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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a western coastal area in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. (AP)

'Severe' punishment for North Korea officials after typhoon casualties

Natural disasters tend to have a greater impact in North Korea due to its creaking infrastructure

5 Sept 2020 11:58 AM IST

Doctors treat a burn Muslim worshipper in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, September 5, 2020. Dozens of Muslim worshipers suffered burn injuries critically during evening prayers after explosions of a gas pipeline installed underground near a mosque outside Bangladesh capital, officials said Saturday. (AP)

Gas pipeline blast kills 11 praying at Bangladesh mosque

At least 37 people with up to 90% of burns on their bodies admitted to burn unit of a state-run hospital

5 Sept 2020 11:21 AM IST

Jessica Krug. The post caused an immediate furore on social media, with Black academics, writers and activists recalling their interactions with Krug. (Image: Duke University Press).

White US history professor's racial hoax claim stokes anger

In a blog post that has gained international attention Jessica Krug wrote that she is in fact a white Jewish woman from...

5 Sept 2020 10:36 AM IST

Indian coast guard ship (R) battling to extinguish the fire from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast.(AFP)

Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The vessel is larger than the Japanese ship which crashed into a reef in Mauritius, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of...

5 Sept 2020 10:02 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AP)

Indian people would be voting for me: Trump

The Trump campaign believes that Indian Americans can play an important role in the election, especially in the...

5 Sept 2020 9:01 AM IST

Satellite images published of North Koreas Sinpo shipyard showed several vessels within a secure boat basin, one of which resembled vessels previously used to tow a submersible test stand barge out to sea. (Representational Image: AFP)

North Korea preparing for launch of submarine missile: US think tank

North Korea said last October it had successfully test-fired a Pukguksong-3, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile...

5 Sept 2020 8:41 AM IST

Alain Cocq, suffering from an orphan desease of the blood, rests on his medical bed in his flat in Dijon, northeastern France. (AFP)

Frenchman to livestream own death in right-to-die case

Alain Cocq had written to president Macron to be permitted for euthanasia but he wrote back to him saying its not...

4 Sept 2020 4:18 PM IST

Pro-democracy students raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, during a protest rally in front of Education Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand . (AP)

Thai students turn agitators for educational reform

Thailand's ministry has issued statement saying schools must respect freedom of speech, allowing protests as long as...

4 Sept 2020 3:24 PM IST

Russian police carry opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, from a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia. (AP File)

NATO to have urgent meet on poisoning of Navalny

Western leaders have demanded answers from Kremlin after Berlin said there was evidence that he had been afflicted by...

4 Sept 2020 2:46 PM IST

The death at Aucklands Middlemore Hospital on Friday afternoon takes New Zealands death toll from the virus to 23, with the most recent previous fatality on May 24. (AFP)

New Zealand records first COVID-19 death in over three months

Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month

4 Sept 2020 2:09 PM IST

Michael Reinoehl is seen during a protest in front of Mayor Ted Wheelers residence Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Reinoehl, suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland last week, was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him. (AP)

Federal task force kills Portland shooting suspect at arrest

Reinoehl was the prime suspect in the killing of right-wing supporter Aaron Danielson, who was shot in the chest...

4 Sept 2020 1:55 PM IST

If the activists win their case at the court in Strasbourg, France, the countries would be legally bound to cut emissions in line with the requirements of the 2015 Paris climate accord. (AFP)

Six young climate activists are taking 33 countries to court

The six filed a claim to hold the countries accountable for their inadequate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions

4 Sept 2020 1:07 PM IST