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Rescuers searching through the rubble of a collapsed restaurant in Linfen, in Chinas northern Shanxi province. (AFP)

China restaurant collapses during birthday party, killing 29

Hundreds of rescue workers using sniffer dogs, cranes and high-tech sensors had searched the rubble in hopes of freeing...

30 Aug 2020 10:51 AM IST

The top U.S. intelligence official, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe, told lawmakers that they would only be receiving written updates about election security to help ensure the information is not misunderstood nor politicized. (AFP)

White House halts election security briefings to Congress

Democrats in Congress reacted with fury, describing the move as 'shameful' and accusing Trump of covering up Russian...

30 Aug 2020 10:13 AM IST

A horse stands in a box at a equestrian club in Les Yvelines, French department west of Paris. (AP)

France's horses killed in mysterious ritual-like mutilations

Theories abound as to whether mutilations are a morbid rite of an unknown cult or a chilling 'challenge' relayed by...

30 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Protesters wave old Belarusian national flags standing along a street in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus revokes accreditations of journalists covering protests for...

Lukashenko had earlier threatened to expel foreign journalists, accusing them of inciting protests against him before...

30 Aug 2020 9:13 AM IST

People attend a rally in support of Jacob Blake and his family in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse on August 29, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

7 bullets, 7 days: Protesters march for Jacob Blake in Kenosha

Several of Saturday's speakers encouraged the crowd to vote for change in November, and to push for changing legislation...

30 Aug 2020 8:46 AM IST

Riot in Sweden after Danish leader banned from Quran-burning rally

Riot in Sweden after Danish leader banned from Quran-burning rally

About 300 people were on the streets of Malmo with violence escalating as the evening wore on, according to police and...

29 Aug 2020 3:53 PM IST

Women wearing face masks against the coronavirus walk past United Arab Emirates and Israeli flags at the Peace Bridge in Netanya, Israel. (AP)

UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal

First direct commercial flight by Israel's flagship carrier El Al is expected in Dubai on Moday, carrying US and Israeli...

29 Aug 2020 3:25 PM IST

Dolphins lay dead on the shore on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. (AP)

39 dolphins, 3 whales wash up on Mauritius after oil spill

Residents of Mauritius plan to march in the capital after weeks of demanding why the government didn't act more quickly...

29 Aug 2020 2:24 PM IST

As many as 2,842 educational institutions across the city are set to open their doors to almost 1.4 million students when the autumn semester gets underway. (AP)

China's Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday

Schools have been ordered to stock up disease control equipment and to carry out training sessions to help prepare for...

29 Aug 2020 2:12 PM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)

US House panel announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo

Pompeo had refused to comply with a subpoena for records into his transparently political misuse' of department...

29 Aug 2020 1:49 PM IST

President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Kamala Harris 'not competent' to be US president, Ivanka is better:...

This was Trump's first election rally after he formally accepted the nomination of the Republican Party for the...

29 Aug 2020 1:04 PM IST

Thousands of demonstrators have again gathered in the major Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk to denounce the arrest of the regions governor a month ago and to support opposition politician Alexei Navalny and Belarusian people. (AP)

'Putin, have some tea': Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest

Some also expressed solidarity with opponents of Belarusian leader Lukashenko who have been staging public protests for...

29 Aug 2020 12:27 PM IST