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$Activist Tam Tak-chi walks with a black banner towards the Chinese Liaison office after an annual protest march on Chinas national day, in Hong Kong. - Tak-chi was arrested by Hong Kongs new national security police unit on September 6, 2020 for \uttering seditious words\, the latest detention of a high profile democracy supporter in the financial hub. (AFP)$ World

Hong Kong opposition activist arrested for 'seditious words' before...

The arrest of Tam Tak-chi came on the morning Hongkongers had been due to vote in a general election delayed because of...

6 Sept 2020 12:51 PM IST

A Texas boat parade in support of President Donald Trumps reelection campaign ran into trouble on Saturday, as multiple vessels took on water or sank. (Photo: Twitter/@mmpadellan)

Vessels in distress, sink at pro-Trump boat parade in Texas

More than 2,500 people marked themselves on Facebook as having attended the parade, which officers said was two to three...

6 Sept 2020 12:25 PM IST

She was raped by eight persons, including police personnel deployed on Covid-19 lockdown duty in Bhubaneswar around two months ago, the complaint said. (Representative Image)

Minor girl gangraped by 8 culprits in Odisha, 4 policemen among...

As per preliminary investigation, the cops are not from Commissionerate Police and had come from other district on...

6 Sept 2020 12:01 PM IST

Sanjay Raut softens stand on Kangana's PoK jibe

"Those who are insulting Maharashtra, should remember that Maharashtra is because of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and...

6 Sept 2020 11:53 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, center left, opposition candidate Ilya Yashin, center right, candidate Ivan Zhdanov, right, and opposition candidate Alexei Minyalo walk during a protest in Moscow, Russia. They work with the organization of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital after suffering what German authorities say was a poisoning with a chemical nerve agent while traveling in Siberia on Aug. 20. (AP)

German foreign minister threatens sanctions over Navalny poisoning

The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the attack and said that Germany is yet to share any findings with Moscow's...

6 Sept 2020 11:52 AM IST

A security personnel stands guard along the Srinagar-Ladakh Highway, at Gagangir in Ganderbal District of Central Kashmir. PTI photo

China abducts 5 Arunachal porters

Report of Chinese Army abducting five porters from MacMohan line in Arunachal creates tension on Eastern frontier

6 Sept 2020 11:42 AM IST

A woman takes a walk in Melbourne on September 6, 2020 as the state announced an extension to its strict lockdown law while it battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Melbourne will remain in lockdown until at least October 26

Scuffles between protesters and police resulted in more than 160 fines for contravening lockdown measures or not wearing...

6 Sept 2020 11:22 AM IST

An Army jawan was killed and two others were injured in latest incident of cross-boder firing in Jammu and Kashmirs northwestern Kupwara districts. (PTI Photo)

Army jawan killed, two others injured in Pak artillery fire along LoC

"They were evacuated to the 92-Base Hospital in Srinagar's Badami Bagh Cantonment and their condition is stable," the...

6 Sept 2020 11:20 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. Many who have placed their bets on Trump now are hoping for a repeat of 2016, when the Manhattan real estate mogul staged a stunning comeback against Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton to win the White House.(AP)

Trump may be down in the polls, but he's tops for bettors

All the action is happening on foreign gambling sites as betting on national or local elections is illegal in US

6 Sept 2020 10:50 AM IST

Indias defence minister Rajnath Singh attends the joint meeting of the heads of defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) members, in Moscow on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (PTI)

India, China vow not to cede an inch of land

After the Moscow talks, Rajnath and Wei Fenghe give no sign that stances have shifted on either side

6 Sept 2020 10:49 AM IST

Poacher arrested with 13 kg of deer meat in Bengal. (PTI Photo)

Poacher held with 13 kg deer meat, 40 snares in Bengal

The man, identified as Manindranath Das, was arrested from his residence and 13 kg of deer meat was found in his...

6 Sept 2020 10:40 AM IST

Countertenor/producer Anthony Roth Constanzo (C) and and violist Cong Wu of the New York Philharmonic play with the bandwagons pop-up concert series at Betty Carter Park on September 04, 2020, in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. - Its fall season has been cancelled and its concert hall closed indefinitely, so New Yorks Philharmonic is taking it to the streets. One of Americas oldest musical institutions, the famed symphony orchestra is playing outdoor pop-up shows, getting creative during the coronavirus pandemic that has kept concert halls closed and New Yorkers starved for live music. (AFP)

NY's Philharmonic is back, pandemic-style - playing in the streets

The famed symphony orchestra is playing outdoor pop-up shows, getting creative during the pandemic that has kept concert...

6 Sept 2020 10:23 AM IST