![Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tend to people rescued after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi village in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021 [Stringer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-07T144532Z_1751322727_RC2QNL9MR1Z7_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-DISASTER.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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![Protesters hold placards and flowers during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 7, 2021 [Ye Aung Thu/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_92E7JU.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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Security agents killed in central Somalia roadside bomb attack
Police say Abdirashid Abdunur, intelligence chief for Dhusamareeb town, was killed in the blast claimed by al-Shabab.
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What you need to know about the new coronavirus variants
Experts say new virus variants do not necessarily lead to deadlier forms of COVID-19 but they are more infectious.
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Opinion
Iran’s supreme leader: US must return to nuclear deal first
Biden administration has said to restore the nuclear accord Iran must first fulfil its commitments.
![Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran has set its conditions for the nuclear agreement, which it will not back away from [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8X92LA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
AstraZeneca COVID jab ‘less effective against S Africa variant’
British drugmaker says its vaccine showed ‘limited efficacy against mild disease’ caused by the South African variant.
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From: Inside Story
Should international companies pull investments out of Myanmar?
Foreign firms are under pressure to cut ties with the military following the February 1 coup.
UAE spies monitored Michelle Obama, Sheikha Moza emails: Report
New York Times says email communications between former US first lady and Qatari royal were surveilled.
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks dies aged 67
Spinks, who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 in one of the most shocking upsets in boxing history, died of cancer.
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