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STOCKHOLM: The traditional Nobel banquet held in December each year has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Nobel Foundation announced on Tuesday. This is the first time since 1956 that the lavish banquet has been cancelled, according to the foundation. The event traditionally marks the end of the …

GHAZNI: An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government, officials said. The incident happened last week when insurgents stormed the home of Qamar Gul, a teenager from a village in the …

SAO PAULO: Volunteers in Brazil received the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine made by a Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, making it the third such vaccine to enter Phase 3 clinical trials on Tuesday. The Phase 3 clinical trials, or large-scale testing on humans — is the last step before …

 Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne confirmed on Sunday that the black boxes of Flight 752, the Ukrainian passenger plane that was mistakenly downed near Tehran in Jan., had arrived in Paris. In a tweet on Sunday, Champagne wrote that the black boxes are expected to be brought to France’s air accident agency, …

One man died and eight others were injured Sunday evening when suspects opened fire on a busy street corner in D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood. D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said three men jumped out of a car and started shooting just before 5 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street …

TEHRAN: Iranian oil minister on Monday informed that under the framework of the 25-year comprehensive cooperation road map, Iran and China will collaborate on the oil sector in the long-run. As Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told reporters that Iran is ready to sign a similar cooperation road map with all countries. …

Russian armored vehicles managed to besiege an American military patrol in the Al-Hasakah countryside of northeastern Syria after a hot pursuit, while a Russian officer addressed the U.S. military regarding the legitimacy of the presence of both forces on Syrian soil. The video shows how Russian armored vehicles surrounding the …

The Armenian army recently delivered a powerful blow to the Azerbaijani forces, as new photos showed the aftermath of an Armenian attack on the former’s positions along the border. In a photo that has been widely shared on social media, four destroyed vehicles belonging to the Azerbaijani forces can be …

A former Iranian ambassador to China says the East Asian country would guarantee to buy Iran’s oil for 25 years as part of a long-term partnership deal that is being negotiated between the two. Mehdi Safari said in remarks published on Sunday that China is looking for a reliable supplier …

Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday. The overflowing Brahmaputra River, which flows through China’s Tibet, India and Bangladesh, has …