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Presidential spokesman said state of emergency will allow 'arrests without going through national prosecutors'.

The kingdom said the four-time delay was needed to validate data collected from 33,000 households during the pandemic.

More than a trillion euros in stimulus is on its way to jolt life into a eurozone battered by the coronavirus crisis.

Joe Biden's team will include Obama veterans, longtime aides and allies, as well as women and people of colour.

House speaker says Democrats plan to go ahead with a trial of the former president for inciting the US Capitol riot.

Pakistan FM tells Al Jazeera the country has hopes for greater engagement with the Biden administration.

World football's governing body says players risk being banned from the World Cup and other tournaments if involved.

Meanwhile, a top health official has announced plans for a roll-out of vaccinations in the crisis-hit country.

As president, Trump, who owns hotels, golf courses and casinos, resisted policies to slow the surge in COVID-19 cases.

It will take much more than urging people to welcome opposing views to bridge the political divide in the United States.

On his first day as US president, Biden signs several executive orders reversing many of his predecessor's policies.

Some nine million adults in the UK are diving deeper into debt, a trend that is also exacerbating income inequality.

EU foreign policy chief welcomes Turkish foreign minister to Brussels for talks aimed at improving ties.

Some 5.1 million Americans are continuing to receive state jobless benefits, down from 5.2 million in the previous week.

We look at Inauguration Day in a locked-down Washington, DC with thousands of troops securing the US capital.

No immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued after magnitude seven earthquake.

'Careless handling of electric heating devices' termed the preliminary cause of the tragedy by authorities.

President Joe Biden hopes to up vaccine doses to 100 million in his first 100 days, though some say he should do more.

Activists say many arrests made 'arbitrary' including of people who were taken from inside their homes.

The unnamed penitent asked the priest to return 208 coins to the Paestum archaeological park near Naples.

Aramco excludes emissions from its refineries and petrochemical plants in its carbon disclosures, Bloomberg Green found.

Berlin ready to work with Washington on issues such as the COVID pandemic, climate change and security, Merkel says.

Palestinian advocacy group says Maher Saasa received COVID jab a day before his death but cause of death still unknown.

Doug Emhoff joins his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, in breaking stereotypes.

With just more than six months to go until the postponed Games, doubts have grown over the event.

How a new generation of global drug lords emerged at the end of the 1970s, in want of both money and power.

Live entertainment in hotels and restaurants also halted until further notice as infections surge.

Hungary moves to secure doses of UK and Russian-made vaccines despite lack of green light from EU's medicines regulator.

Beijing welcomes the US rejoining the World Health Organization and the Paris climate accord.

India's move draws praise from neighbours as it pushes back against China's dominating presence in the region.

Biden's chief medical adviser said US will be part of the COVAX which aims to deliver vaccines to poor countries.

‘Old school’ Republicans are not sure if they recognise their party any more.

Fire breaks out at Serum Institute of India, local media say, adding that production of COVID vaccine was not affected.

London has not granted the EU's Joao Vale de Almeida the full diplomatic status that is given to other ambassadors.

Khumariyaan's distinctive sound reinvigorates a rich and varied music genre, with special focus on the rubab instrument.

US Senator Bernie Sanders' casual appearance ignites the internet during President Joe Biden's inauguration.

The opposition leader has been under de facto house arrest in Kampala since Friday.

America’s political and cultural leaders seem to have learned very little from the last four years.

Members of an Indian tribe have been caught in the middle of a decades-long conflict between Maoists and the police.

Biden signs federal mask mandate, establishes new White House office on COVID-19 and halts US withdrawal from WHO.

New research shows how catnip and silver vine trigger euphoric feelings in cats and helps them ward off mosquitoes.

Joe Biden reverses Trump's decision to withdraw the US - a major emitter of greenhouse gas - from the climate deal.

The Venezuelan president urges the country's parliament to "take initiatives" towards a "new beginning" with Washington.

State TV and police report seven dead and more than 25 wounded in the attack in commercial street in central Baghdad.

Pakistan's military did not say whether the test-fired Shaheen III missile was capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

Harris was California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the Senate.

New US president seeks to reduce corporate influence on policymaking, but experts say moves will not eliminate it.

Asian stocks hit record highs following jump on Wall Street as investors bet on increased US government spending.

Attorney general of the Philippines' autonomous Muslim region has a task: Establishing sustainable peace.

Rescuers drilling new shafts as they race to reach 22 miners trapped underground for 11 days after gold mine blast.