Damascus,  At least two people were killed and 317 others injured during celebratory gunfire in Syria marking President Bashar al-Assad's re-election to a fourth term, a war monitor reported on Saturday.

The casualties resulted from celebratory shots fired randomly by Assad's supporters in severa

Taipei,  The Taiwan government will only import Covid-19 jabs through direct contracts with original vaccine manufacturers, a top official said here on Saturday.

Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) chief Chen Shih-chung expressed gratitude for the goodwill initiatives by entrepreneurs

Berlin, Forged Covid-19 vaccination certificates are appearing in Germany, with the numbers expected to grow, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said on Saturday.

According to local police authorities, in Bavaria alone there have been "a number of cases in the low double-digits&quo

Washington,  After the forced landing of a passenger plane in the Belarusian capital Minsk with a dissident journalist on board, the US government has said it will reinstate sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned companies next week.

The White House did not name the nine state-owned companies targ

Dhaka, Six suspects have been arrested and produced before a court in Bangladesh on Saturday for the gang rape of a woman inside a moving minibus.

The incident took place on Friday at about 11.30 p.m., in Savar's Ashulia area of Dhaka and a case has been registered, the police said.

The vic

Chennai,  State-owned Indian Bank said on Friday that it closed thw last fiscal with a net profit of Rs 3,004.67 crore on a total income of Rs 45,185.04 crore, said a top official.

The bank had earned a total income of about Rs 44,099 crore and incurred a net loss of Rs 4,643 crore for 2019-20.