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Afghan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh (right). Afghan officials claimed a failed assassination attempt against Afghanistans first vice president Saleh. Razwan Murad, a spokesman for the first vice president said Wednesday, Sept. 9, that the enemies of Afghanistan again tried to harm Saleh, but the vicious and terrorist attempt has failed and Saleh has survived. (AP)

World

Afghanistan VP lightly wounded in deadly Kabul blast

The explosion killed at least 10 civilians and wounded more than a dozen, officials said

9 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST

Migrants sit inside the burnt Moria Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020, after a major fire. - Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives early September 9, as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the countrys largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. (AFP)

World

Thousands flee as Greece's main migrant camp gutted by huge blaze

The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp

9 Sept 2020 3:23 PM IST

FADA on Wednesday said passenger vehicle retail sales in August declined 7.12 per cent to 1,78,513 units. (PTI Photo)

Business

Retail sales of passenger vehicles decline 7% in August: FADA

Two-wheeler sales declined 28.71 per cent to 8,98,775 units last month as compared with 12,60,722 units in August 2019

9 Sept 2020 3:21 PM IST

Bill Birtles (right) and Michael Smith had to consent to questioning before they were allowed to leave China, shepherded out of the country on a late-night flight by Australian diplomats.(Photo: Twitter @billbirtles)

World

Australian journalists flown out of China fearing arrest

Several reporters for US media residing in China have had their visas revoked and been forced to leave the country

9 Sept 2020 2:11 PM IST

A health worker arranges swab samples on a tray for COVID-19 test at a medical camp. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that sharp spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the national capital will plateau after ten days or so. (PTI Photo)

Metros

COVID-19 cases will plateau' after 10-15 days: Delhi health minister

The minister said that testing, tracing, isolation and treatment strategy was still being followed along with ...

9 Sept 2020 2:01 PM IST

India

Ex-Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah to voluntarily vacate government...

Abdullah said he has never held on to any government property that he was not entitled to and "I have no intention to...

9 Sept 2020 1:48 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AP File Image)

World

Russia says Navalny 'disinformation campaign' being used for new...

G7 foreign ministers had recenly demanded that Russia quickly find and prosecute those behind Navalny's suspected...

9 Sept 2020 1:45 PM IST

A melted slide smolders as a playground continues to burn at Pine Ridge school during the Creek fire in an unincorporated area of Fresno County, California on September 08, 2020. - Wildfires in California have torched a record more than two million acres, the state fire department said on September 7, as smoke hampered efforts to airlift dozens of people trapped by an uncontrolled blaze. (AFP)

World

Californians airlifted from fires as dangerous winds arrive

In northwestern Washington state, 330,000 acres burned in just 24 hours - more than in any of the last 12 fire seasons

9 Sept 2020 1:19 PM IST

$(L-R) Business women/media personality Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Khlo© Kardashian and Kim Kardashian arrive for the 45th annual E! Peoples Choice Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. - Fans will have to find another way to keep up with the Kardashians, as the mega-celebrity family announced on September 8, 2020 that their reality show will end next year. \It is with heavy hearts that weve made the difficult decision as a family to say goodbye to Keeping Up with the Kardashians,\ Kim Kardashian wrote in a post to her 188 million Instagram followers. (AFP)$ Entertainment