfur conflict as the UN and AU's long-running peacekeeping mission came to an end.
Mosul review: Netflix's war film invites polarised responses
Mosul tells the gruelling story of the Nineveh SWAT team's battle against the Islamic State, but overlooks civilian testimonies and the ...
Iran begins first human trial of locally made vaccine
Iran has not elaborated on its regulatory approval process or plans for more advanced trials.
Investigators name Nashville bomber, say he died in blast
Authorities named Anthony Warner, 63, as the sole suspect in the explosion that tore through downtown Nashville on Christmas Day.
Pentagon chief meets with Afghan president in Kabul
Miller, who is acting head of the Pentagon until President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month, and Ghani discussed the ongoing talks with ...
Top US general presses Taliban to end violence
Mark Milley "discussed the need for an immediate reduction of violence", his spokesperson said, in talks which marked his second ever with the ...
A decade on, Tunisian demands for change not extinguished
Tunisians in Bouazizi's marginalised hometown, Sidi Bouzid, say they are suffering from the same sorrows as a decade ago.
Few feel life has improved since Arab Spring: poll
A new poll suggests many believe inequality has grown worse since the pro-freedom uprisings broke out a decade ago.
An Interactive Timeline of the key events of the Arab Spring wave of uprisings since 2010
At least 26 security personnel were killed in an attack on an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday.
A Biden administration is considering taking troops out from Somalia.
The operation could begin by late January or early February, the UN spokesman said.
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