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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

Nora Dannehy, a federal prosecutor who was helping lead the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has resigned from the Justice Department. (AP)

US prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

Her departure could complicate the final stretch of an investigation already slowed by pandemic but eagerly anticipated...

12 Sept 2020 9:22 AM IST

People wait outside a COVID-19 testing clinic in Montreal, Monday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (AP)

Canada reports zero COVID-19 deaths for the first time since March

With most provinces easing lockdown and as schools reopen for in-person classes, Canada's infections have seen a mild...

12 Sept 2020 8:56 AM IST

US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Friday. (AFP)

Donald Trump announces peace between Israel and Bahrain

In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the agreement.

12 Sept 2020 2:56 AM IST

International salvage experts boarding the fire-stricken tanker, New Diamond, in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lankas eastern coast. - International experts boarded an oil tanker stricken off Sri Lanka to begin salvage operations, the navy said on September 10, as firefighters looked to contain a large oil slick in the Indian Ocean. (Photo: Sri Lanka Navy / AFP)

Salvage team working to stop fuel leak from fire-hit supertanker

Authorities want to avoid damage to the coast line like that suffered by Mauritius after a bulk carrier struck a coral...

11 Sept 2020 4:02 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (centre). (AP File)

Russian police seek to question Navalny in Germany

Navalny's posioning case has prompted international calls for Russia to carry out a transparent investigation or risk...

11 Sept 2020 2:17 PM IST

Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, on September 10, 2020, as they battle the Santiam Fire. - California firefighters battled the states largest ever inferno on September 10, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days.Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, on September 10, 2020, as they battle the Santiam Fire. - California firefighters battled the states largest ever inferno on September 10, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days.(AFP)

California teen learns to drive while escaping wildfire

"It's like a video game, Ruben," the teenager recalled his uncle Josh telling him

11 Sept 2020 1:55 PM IST

A riot police officer is reached by a petrol bomb during clashes with demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Medellin, Colombia on September 10, 2020. - At least 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, authorities said Thursday. (AFP)

Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia rioting over police killing

Recent video shows attorney Javier Ordonez pleading with police officers, who tasered him at least five times as he lay...

11 Sept 2020 12:38 PM IST