United Nations/Geneva: The new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected from South Africa this week, was on Friday designated as a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organisation, which named it Omicron.
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant in a traveller who returned from Malawi.
ED raids Kolkata Police deputy commissioner, businessman in PMLA probe
Allahabad court restrains FIR order against Gandhi
Fire breaks out in Faridabad's Mujesar Industrial Area, no causalities
TMC 'betrayed' women, will be punished in assembly polls: Modi
Four dead in highway pile-up in Karnataka
Argument over bike accident leads to murder, triggers mob violence, arson in Ahmedabad; 2 held
Ethnic aspirations define political loyalty in Bengal's Junglemahal ahead of polls
PM Modi expresses grief at death of ex-RS MP Balbir Punj
Opposition plans to move fresh notice seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Two wanted men held after shootout with police in Delhi's Dwarka
Man arrested for murder after drunken brawl with friend in Idukki
Vice president embarks on two-day visit to Sri Lanka
Moscow, Nov 26: At least 52 people died in a fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday.
London: The Speaker of the House of Commons on Wednesday announced a review of the rules around babies being allowed into the Parliament chamber after a parliamentarian complained she was banned from carrying her three-month-old into the House.
Paris: At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.
Richmond: Tech giant Apple announced Tuesday it is suing Israel's NSO Group, seeking to block the world's most infamous hacker-for-hire company from breaking into Apple's products, like the iPhone.
A bus crash in western Bulgaria early Tuesday morning has killed at least 45 people, authorities say.
A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant, as an SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 others.
The Nepal government will take action against yoga guru Ramdev's two television channels if it is found that they are being operated in the country without seeking permission and or following due procedures, a senior official said on Sunday.
The editor of a Communist Party newspaper posted a video online that he said shows missing tennis star Peng Shuai watching a match Sunday, as the ruling party tried to quell fears abroad while suppressing information in China about Peng after she accused a senior leader of sexual assault.
