The blessed fire descended in the Kuvukliya of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The Holy Fire in translation from Greek means Holy Light. This is the name of the fire in the Easter ceremony of taking out lighted candles from the Holy Se...
Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines after the government made the journey temporarily illegal. The health ministry said the ruling had been made "based on the proportion of people in quarantine...
India has become the first country to report more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, as its nationwide vaccine drive launches amid a supply crisis. Some 3,523 deaths were officially recorded in the past 24 hours – but the real figur...
May 1-2 in Kyrgyzstan have been declared days of national mourning for those killed during the shootout on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the country Sadyr Japarov. "President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japa...
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of detected coronavirus infections in the world on Saturday morning amounted to 151 million 397 thousand 857, according to data from the American University of Johns Hopkins. Since the beginning of the ...
In Ukraine, as of Saturday morning, 8,549 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded, 14,956 people recovered, 351 patients died, the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov said. "8,549 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukrain...
Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference. The meeting was attended by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of...
The eurozone's economy has fallen back into recession as the impact of the pandemic continues to hit activity. Europe's economies have been set back by a renewed surge in infections this year and Covid-related restrictions. The eurozone shrank by ...
At least 13 people have been killed, scores injured and 10,000 evacuated after a water dispute led to some of the worst clashes in years on a disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Clashes started on Wednesday when people from both sides hurled ston...
"There were heart-breaking scenes here. People who were crushed to death, including children," Mr Netanyahu told reporters at the scene. The prime minister said the "terrible disaster" was one of the worst in the country's history, adding that Sunda...
