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Hungary mulls tightening of lockdown measures as infections rise: PM Orban

2:26 pm February 26, 2021

Budapest: Hungary could consider tightening some lockdown restrictions as coronavirus infections are expected to rise “drastically” in the next two weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. Orban also said all the 2.5 million to 2.6 million Hungarians who have registered for COVID-19 vaccinations so far would receive at least one dose […]

UN says 41 Europe-bound migrants drown in Mediterranean

8:29 pm February 24, 2021

Cairo: At least 41 people drowned over the weekend when their boat capsized in the Central Mediterranean, the UN said on Wednesday, the latest shipwreck involving migrants fleeing conflict-stricken Libya and seeking better life in Europe. The UN migration and refugee agencies said in a joint statement that the dead were among at least 120 migrants on a […]

German court convicts radical imam of membership in IS

7:05 pm February 24, 2021

Berlin: A former imam at a radical mosque in Germany was convicted Wednesday of being a member of the Islamic State group and sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison. The state court in Celle in northern Germany convicted Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., who goes by the alias Abu Walaa, of membership in a foreign terrorist organization as well as terror financing […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Former king absent as Spain marks 40 years since failed coup

10:30 pm February 23, 2021

Madrid: King Felipe VI, Spanish lawmakers and others are marking 40 years since a paramilitary coup attempt failed to derail the country’s peaceful transition to democracy, but the anniversary has been overshadowed by the absence of a former monarch now beset by financial scandals. King Emeritus Juan Carlos I was not invited to Tuesday’s event at the same parliament […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN to rich nations: Don’t undermine COVAX vaccine program

11:18 pm February 22, 2021

Berlin: The head of the World Health Organization pleaded with rich countries on Monday to check before ordering additional COVID-19 vaccine shots for themselves whether that undermines efforts to get vaccine shots to poorer nations. Wealthy nations have snapped up several billion vaccine doses while some countries in the developing world have little or none. European nations have given […]