The number of COVID-19 cases in London has increased significantly over the past two weeks and we continue to experience the highest case rates of anywhere in the country.

WION Dispatch: England to be under world's most stringent COVID restrictions

Police arrested Ali Wazir in Islamabad on Wednesday in connection with a case registered against him and several leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Karachi after a recent public meeting by the country`s opposition parties.

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari slams Imran Khan over Pashtun leader Mohammad Ali Wazir's arrest

A similar law introduced in neighbouring Sweden in 2018 resulted in a 75% rise in rape convictions, to 333.

WION Fineprint: Denmark strengthens rape laws, outlawing sex without explicit consent

Morocco has become the 4th Arab country to normalise ties with Israel in the last 5 months. The deal comes after U.S. recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the Saharan region. WION's Palki Sharma discusses these developments with Moroccan Ambassador to India Mohamed Maliki.

Morocco becomes 6th Arab country to normalise ties with Israel | Mohamed Maliki exclusively on WION

The top U.S. general met Taliban representatives this week in Qatar, urging them to reduce the level of violence and move more swiftly towards a political solution in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

US top general Mark Milley meets with Taliban, calls for a reduction in violence

Cars pulled up to the vaccination centre at Hyde Leisure Centre, Greater Manchester, with medics administering the jab within minutes.

UK becomes first country to introduce drive-through vaccine centres

Chancellor Angela Merkel hinted this week that stringent restrictions, which are set to run until Jan. 10, will remain in place longer.

Germany: Daily COVID cases exceed the 30K mark for first time

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been rescued, the Katsina state governor has said.

Over 300 kidnapped Nigerian school boys handed to government

Microsoft also had its own products leveraged to attack victims, said people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft corporation says was hit by "cyberattack" related to sweeping U.S. hack

The missiles would allow Japan to expand a strategy known as anti-access area denial (A2AD), that is meant to stop foreign forces from operating freely in waters close to its home territory.

Japan to develop new long-range missile as crisis over East-China sea deepens

The Commerce Department is expected to add around 80 additional companies and affiliates to the so-called entity list, nearly all of them Chinese.

U.S. to blacklist dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC

From a first date that ended in bloody carnage in Baghdad, to finally receiving the keys to a new home in The Netherlands, watch their story of struggle.

From refugee camp to a decent home, this couple flee from violence of Iraq

A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday (December 17) overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against COVID-19 for a pandemic ravaged nation.

FDA expert panel endorses Moderna coronavirus vaccine

A winter storm piled record-breaking amounts of snow onto parts of the U.S. Northeast on Thursday and wreaked havoc throughout the region, killing at least four people in traffic crashes and hobbling travel.

Record-breaking storm unleashes travel havoc on US Northeast

Residents in Wuhan said on Thursday (December 17) they would welcome investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) to visit their city and look into the origins of COVID-19 after the global health body announced an international team of coronavirus investigators would travel to China in January.

Wuhan residents welcome WHO investigators to visit their city

Top US general meets Taliban in Qatar, calls for reduced violence

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram. Watch this video to know more.

Nigeria: Over 300 students handed over to security forces

China is planning to vaccinate 50 million people in the high-priority group against the coronavirus before the start of the peak Lunar New Year travel season early next year, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.

China to vaccinate 50 million people for Lunar New Year

The 2022 Beijing winter games have inspired a boom in the construction of snow resorts with a new generation of Chinese people learning the winter sports in the brand-new Indoor facility.

Winter Olympics prompts skiing construction boom in China

U.S. airlines are on the brink of receiving a four-month extension of a government assistance program that is expected to provide another $17 billion to fund payroll costs, congressional aides told Reuters.

US airlines closing in on new government assistance package

A powerful cyclone pounded Fiji, killing two people, including a three-month old baby, and leaving a trail of destruction across the Pacific Island nation, authorities said on Friday.

Roads and bridges flooded after Cyclone Yasa hits Fiji

The illegal hunters in Indonesia are threatening Sumatra's tigers and other endangered species so a unique team of female rangers in the country are on the mission they are battling and protecting the wildlife of Sumatra Island

Indonesia's female rangers protect wildlife in Sumatra Island

Google faced its third major lawsuit in two months on Thursday as 38 U.S. states and territories accused the $1 trillion company of abusing its market power to try to make its search engine as dominant inside cars, TVs and speakers as it is in phones.

Google hit with third lawsuit as US states sue over search dominance

The blood of San Gennaro, the patron of Naples, failed to liquefy despite two rounds of praying by the faithful, which some in the southern Italian city see as an omen of bad things to come.

Blood of Naples saint fails to liquefy in what some see as bad omen

Japan has detected a new outbreak of bird flu on a chicken farm in southwestern Fukuoka prefecture. Watch this video to know more.

Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan's prefectures

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed the United States for starting a new arms race, saying Moscow had been forced to develop hypersonic weapons in response.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds annual news conference

Malaysia's government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to stop by-elections in two constituencies scheduled for next month, as the country grapples with a spike in coronavirus cases over the past few months.

Malaysia invokes emergency to stop by-elections as COVID-19 cases rise

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina held a virtual meet today. In the meet PM Modi said, India will play a bigger role in the global economy.

PM Modi: India will play a bigger role in the global economy

Connectivity and paying tributes to Bangladesh's father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the centenary birth anniversary celebration will be the top focus areas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina's virtual summit on Thursday.

India-Bangladesh virtual meet, focus on Haldibari-Chilahati rail links

From a new oil order to a changing geopolitical landscape, the biggest challenge facing Saudi Arabia is how it adapts to the new normal. Can Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman continue to push for reform in the face of a pandemic, terrorism and declining economy?

Gravitas: The biggest challenge facing Saudi Arabia

For almost 50 years, Richard 'Dick' C. Henry has been struggling with kidney problems. He was told in his 20s that his kidneys would not last long. Knowing this, he did his best to maintain his health. He even got a new kidney donated in 1994 from a friend. That one lasted about 22 years until he needed to undergo peritoneal dialysis, a form of dialysis in which fluid is introduced into the patient's abdominal cavity through a permanent catheter, and periodically flushed out and replaced with fresh fluid.

Kidney patients find solace and safety with at-home dialysis

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