Cairo says it appreciates sincere efforts made to achieve reconciliation between Arab quartet and Qatar.
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UK starts rolling out COVID-19 vaccine as drug-maker Pfizer moves closer to approval in the hardest-hit United States.
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Laws require social media giants to set up offices in Turkey and include penalties for not removing offending posts.
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Live coverage of the continuing fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the disputed Caucasus region.
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Al Jazeera’s live coverage of the latest military escalation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Chief public health officer issues warning after country reports worrying recent spike in new COVID-19 cases.
Prime Minster Viktor Orban said aim of plan is to ‘defend Hungary’s functionality’ and not for everyone to stay home.
Police detain protesters rallying against virus restrictions in the capital of Australia’s hardest-hit Victoria state.
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Hardest-hit nation remains Iran, which saw the region’s first major outbreak and has more than 380,000 confirmed cases.
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Over 16.4 million recoveries and 842,000 deaths reported; US, Brazil and India report highest number of infections.