India has an official tally of 17.64 million infections, experts believe real number runs higher

Quake was of magnitude 6.0 with an epicentre in a hilly region near India's border with Bhutan

Shots reducing the risk of developing an infection by around 60% to 65% from four weeks after one dose

Kingdom's de facto ruler says Saudi Arabia will not accept any pressure or interference in its internal affairs

The Biden administration will maintain limited forces in Kabul to guard the sprawling embassy

Patients have died outside hospitals, gasping for air, as they wait to be admitted

India has called on its armed forces to help tackle the devastating crisis

About 2,000 athletes and staff would get jabs before travelling to the games which are scheduled to begin on July 23

Fully vaccinated people can eat, walk or attend small gatherings outside without a mask

At the same time, many countries are shutting their borders to travellers from India

A massive surge in Covid leaves many people struggling to find treatment, with hospitals overcrowded and out of oxygen

Health officials say around 70% of intensive care unit beds occupied

India is scrambling to move large quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in New Delhi and other areas

A Norwegian climber hoping to summit world's highest peak tested positive for Covid-19

Premier also apprises of Pakistan’s flagship climate change initiatives, including 10 billion tree tsunami project

The military upgrades will begin this year and be finished by 2026

Iranian president meets FM Qureshi; expresses Tehran’s readiness to meet Pakistan's energy needs

Police administrative worker, a mother of two, was stabbed in the throat on Friday

Intelligence chief Richard Moore says climate crisis is ‘foremost international foreign policy agenda item for planet’

The station was closed as a precaution while specialist officers assessed the item.

Hopes Istanbul Process would help make Doha Agreement successful in establishing lasting peace in Afghanistan

"Intensive care workers are sending one distress call after the other. Who are we to ignore their pleas?" Merkel says.

But at the time of his death, Bin Laden's local popularity had waned