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Visitors wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus sit on benches while maintaining social distancing at a park in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 20, 2020. (AP)

South Korea has biggest daily coronavirus rise in 3 weeks

South Korea is seeking to contain a spike in fresh virus transmissions since early May when it eased social distancing...

20 Jun 2020 2:34 PM IST

A health official wearing protective gear takes a blood sample of a woman at a screening and testing facility point for the COVID-19 coronavirus, alongside a street in Islamabad. (AFP)

COVID-19 patients turned away from hospitals in Pakistan

Pakistan also reported highest daily virus cases today as infections continue to spiral

20 Jun 2020 2:16 PM IST

Employee wearing masks as he disinfect to avoid contamination with the COVID-19 virus at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, Morocco. (AP)

Morocco reports highest number of daily coronavirus cases

Local media reported the source of the outbreak was a strawberry packing plant in the town of Kenitra

20 Jun 2020 12:45 PM IST

Activists hold banners in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (AFP)

The feud between Trump and US Supreme Court

In 2016, Trump got the support of powerful religious right by promising to fill federal courts with judges who are...

20 Jun 2020 11:58 AM IST

In this November 29, 2008 photo, an Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns during gun battle between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India. (AP)

Pak-origin Canadian rearrested in US on India's request for role in...

Tahawwur Rana was recently released from jail on compassionate ground after he told a US court that he has tested...

20 Jun 2020 11:39 AM IST

South Korean army soldiers take a military vehicle at their military guard post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. (AP)

North Korea prepares anti-South leaflets amid heightened tensions

The two Koreas, still technically at war as their 1950-53 conflict ended without a peace treaty, have waged leaflet...

20 Jun 2020 10:51 AM IST

IAF chief RKS Bhadauria. (ANI)

IAF chief says slain jawans have shown India's firm resolve to protect...

The Air Force is determined to deliver and is well prepared and suitably deployed to respond to any contingency, he said

20 Jun 2020 10:29 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. (ANI Photo)

Centre lauds Karnataka for coronavirus management, contact tracing of...

Karnataka also conducted a physical/phone based household survey in May which covered 153 lakh households

20 Jun 2020 9:57 AM IST

Workers (L and C) guide a group of people wearing face masks as they wait in a queue to test for COVID-19 coronavirus, in Beijing on June 19, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing reports drop in new coronavirus cases

Officials reported 22 new cases in Beijing on Saturday, along with five others elsewhere in the country

20 Jun 2020 9:42 AM IST

The medical team of the Brazilian Armed Forces arrives at the Cruzeirinho village, near Palmeiras do Javari, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on June 18, 2020, to assist indigenous population amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(AFP)

Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland

Specialists believe the actual number of cases in Brazil could be up to seven times higher than the official statistics

20 Jun 2020 9:15 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting to discuss the situation along the India-China border via video conferencing in New Delhi. (PIB)

PM: No one entered Indian territory, no one captured Indian post

Narendra Modi tells all-party meeting that Indian Army given free hand to deal with China on LAC

20 Jun 2020 8:58 AM IST

People participate in a march in Brooklyn for both Black Lives Matter and to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020 in New York City. (AFP)

Americans march for racial justice on Juneteenth anniversary

A day heavy with symbolism in the current atmosphere, the Juneteenth holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the...

20 Jun 2020 8:48 AM IST