World Published 26 Dec, 2021 09:08pm China replaces Xinjiang Communist Party chief Chen UN researchers and human rights activists estimate more than one million Muslims have been detained
World Published 26 Dec, 2021 07:07pm First Omicron case detected in Gaza, Palestinians say Ministry official Majdi Dhair says that the carrier is a Gaza resident who was infected within the coastal territory
World Published 26 Dec, 2021 07:00pm Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Japan's Ryukyu Islands - EMSC An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes the Ryukyu Islands in the far southwest of Japan
World Published 26 Dec, 2021 03:09pm No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative: Taliban Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also calls on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to those women wearing hijabs
World Published 26 Dec, 2021 01:48pm World economy to top $100tr in 2022 for first time: report British consultancy Cebr predicts China to take longer than previously thought to overtake US as number one economy
World Published 26 Dec, 2021 01:33pm Anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for combatting white minority rule in his country
World Published 26 Dec, 2021 12:58pm Taliban govt scraps Afghan election commission Taliban government spokesman Bilal Karimi says there is 'no need' for such commissions to exist and operate