A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan on Monday evening with shaking felt in the capital Taipei.

Reham Khan, activist and former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has slammed him over the country's law and order situation.

United Arab Emirates announced a travel ban on its citizens unvaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Europe has recorded over 100 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. This is more than a third of all infections worldwide.

The year 2022 has arrived in some countries, but New Year celebrations around the world remained subdued amid concern over Covid.

India on Saturday supplied 5,00,000 doses of the Covaxin vaccine to Afghanistan, the second tranche of humanitarian aid.