Amid mounting pressure on Israel to cease bombing of Gaza, demonstrations were held in South Korea on Thursday against the killing of Palestinians. Activists gathered outside the embassy of Israel
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held their first in-person talks Wednesday. Lavrov and Blinken, who are in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, for the Arctic
More than 1.56 billion coronavirus vaccine shots have been given worldwide, figures compiled by Our World in Data, an online portal, showed on Thursday. China was the most vaccinated country
Public Health England said on Thursday that two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are around 85-90% effective against the symptomatic disease. Significantly, the analysis was based on real-world data
Israeli army on Thursday launched air and ground offensives on the Gaza Strip, targeting a civilian car, a house and an industrial zone. “The Israeli army targeted a civilian car
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to African countries have slowed down in May due to “the reliance on India as one of the key manufacturers globally, and the devastating surge of cases
Three more PKK terrorists have surrendered in Turkey thanks to persuasion efforts by the country’s security forces, said the Interior Ministry on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said the
Turkey has finalized a deal to buy 60 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, with an option for an additional 30 million doses. “This second supply agreement brings
A senior Israeli journalist has regretted comments on live television that a rocket fired from Lebanon failed to kill Arabs. “Unfortunately, it did not result in mass deaths there,” Kobi