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RIYADH (AFP) - Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears...

Eid-ul-Fitr which is normally the most-awaited event for Muslims in a year, does not seem to be as festive this time due to the ongoing coronavirus scare and social distancing...

SHANGHAI: China on Saturday recorded no new confirmed cases of coronavirus for the first time since the pandemic began in the central city of Wuhan late last year. The National...

Authorities are scrambling to evacuate several millions of people as cyclone Amphan thunders towards Bangladesh and eastern India, with forecasts of a potentially devastating and deadly storm surge. But their...

Afghan Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has said the group was committed to its landmark deal which it signed with the United States in February. Akhundzada urged Washington "not to waste"...

UK's Cambridge University on Wednesday became one of the first universities in the world to move on all its lectures online till 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The university,...

US President Donald Trump has recognised the contributions of a 10-year-old Pakistani-American girl named Laila Khan during a ceremony organised to honour 'coronavirus heroes' at The White House on Friday....

GHAZNI: Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack on an Afghan intelligence agency post on Monday that killed at least seven personnel by a car bomb in the eastern province...

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote back to Pakistani students studying in Beijing, telling them that the country welcomes "outstanding young people" from across the world. Xi wrote back to...

Beijing on Friday rejected the objection raised by New Delhi over the construction of Diamer-Bhasha dam and said economic cooperation between China and Pakistan was aimed at promoting economic development...