C.1.2 has mutations associated in other variants with increased transmissibility, as well as a reduced sensitivity to Covid antibodies.

A new coronavirus strain, named Mu, has been designated a variant of interest by the World Health Organization.

Biden has said that if diplomacy does not resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis, America "is ready to turn to other options."

The number of new Covid-19 cases reported globally "seems to be plateauing" after increasing for nearly two months, WHO says.

The legal case also alleges that Nirvana had promised to cover Elden's genitals with a sticker, but the agreement was not upheld.

The WFP is warning of a human catastrophe looming in Afghanistan if they are not able to raise $200 million by September.

The Stockholm Center for Freedom has published a report on how the Turkish government has abused Interpol in a number of ways.

The Taliban have barred at least two female journalists from their jobs and have attacked at least two members of the press.

Two Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in a road accident in the Karvachar district of Nagorno-Karabakh on August 14.

Nine people remained hospitalised in Sinop and one person was missing in Bartin province, according to the authorities.

In July, the combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 0.93 degrees Celsius higher than the 20th-century average.

Turkish defense contractors are set to put some of their products on display for the first time at the large global defense event.

The U.S. is moving thousands of troops to Afghanistan to evacuate most of the American Embassy and U.S. citizens in Kabul.

Isfandiyar Vahabzade said that lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his nation "stink like pigs."

The World Health Organization (WHO) declined to name a deadline for the assessment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

Rinkevics said this was “a very clear case of hybrid warfare” by deliberately using migration to target the EU and Lithuania.

According to the WHO chief, the increase in Covid-19 infections could have already exceeded 200 million.

Turkey has so far failed to explain the purpose of the hundreds of defense exports it has requested from Germany.

The Israeli military said that jets struck the launch sites from which rockets had been fired over the previous day.

Health authorities reported eight new cases in Wuhan, the city where Covid-19 was first detected in late 2019.