Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency use

Turkish authorities have given the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd

Indian partying hotspot Goa counts losses, braces for change

The sun's golden rays fall on Goa's smooth, sandy beaches every evening, magical as ever but strangely quiet and lonely

Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision

Aid agencies and some senior Republicans in Washington are warning of a devastating impact on the humanitarian effort in Yemen from the U.S. decision to designate Iranian-backed rebels there as terrorists

Egypt, Germany, France, Jordan meet to revive Mideast talks

Egypt is hosting the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Jordan to discuss ways to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, a week before President-elect Joe Biden takes office

Yemen's rebels defiant as aid agencies fear US terror label

Yemen's Iran-backed rebels are dismissing the Trump administration's move to designate their group a terrorist organization

Aid group: US terrorism designation for Yemen rebels a blow

A leading aid organization has warned that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s move to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” would deal another “devastating blow” to the impoverished and war-torn nation

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Afghan officials: Bomb kills 3 in Kabul amid peace talks

A roadside bomb has exploded in Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least three people in a vehicle in the latest attack to take place during peace talks with the Taliban

Official: Roadside bomb kills 3 people in Afghan capital

A roadside bomb has exploded in Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least three people in a vehicle, the latest attack to take place even as government negotiators are in Qatar to resume peace talks with the Taliban

Pakistani Shiites end protests, hold funeral for 11 miners

Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites are gathering to bury 11 coal miners from the minority Hazara community who were killed by the Islamic State group, ending over a week of protests that sought to highlight the minority community’s plight