Gulf News

Rome: The Vatican is investigating how Pope Francis' official Instagram account "liked'' a photo of a scantily-clad Brazilian model.A Vati...

Abu Dhabi: His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces,...

Dubai: A decision has been taken on Monday by the Supreme Committee to deal with COVID-19 to allow the issuance of tourist visas to enter t...

Toronto: Canada’s biggest city entered lockdown on Monday in the latest bid to curb coronavirus infections, with case numbers surging acros...

Pfizer said Friday it is asking US regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could br...

Srinagar: Voters in Indian Kashmir went to the polls Saturday amid a heavy security presence in the first direct elections in the region si...

Moscow: Russia released new results Tuesday claiming its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective, and promised it would cost les...

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary, a pivotal role i...

Patna: The state government in Bihar has begun efforts to illuminate every village with solar lamps in its bid to promote renewable sources...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of leaders across party line...

BERLIN: One of the developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine announced that India-based drugmaker Hetero would produce over 100...

ADDIS ABABA: Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a "gruesome" attack on a passenger bus in west Ethiopia, a part of the country that has re...

Washington: In a 1988 essay on pandemics, Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University, reminded the medica...

Kaavan is free. Kaavan is “the world's loneliest elephant.” Kaavan will soon be in his forever home in Cambodia. Kaavan after the death of...

Geneva: An extremely rare, purple-pink diamond mined in Russia, which Sotheby’s described as “a true wonder of nature”, sold for 24.4 milli...

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the deeply experienced Antony Blinken for secretary of state, also nominating the...

Bilwi, Nicaragua: Hurricane Iota was barrelling through Central America on Tuesday, hours after making landfall as the strongest Atlantic s...

Wellington: The New Zealand government promised Wednesday to take action against backpackers relieving themselves at natural beauty spots a...

Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah's red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the...

Washington: The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States for November surpassed 4 million Saturday, more than double the reco...

Paris: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating...

Tokyo: Japanese trend-setters can now protect against the coronavirus in luxurious style with opulent masks adorned with diamonds and pearl...

Tokyo: Asking someone to put on a mask is a touchy subject, so one shop in Japan has enlisted a robot to make sure its customers wear them...

Washington: An Indian-American scientist has discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and orga...