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President Kovind, PM Modi extend greetings to nation on Eid al-Adha

He also offered to extend support to Bangladesh for tackling the COVID-19 outbreak, noting that both countries were grappling with the pandemic. Thirty-six De...

Philippines to reimpose stricter coronavirus lockdown measures in and around capital

President Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to meet key cabinet members on Sunday to discuss a call by medical frontliners' groups to put the capital Manila, which ...

Thousands ordered to evacuate as Southern California fire grows

A firefighter walks back to his truck near a pyrocumulus ash plume near Banning. Mandatory evacuations applied to more than 2,500 homes and about 7,800 reside...

India toxic alcohol: Dozens die in Punjab poisoning

The death toll from the illicit booze had risen to 75 in Punjab's Tarn Taran district after further investigation, the local administration's deputy commissio...

GOP: Trump Renomination will be Held in Private

Trump is the party's sole remaining nominee, and his renomination will officially launch his re-election bid. A spokeswoman for the Republican National Conven...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tests Positive For COVID-19

Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik said , "Concerned to know about the hospitalisation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah ji after being tested positive fo...

Scientists In Washington State Have Trapped Their 1st Murder Hornet

WSDA officials checked the trap on July 14 and submitted its contents to WSDA's entomology lab, who then identified the hornet on July 29. It's important to des...

High-ranking Chicago officer dies, apparently shot himself

Brown did not get into the specifics of what happened from there, but said the shooting occurred during the process of an arrest, and that the suspect was able ...

Afghan Prez orders release of 500 Taliban prisoners

Ghani's annoucement came as the Taliban also completed the release of 1,000 prisoners as per the peace agreement it signed with the USA in Doha in February. H...

Fauci Testifies on Unifying Coronavirus Response at Hearing

Meanwhile, US biotech firm Moderna and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have launched late-stage trials of the coronavirus vaccine . Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) go...

Afghanistan and Pakistan say 22 die in border clashes

Pakistan reiterates its honest readiness to further enhance fraternal relations with Afghanistan in the interest of peace and stability in the region. "When the...

Based 'terrorist' leader Jamshid Sharmahd arrested by Iran

They committed heinous crimes in Seyyed al-Shohada Hosseiniyah in Shiraz and in Vesal Rahpooyan TV Program, which led to the mass martyrdom of our fellow countr...

German minister brands anti-virus measure protesters 'Covidiots'

The police tweeted that a criminal complaint has been filed against the organizers for failing to comply with the regulations. Many protesters did not wear m...

Melbourne goes into lockdown with another 671 cases

From Sunday night, a daily curfew from 8pm to 5am will be put in place across the city, and exercise will be limited to one hour daily within five km of home. A...

A delay in U.S. 2020 election results does not mean fraud

The briefing highlighted the regular clash of views on election security between Trump and the administration's top officials charged with keeping the November ...

Family says US Marine's Russian prison sentence is unjust

He appeared wearing a facemask in a cage for defendants in a courtroom in the Russian capital as the judge read out the guilty verdict, saying the police office...

India's COVID-19 cases surpass 1.7 million

Its Health Ministry says the recovery rate stands at 64.52 per cent. Globally, there have been over 1.77 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. Authorities have...

Young people 'not invincible' in Covid-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said spike in coronavirus cases in some countries were being driven by young people "letting down their guard...

Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis

Online media outlet Newsmax, where Cain was set to launch a weekly program, also wrote about his passing. "He was a very special person. and unfortunately he p...

Amar Singh, The Deft Political Player With Friends In Every Room

Singh had been admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for the last seven months. As a Youth Congress member in the 1980s, he came into the orbit ...

Pelosi says far from coronavirus deal; more talks with White House today

Congress and White House officials have spent the week in negotiations after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell presented a proposal on Monday. 'The D...

Fauci: COVID-19 pandemic with no timeline for finish

Fauci reiterated his belief that a safe and effective vaccine would begin rolling out in early 2021 in a phased manner - with the most vulnerable first in lin...

James Murdoch resigns from News Corp board, citing editorial disagreements

James is known as the more liberal Murdoch brother. "On July 31, 2020, News Corporation (the "Company") received a letter from James R. Murdoch tendering his ...

Judge bans lawyers from identifying Epstein abuse victims

Ms Giuffre, who is also known as Virginia Roberts, also alleges she had sex with a mystery "prince" - a man whose name she did not know, according to the unseal...

Trump administration considering "banning TikTok"

The news of Trump banning the app, which is especially popular with teenagers, has sparked a meme fest on Twitter . Trump threatened to ban the app while spe...

Human Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine "Covaxin" Begins At UP Hospital

All 20 animals that received the sham vaccine became infected and showed high levels of virus in their lungs and nasal swabs. A group of scientists led by Bet...

Prince Andrew 'lobbied United States government over Epstein plea deal'

Maxwell, 58, has pleaded not guilty to helping Epstein recruit and eventually abuse three girls from 1994 to 1997, and committing perjury by denying her inv...

British PM puts brakes on easing lockdown amid virus resurgence

Standing alongside Mr Johnson, England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, warned that it might not be possible to ease lockdown further, saying ...

With pulling troops out of Germany, Trump doesn't hide spite for Merkel

But NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said allies were already aware of USA plans, which were welcomed by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda who said in...

Herman Cain Dies After Month-Long Battle With COVID-19

Whether he contracted the disease at the Tulsa rally or not can not be known, but hopefully, some will take this as a cautionary tale. Cain swiftly returned...

Prince Andrew tried to get Epstein off hook, released files claim

The more than 80 documents are part of a 2015 civil defamation suit against Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre , who accused Epstein of keeping her as a "sex slave"...

India’s capacity to be crucial when effective vaccine is ready: Anthony Fauci

Trump tweeted as a House oversight committee heard from the nation's top health officials on the federal response to coronavirus. Fauci, who heads the Nationa...

James Murdoch resigns from the board of News Corp

James Murdoch attends the National Geographic 2017 "Further Front" network upfront at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in NY. But he had remai...

Ghislaine Maxwell loses late bid to block deposition's release, quickly appeals

Ghislaine Maxwell appears via video link during her arraignment hearing where she was denied bail for her role aiding Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and eventu...

US Appeals Court overturns Boston Marathon killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence

The bombing killed three people and injured more than 260 others-becoming one of the highest-profile attacks in the United States since September 11, 2001. Th...