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Research undertaken by the Hamad Trauma Center (HTC) shows that the road death rate in Qatar fell by 61 percent per 100,000 population from 2011 to 2020, the period of the first Decade of Action for Road Safety (DoARS) organised by the United Nations..
The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold - present in the same infected cells, accord..
Pope Francis on Sunday urged world leaders attending the COP26 U.N. climate change summit to hear "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor". Francis, who has made protection of the environment a cornerstone of his pontificate, said ..
Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those in concentration camps. The pope's appeal at his Sunday blessing c..
Apple has removed a popular Quran app from its app store in China on the request of Chinese officials. “Quran Majeed,” a reading-friendly application used by millions of Muslim users around the world, has been deleted on the Chin..
Pope Francis has joked that some people in the Church hoped he would not survive his recent colon operation, and denounced vociferous conservative critics for doing "the work of the devil" by undermining the Roman Catholic Church. Franci..
Indian officials said on Tuesday they had seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200 billion rupees ($2.72 billion) amid the chaos following last month's takeover of the country by the Taliban. Afg..
Qatar has successfully administered two doses of vaccine against COVID-19 to 80 percent of its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health. Latest data from National COVID-19 Vaccination Program shows that 4,653,019 COVID-19 vacci..
Portugal has fully inoculated 80% of its population against the coronavirus, official data showed, becoming one of the world's most vaccinated nations as authorities gradually drop most COVID-19 restrictions. According to a Reuters tracker, Po..