Japan to scrap public aid for COVID-19 treatment

Feb 21, 2024

Tokyo [Japan], February 21: The Japanese government has decided to end its subsidies for COVID-19 drugs and hospitalizations next month, local media reported.

'Assange faces flagrant denial of justice if extradited'

Feb 21, 2024

London [UK], February 21: Julian Assange is at risk of a "flagrant denial of justice" if he is extradited to the United States, London's High...

Moscow rejects EU demand for investigation into Navalny's death

Feb 21, 2024

Moscow [Russia], February 21: The Kremlin has denied an international investigation demanded by the European Union into the death of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike in prison

Feb 21, 2024

Tunis [Tunisia], February 21: The head of Tunisia's opposition Islamist Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, began a hunger strike in prison to protest his detention along...

26 dead after snowfall in Afghanistan

Feb 21, 2024

Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21: At least 26 people have died in Afghanistan due to heavy snow and rain that swept across large parts of the...

Venezuela's Maduro voices support for Brazilian president's stance on Gaza war

Feb 21, 2024

Moscow [Russia], February 21: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday backed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's recent statement comparing Israel's operation in Gaza...

Family of murdered Italian student in Cairo still seeking justice

Feb 21, 2024

Rome [Italy], February 21: A second trial of four Egyptian security officers accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an Italian student in 2016 opened in...

WHO transfers 32 patients out of Gaza hospital

Feb 21, 2024

Geneva [Switzerland], February 21: The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had transferred 32 patients out of the besieged Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza but...

Ukraine fights Russian surge on anniversary of revolution

Feb 21, 2024

Kyiv [Ukraine], February 21: Ukraine said on Tuesday it was fighting off dozens of attacks, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were exploiting delays...