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Kalpana Chawla lost her life during the STS-107 mission when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentering the Earths atmosphere. (Image: Twitter @NASA)

US spacecraft named after late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana...

'Today we honour Kalpana Chawla, who made history at @NASA as the first female astronaut of Indian descent,' said...

10 Sept 2020 11:11 AM IST

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told the Arab League in Wednesdays meeting that the Palestinian Authority called for an emergency meeting following the announcement of the UAE-Israeli deal. (AP)

Palestinian FM urges Arab states to dismiss Israel-UAE deal

Most of the Arab world has long rejected diplomatic ties with Israel in the absence of a peace deal establishing a...

10 Sept 2020 10:48 AM IST

US President Donald Trump.Trump has been nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (AFP)

Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering UAE-Israel...

The nomination also cites his part in creating new dynamics in other protracted conflicts, such as the Kashmir border...

10 Sept 2020 10:23 AM IST

In a speech, acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, repeated U.S. charges of unjust business practices and industrial espionage by China, including attempts to steal coronavirus research, and accused it of abusing student visas to exploit American academia. (AP)

US has cancelled more than 1,000 visas for Chinese nationals deemed...

Some 360,000 Chinese nationals study in the United States, bringing in significant revenue to US colleges

10 Sept 2020 9:51 AM IST

US President Donald Trump with US Attorney General William Barr (R) and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf (L), speaks to officials duringa roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. (AFP)

US intelligence official told to halt Russian election meddling threat...

Trump has repeatedly dismissed reports that Russia is continuing to interfere in the 2020 race, claiming China is the...

10 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

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)

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)

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

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)

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

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AP File Image)

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)

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

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) welcoming his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the ministry headquarters in the capital Tehran. (Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)

Jaishankar discusses Chabahar with Zarif in Iran

Two back-to-back high-level visits could mean New Delhi is concerned over reports of massive Chinese financial...

9 Sept 2020 12:10 PM IST

Maria Kolesnikova, an ally of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, holds a press conference in Minsk. - Unidentified men in black on September 7, 2020 morning grabbed Maria Kolesnikova, a leading Belarusian opposition figure, and pushed her into a minibus, her campaign team reported, citing witnesses. (AFP)

Belarus opposition figure 'tore passport to pieces' to avoid expulsion

Kolesnikova, one of the last figures still in the country leading mass protests against President Lukashenko, was...

9 Sept 2020 11:23 AM IST