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Although whales are sometimes seen off the Northern Territory coast, it is believed to be the first time one has been spotted in the tropical rivers of the huge world heritage-listed nature reserve. (AFP)

Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river

Park authorities have set up a partial exclusion zone to protect unwitting boaters and whales, which can grow up to 16...

12 Sept 2020 2:42 PM IST

While the navy says no crude oil has escaped the cargo of the New Diamond, leaked diesel fuel had created a two-kilometre-long slick in the Indian Ocean that was visible from the air. (Sri Lankan Air Force via AP)

Sri Lanka navy fixes fuel leak on fire-stricken oil tanker

Sri Lanka's authorities fear a marine disaster if the tanker is allowed to transfer its oil to another ship in the...

12 Sept 2020 2:30 PM IST

While COVID-19 has rattled some diplomatic ties, the 30 countries that make up the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes teamed up early to keep the virus out. (AP)

Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?

Until this year, conversations with incoming visitors focused on preparing the newcomers. Now the advice goes both ways

12 Sept 2020 2:02 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi.

BJP's new target: A million happy birthday' selfies on PM Modi's B-Day

The million videos will have to showcase unity in diversity across India

12 Sept 2020 1:38 PM IST

Jubilant Generics gets nod to manufacture, market anti-viral drug Remdesivir. (Representational Image)

US hospitals turn down remdesivir, limit use to severely ill since...

The slowdown suggests that a shortage of the drug is over and threatens Gilead's efforts to expand use of remdesivir

12 Sept 2020 1:10 PM IST

Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a televised announcement from Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. (AFP)

Maduro announces arrest of 'American spy' near Venezuelan refineries

The arrest occurred after a 'plan to cause an explosion' was 'discovered and dismantled' at El Palito refinery,...

12 Sept 2020 12:38 PM IST

A woman wearing white protective gear, mourns after taking a glimpse of her husbands body, a victim of COVID 19, at a cremation site in Guwahati on Sept. 10, 2020. Experts caution that Indias outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase as the virus spreads to smaller towns and villages. (AP)

ICMR shocker: India missed 80 corona cases for every one detected

By that reckoning, 40 per cent of the population has been exposed to the virus

12 Sept 2020 12:27 PM IST

Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, California. (AP)

Dozens still missing in Oregon as weather helps fire fight

Hundreds of firefighters were battling two large blazes that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon

12 Sept 2020 12:10 PM IST

It is a warfighting song, drawing from the energy of Indian celebrations, inspiring our community to awaken and vote for Biden-Harris in November, Bhutoria said after the video was released on various social media platforms on Thursday. (Screengrab from Youtube video)

Biden supporters release remix of Bollywood song to woo...

'Chale Chalo, Chale Chalo, Biden ko Vote do, Biden ki Jeet Ho, Unki Haar Haan,' say the lyrics of the song

12 Sept 2020 11:27 AM IST

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after...

The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial...

12 Sept 2020 10:47 AM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a cabinet meeting in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus' Lukashenko set to visit Russia as protests continue in...

The post-election protests have attracted the biggest crowds on Sundays, when up to 200,000 people have flooded the...

12 Sept 2020 10:06 AM IST

Houses are on fire in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. Two soldiers who defected from Myanmars army and confessed on video to taking part in massacres, rape, and other crimes against the Muslim Rohingya minority are believed to be in the custody of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands and should be prosecuted to obtain their evidence, a human rights organization said Tuesday. (AP)

UN council members urge halt to Myanmar-Arakan Army fighting

UN called on Myanmar to address the long-term causes of the crisis that led more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee...

12 Sept 2020 9:43 AM IST