Nepal resumes vaccination campaign with doses given by China

Nepal has resumed its stalled coronavirus vaccination campaign with 1 million doses given by China after the Himalayan nation made international pleas for help with a shortage of doses

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Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies

A Shiite cleric who as Iran’s ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel has died

Bahrain offers Pfizer booster for some who got Chinese shots

Bahrain has begun offering a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for some people, six months after they received two shots of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

Egypt bets on ancient finds to pull tourism out of pandemic

As some European countries re-open to international tourists, Egypt has already been trying for months to attract them to its archaeological sites and museums

Oldest American, fastest woman on Everest return safely

A retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world’s highest peak have returned safely from the mountain

Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

A Kuwaiti court in an unprecedented move has ordered two former ministers and royal family members detained pending trial over their suspected misuse of the Defense Ministry's funds

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Indian farmers mark 6 months of protest with no end in sight

Indian farmers demanding the government repeal new agriculture laws they say will devastate their livelihoods have marked their protest movement’s sixth month by flying black banners on the cars and tractors and burning effigies of the prime minister