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Public officials disinfect a church as a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea fears infections getting out of control

With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two...

15 Aug 2020 11:05 AM IST

United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

UN Security Council rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo

Iran says it has the right to self-defense and that a continuation of the ban would mean an end to the nuclear deal

15 Aug 2020 9:59 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks over to speak with the press after arriving on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown. (AP)

I have more Indians than she has: Trump takes aim at Harris

Trump took aim at Harris as being hostile to police, and suggested that she and Biden were at the center of a left-wing...

15 Aug 2020 9:15 AM IST

An employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. (AP)

Russian doctors wary of rapidly approved COVID-19 vaccine: Survey

The vaccine, named Sputnik V', is yet to complete its final trials and some fear Moscow may be putting national prestige...

15 Aug 2020 8:53 AM IST

A statue wears a mask along Trocadero square close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (AP)

Paris is 'red' high-risk COVID zone again

The measure follows a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections over the past two weeks

14 Aug 2020 4:39 PM IST

President Donald Trump is applauded after speaking in the Oval Office at the White House. (AP)

Israel, UAE deal follows years of failed peace initiatives: A recap

Here are the main initiatives undertaken by the parties themselves and international mediators since the 1967 Middle...

14 Aug 2020 3:26 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask holds the former white-red-white flag of Belarus during a protest rally against police violence during recent rallies of opposition supporters, who accuse strongman Alexander Lukashenko of falsifying the polls in the presidential election, in Minsk. (AFP)

'They beat everyone': Belarus releases protesters as EU weighs...

At least two protesters have died and around 6,700 were detained this week in the crackdown, which followed Lukashenko's...

14 Aug 2020 3:16 PM IST

Trump admits hes blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes

Trump admits he's blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes

Without the additional money, the Postal Service won't have the resources to handle a flood of ballots from voters

14 Aug 2020 1:21 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Abu Dhabis Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. (AFP)

Iran says UAE-Israel deal a 'stab in the back' to Muslims

'UAE government and other accompanying governments must accept responsibility for all the consequences of this action,'...

14 Aug 2020 1:08 PM IST

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs shows the Galwan Valley area in the Ladakh region near the Line of Actual Control between India and China Tuesday, June 16, 2020. ( AP Photo)

Resolution to condemn Chinese aggression against India introduced in...

'I commend India's commitment to standing up to China and maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific,' Senator Cornyn said

14 Aug 2020 12:10 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. (via AFP)

North Korea lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, virus aid

Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim's major economic goals by forcing the country into a...

14 Aug 2020 11:26 AM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. (AP Photo)

People should not fear spread of COVID-19 in food, packaging: WHO

China had said they found traces of coronavirus in imported frozen meat from Brazil and on outer packaging of frozen...

14 Aug 2020 10:26 AM IST