At least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured after a roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, the interior ministry said. The blast took place late on Sunday night, according to Zabul’s provincial governor’s spokesman Gul Islam Sial. He added that 25 people were injured including women and children who … Read more
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to US President Biden, described his work fighting the novel coronavirus, his time working alongside former President Trump and currently under President Biden in an interview with Channel 13 News on Wednesday night. “I would say consistently that my worst nightmare would be the appearance of a new virus that jumps … Read more
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed a decision by the United States to back intellectual property waivers for coronavirus vaccines, calling it “a monumental moment” in the fight against the virus. WHO Executive Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday commended the Biden administration’s support for temporarily waiving intellectual property rights as an example … Read more
President Reuven Rivlin will begin the process of facilitating the formation of a new government on Wednesday by meeting with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett. Rivlin invited other party leaders to convey their position in writing by 2 p.m. “If further clarifications are required, the president will consider inviting representatives of … Read more
Syrian air defences have intercepted an Israeli attack on several areas in northwestern Syria, including the port city of Latakia along the Mediterranean coast, state media said. The Israeli dawn attack on Wednesday also hit the town of Hifa, east of Latakia, and Masyaf in Hama province. Earlier state media had reported explosions near Latakia, … Read more
Walla and Bezeq owner Shaul Elovitch and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to strike back hard on Tuesday in the public corruption trial before the Jerusalem District Court. The trial now crosses into a new phase with the cross-examination of former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua. If the first seven hearings of the trial in April were … Read more
The U.S. vaccination campaign will soon expand to millions more people, but public health experts say the move raises complicated questions about supply and access. WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in adolescents 12 to 15 years old by early next week, according to federal officials … Read more
An increasingly powerful China is challenging the world order, acting “more repressively” at home and “more aggressively” overseas as it tests its growing influence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, in an interview on US television. “What we’ve witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more … Read more
The UN Security Council on Friday again demanded the restoration of democracy in Myanmar and the release of all detainees including elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as it threw its weight behind calls by Southeast Asian nations for an immediate end to violence and talks to resolve the political crisis resulting from the generals’ … Read more
United States President Joe Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, telling Americans that the country is “moving forward” again, after the coronavirus pandemic claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives and crippled the country’s economy. “After just 100 days, I can report to the nation: America is … Read more