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A journalist is seen bleeding after police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets near the 5th police precinct following a demonstration to call for justice for George Floyd. (AFP)

Why are journalists targeted amid the attacks?

Organizations that track press violence documented about two dozen acts of violence over the three-day period

1 Jun 2020 1:53 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Delhi borders sealed for a week, says Kejriwal, announces relaxations

There will also be no restrictions on the number of persons travelling in four wheelers and two wheelers, Kejriwal said

1 Jun 2020 1:36 PM IST

Team of Kerala doctors, nurses to reach Mumbai to fight COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

Kerala comes to Maharashtra's aid; 100 doctors, nurses to help Mumbai...

A team of 16 doctors from Kerala is expected to reach Mumbai on Monday

1 Jun 2020 1:18 PM IST

Some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrate against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland. (AFP)

US anti-racism protests stretch to distant New Zealand

The rallies were peaceful in contrast to the days of violent protests in the US

1 Jun 2020 12:20 PM IST

A picture made available on May 30, 2020, by a friend of Saudi Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz shows him (left) with Portugals Prime Minister Antonio Costa in the capital Lisbon in 2017. (AFP)

Saudi's Game Of Thrones: Pressure grows to release jailed prince

The detention of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and his father since January 2018 is part of a clampdown under the current...

1 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST

India expels two Pakistan High Commission officials on charges of espionage. (PTI Photo)

India expels two Pakistani officials for espionage, Pak says...

Two officials, Abid Hussain and Muhammad Tahir, were obtaining sensitive documents relating to India's security...

1 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST

Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, near the White House on May 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Curfew in Washington after protests near White House

Night-time curfews were imposed in other cities as well such as Los Angeles, Houston and Minneapolis, which has been the...

1 Jun 2020 12:00 PM IST

A Palestinian woman argues with a member of Israeli security forces, as she takes part in a protest at the Damascus Gate of the old city of Jerusalem. (AFP)

Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian shot by Israeli police

The 32-year old man was suspected of carrying a weapon and shot at, but was later found to have been unarmed

1 Jun 2020 11:43 AM IST

India registers biggest single-day spike of 8,392 COVID-19 cases; total rises to 1,90,535. (PTI Photo)

With 1,90,791 cases, India at 7th spot on coronavirus worst-hit list

The death toll due to Covid-19 registered the biggest single-day spikes of 230 till Monday 8 am, total deaths at 5408

1 Jun 2020 11:14 AM IST

A woman is led away by police during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the US Embassy in London. (AP)

Hundreds of protesters rally in Europe over US death

Protestors chanted No justice, no peace in solidarity with the US citizens protesting over the alleged murder of...

1 Jun 2020 11:09 AM IST

Workers assemble cars at the Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd factory in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. Asias factory pain worsens as Chinas recovery fails to lift demand. (AFP Photo)

Asia's factory pain deepens as China's recovery fails to lift demand

Japan's factory activity shrank at fastest pace since 2009, while South Korea saw manufacturing slump at sharpest pace...

1 Jun 2020 10:12 AM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. (AFP)

US sends 2 million doses of malaria drug to Brazil for COVID-19...

No large, rigorous scientific studies have found the drug, hydroxychloroquine, safe or effective for preventing or...

1 Jun 2020 9:54 AM IST