Thousands still remain without power and water as icy storms hit Texas the state while Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday that all power generating plants in the state were back online.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz faces criticism over trip as Texas battles winter storm

In an attempt to salvage the nuclear deal, US President Biden's administration offered talks with Iran to be led by European allies. Watch: US State Department spokesman Ned Price said: "The United States would accept an invitation from the European Union High Representative to attend a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran to discuss a diplomatic way forward on Iran's nuclear program.

Biden administration offers talks with Iran over nuclear deal

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars after successfully encountering "seven minutes of terror" while touching down on the red planet. Watch: The rover landed at 2055 GMT becoming only the fifth ever to set its wheels down on Mars.

'Touchdown confirmed': NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover beams first pictures from Martian surface

After the Biden administration offered talks with Iran over the nuclear deal, foreign minister Javad Zarif said that the "US should unconditionally and effectively lift all sanctions or re-labelled by Trump.

US should unconditionally lift all sanctions imposed by Trump, says Iran after Biden offers to talk

The disengagement process at Pangong Tso lake between Indian and Chinese troops was completed on Friday as the tenth round of commander-level talks is set to take place on February 20.

India-China standoff: Disengagement complete at Pangong Tso lake; commander-level talks on Saturday

India on Thursday reported 12,881 new coronavirus cases along with 101 fatalities in the last 24 hours taking the total number of deaths to 1,56,014. Watch: According to the government, the number of active cases has now reached 1,37,342 with India's vaccination drive reaching 94,22,228 people.

India reports over 12,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 101 fatalities

The Indian government has said it will test travellers from Brazil, South Africa and the UK after detecting new virus strains. Watch: "All the travellers arriving from/transiting through flights originating in United Kingdom, Europe or the Middle East shall be mandatorily subjected to self-paid confirmatory molecular tests on arrival," the Indian government said in a statement.

India to test Brazil, South Africa, UK travellers under new travel guidelines

A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE vaccine by two-thirds, and it is not clear if the shot will be effective against the mutation, the companies said on Wednesday.

South African variant could reduce vaccine protection: Pfizer

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone for the first time since the change in administration in Washington stressing on close ties which lasted nearly an hour.

In phone call, Biden, Netanyahu discuss Iran threat, peace accords

The Australian government on Thursday slammed Facebook's news blackout as "heavy-handed" after the social media giant blocked sharing of news in Australia. Facebook's move comes after the government decided to make it pay media groups for content.

'Heavy handed': Several key sectors hit as Facebook blocks news sharing in Australia

A controversial tweet allegedly by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) terrorist who had reportedly shot and wounded Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai in 2012 threatened her in a tweet saying, "We will end what we had started this time around.

'Zero tolerance for extremism': Fake Taliban Twitter handle targets Malala

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