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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AP File)World
UNSC thwarts Pakistan's attempt to get two Indians listed as global...

Sources pointed out that a similar request by Pakistan containing names of Mistry and Dongara had been blocked earlier...

3 Sept 2020 1:45 PM IST

Satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Nana approaching Belize. (via AP)World
Hurricane Nana makes landfall in Belize after shaking Honduras

The 2020 hurricane season, which runs from June to November, has been more active than average

3 Sept 2020 1:22 PM IST

US President Donald Trump arrives at Wilmington International Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina. (AFP)World
US cuts remaining dues payment to WHO after Trump pullout

However, US will continue to participate in select WHO technical and policy meetings that have a direct bearing on the...

3 Sept 2020 1:00 PM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, give a joint press conference in Baghdad on September 2, 2020. - Macron landed in Baghdad on his first official trip to Iraq, where he hopes to help the country reassert its \sovereignty\ after years of conflict. (AFP)World
Macron backs Iraq 'sovereignty' on first Baghdad visit

Macron is the most prominent world leader to visit Iraq since Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi came to power in May

3 Sept 2020 11:16 AM IST

Journalists of Belarusian TUT.BY media outlet hold banners reading \I dont protest but work\, \This is me at work\, \Freedom for journalists!\, from left to right, as they stand in front of police station in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)World
Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests

The Lukashenko-led government had earlier revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some...

3 Sept 2020 11:13 AM IST

Wildlife vets take samples from dead elephants found in Hwange National park, Zimbabwe. (AP)World
Zimbabwe investigating deaths of 22 elephants, more expected

Zimbabwe has been facing successive climate-induced droughts in recent years, leaving animals with less water and...

3 Sept 2020 10:58 AM IST

Kanye West. (Photo: AFP)World
Lawsuit seeks to ban Kanye West from Arizona ballot

West has already qualified to appear on the ballot in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee and...

3 Sept 2020 10:38 AM IST

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak at a news conference at the State Department in Washington. (AP)World
Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on senior Chinese diplomats in US

Washington cast the move as a response to Beijing's restrictions on American diplomats in China

3 Sept 2020 10:13 AM IST

People look at an electric pole downed by Typhoon Maysak in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 3, 2020. - At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters in South Korea as a powerful typhoon churned across the peninsula, authorities said on September 3. (AFP)World
Typhoon pummels South Korea, ship missing in rough waters

North Korea's state TV showed widespread flooding in the eastern coastal cities, but the country didn't immediately...

3 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that threatens to cut federal funding to lawless cities, including Seattle, Portland, New York and Washington. (AP)World
Trump threatens to cut federal funds to 'lawless' cities

NYC Governor Andrew Cuomo said that Trump was trying to cut off funding that states and cities must receive to recover...

3 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Seattle. The US federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. (AP File)World
US states told to be ready for vaccine distribution by November 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations...

3 Sept 2020 9:02 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)World
Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Navalny

The findings which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement added to tensions between Russia and the...

3 Sept 2020 8:40 AM IST

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