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Edward Snowden. (Photo: AFP)World
Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden

US authorities for years have wanted Snowden returned to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges...

16 Aug 2020 10:36 AM IST

People wearing face masks hold umbrellas in the rain in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)World
South Korea reports largest jump in new coronavirus cases since March

Authorities have been struggling to stem transmissions linked to churches, nursery homes, schools, restaurants and...

16 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

Visitors in Japanese Imperial army and navy uniforms walk near Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japans war dead. (AP)World
Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end, PM Abe stays silent on...

Abe has increasingly sought to whitewash Japan's brutal past since taking office in December 2012

16 Aug 2020 9:48 AM IST

People and their wheels lined up bumper to bumper to see a display of floats that gave the Indian diaspora the true essence of India packed with a punch of nostalgia. (ANI)World
Indian-Americans celebrate a first-of-its-kind drive-thru Independence...

Many in the crowd held India's Tricolour, dawned traditional ensemble and danced to the tunes of patriotic numbers

16 Aug 2020 9:25 AM IST

Joe Biden , Former Vice President of the United States. (AFP Photo)World
Joe Biden highlights Trump's H-1B move to woo Indian-Americans on...

Speaking after Biden, Kamala Harris said Indian and US communities are bound together by so much more than 'our shared...

16 Aug 2020 9:08 AM IST

People with old Belarusian National flags lay flowers as they gather at the place where Alexander Taraikovsky died amid the clashes protesting the election results, during his civil funeral in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)World
Several thousand gather in Belarus capital for new protest

A large crowd had formed in the capital in honour of a protester who died there during this week's police crackdown on...

15 Aug 2020 5:17 PM IST

Firefighters carry the coffin of their comrade Ralph Malachi, who was killed in the monster explosion at the port of Beirut and whose remains were recently found and identified, draped in the Lebanese national flag, during a funerary ceremony at the civil defence headquarters in the Karantina (La Quarantaine or Quarantina) neighbourhood of the capital just by the ravaged port. (AFP)World
UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims

The blast killed over 170 people, injured more than 6,000 and left thousands homeless

15 Aug 2020 3:20 PM IST

Rather than little green alien invaders, the US military is actually concerned about \unidentified aerial phenomena\ connected with its terrestrial adversaries. (Representational Image: AFP)World
Pentagon to set up new unit to investigate UFOs

Washington is particularly concerned about China's spying capabilities, using drones or other airborne means

15 Aug 2020 2:36 PM IST

People queue to check-in at the Biarritz airport, southwestern France. (AP)World
Holidaymakers rush home as second coronavirus wave threatens Europe

France and the Netherlands were removed from a list of quarantine-exempt countries on Friday

15 Aug 2020 1:56 PM IST

The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday.(Photo: MEAIndia/Twitter)World
India sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon

The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday

15 Aug 2020 1:11 PM IST

Volunteers collect leaked oil from the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground at the beach in Mahebourg, southeast Mauritius. (AFP)World
Ship owner says will handle Mauritius oil spill compensation...

Mauritius declared an unprecedented environmental emergency last week as the ship began seeping oil into a protected...

15 Aug 2020 12:48 PM IST

A health worker gives a paper to a soldier at a COVID-19 drive-thru test post set up by the Public Health Ministry in Asuncion. (AFP)World
Latin America's COVID-19 cases exceed 6 million

The region's worst-affected country is Brazil, which has the most cases in the world after the United States, and 15% of...

15 Aug 2020 12:11 PM IST

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