BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese flocked to polling stations across the country to vote in the parliamentary elections.
MOGADISHU: Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was re-elected as the 10th President of Somalia, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo in the third round of vote held in the capital Mogadishu.
BEIJING: Beijing will conduct three additional mass nucleic acid testing in 12 districts from Monday to Wednesday, as the Chinese capital is making all-out efforts to contain the latest resurgence of Covid-19 infections..
WASHINGTON: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 521.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.26 million and vaccinations to over 11.40 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
HOUSTON: Two people were killed and three others critically injured in a shooting at a flea market in Houston, the largest city of the US state Texas, authorities said.
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar-Islamabad road in front of Qila Bala Hissar was blocked by the members of the Sikh community to register their protest against the killing of two Sikhs in Peshawar in Pakistan.
PESHAWAR: Unidentified assailants gunned down two members of the Sikh community near Peshawar, police said on Sunday. In a statement, Peshawar Capital City Police Office Ijaz Khan said that the incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Sarband police station, reports Dawn news.
NEW YORK: Four red baby foxes in the US reportedly died in what is known as the first case of devastating bird flu H5N1 detected in wild mammals in the country.
NEW YORK: At least ten people were killed by a gunman in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York state, local media reported.
WASHINGTON: Jen Psaki has signed off as the White House Press Secretary after serving in the post for 15 months and holding 224 media briefings.
LOS ANGELSE Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron offered a better look at Marvel character Clea from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after a blink-and-you-missed-it appearance at the end of the recently released superhero film 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness', reports 'Deadline'.
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was on Saturday elected as the new President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
DAMASCUS: Five people were killed and seven others injured after Israel fired several missiles into Syria, state media reported on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that the establishment is calling him but he is not ready to talk to them, adding that he has blocked their numbers.
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said a "good" and "reliable" outcome is within reach in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal if the US makes its political decision and adheres to its commitments.
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed on Saturday that she had tested positive for Covid-19.
ROME: Qu Dongyu, head of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, has called on the G7 economies to take steps to anticipate future food shortages.
JERUSALEM: Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was killed while covering clashes in the West Bank, was buried in Jerusalem.
BELFAST: Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lived up to its threat and blocked the restoration of the power-sharing government.
DUBAI: The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (73), passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced.
LAGOS: At least 32 states and 233 local government areas are at a high risk of flooding in Nigeria due to the ongoing heavy rain, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
LONDON: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is "humiliating himself on the world stage" and called for tougher sanctions on Moscow.
WASHINGTON: Eleven people died and 31 others were rescued after a vessel capsized off the coast of Puerto Rico, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.
CANBERRA: In the wake of continued heavy rain, the government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Friday announced the setting up new temporary accommodation sites for flood-affected communities.
BEIJING: Some 50,000 residents of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been affected by floods caused by extensive heavy rain that began on May 8, the regional emergency management department said on Friday.
DUBLIN: The average prices of goods and services in Ireland, as measured by consumer price index (CPI), were 7 per cent higher in April, marking the largest annual CPI increase since November 2000, said the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO).
JERUSALEM: Israel has pushed forward new plans for building 4,320 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank.
SEOUL: South Korea on Friday said it has decided to ease requirements to enter the country amid a downward trend in Covid-19 cases.
WASHINGTON: A new survey has revealed that 70 per cent Americans view inflation as a "very big problem".
OTTAWA: Canada will deploy a Canadian Armed Forces general officer and six staff officers to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Multinational Division North Headquarters based in Adazi of Latvia, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced.
LONDON: Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1 per cent in March after registering no growth in February, the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
SEOUL: North Korea on Friday said six people have died from Covid-19 and symptoms of fever were newly reported among more than 18,000 people nationwide the previous day, as leader Kim Jong-un formally blamed loopholes in the country's virus control and prevention system.
LONDON: Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan has praised Cheteshwar Pujara's quality, saying that Indian batters' "concentration and focus are unreal" and he took few batting tips from the senior pro during their stint together in County cricket.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed on Thursday that a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister had threatened him with the imposition of martial law a night before the no-confidence motion against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was passed, media reports said.
MOGADISHU: Somali security forces killed 17 al-Shabab terrorists and wounded several others during security operations in the southern region, officials said on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: Indian equity benchmarks declined over 2 per cent on Thursday, led by slump in banking, financial and metal stocks.
ISLAMABAD: US State Department spokesperson Ned Price has said the Joe Biden administration will not let former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's propaganda of a US-led 'foreign conspiracy' ousting his government from power cause any damage to the relationship between the US and Pakistan.
KABUL: The ultraradical Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) group is trying to undermine the Taliban's hard-line rule by launching attacks on neighbouring countries from Afghanistan, analysts say, RFE/RL reported.