Sri Lanka will conduct an investigation into allegations its troops committed war crimes during a conflict with Tamil separatists, it said Friday, a month before the UN Human Rights Council is due to discuss the island's rights record.

Sri Lanka to conduct investigation into war crime allegations

Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were set to confront Russian authorities on Saturday at nationwide rallies that the police have declared illegal and vowed to break up.

Russian critic Navalny's supporters to rally for his release despite warnings

Hong Kong's government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday, saying its 10,000 residents must stay home until all of them have been tested for the new coronavirus and results largely determined.

Hong Kong put under lockdown for first time since beginning of pandemic

Today in history: Deadliest earthquake on record, murder of Daniel Pearl, and more

Start your day with WION's daily news brief: From US National Guard members getting COVID-19 after Biden inauguration, to China's Wuhan celebrating its anniversary, here are the biggest stories of the morning.

Morning news brief: COVID spreads among National Guard troops, Biden to meet Trudeau, and more

Italy's data privacy watchdog ordered TikTok on Friday to block accounts of users in Italy whose age could not be confirmed by the service after a 10-year-old girl died.

After death of 10-year-old, Italy orders TikTok to ban unverified users

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, adding that the WHO intends to deliver vaccines to low and middle-income countries by next month, as part of its COVAX programme.

Low-income countries could start vaccinating by Feb under Pfizer deal: WHO

US President Joe Biden's administration is reportedly set to review the US deal with the Taliban. As part of this evaluation, the administration will focus on whether the Taliban has reduced attacks in Afghanistan.

Under Biden, US set to review deal with Taliban

Russian authorities on Saturday detained dozens of protesters supporting Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Many of them had taken to the streets after the opposition leader was jailed.

Russian authorities arrest over a dozen supporters of Navalny

Kamala Harris on Wednesday became the first woman Vice President of the United States, during a ceremony which took place at the West Front of the Capitol. 56-year-old Harris is the country's 49th Vice President and will serve as the deputy of 46th American President - Joe Biden.

Kamala Harris breaks barriers as America's first Black, South Asian woman Vice President

On Wednesday, Amanda Gorman made history by becoming the youngest inaugural poet in the history of the United States. She performed at the 59th Presidential Inauguration, delivering her original composition "The Hill We Climb" at the Capitol.

Amanda Gorman becomes youngest inaugural poet in US history

Russian Orthodox Christians celebrated the feast of Epiphany on Tuesday, which marks the end of their 12-day Christmas period.

Russian faithful takes Epiphany dip in cave lakes

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