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Sri Lankas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (front) leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the parliamentary election in Colombo. (AFP)

Rajapaksa brothers win by landslide in Sri Lanka's election

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to be sworn in the same position by his younger brother, President Gotabaya...

7 Aug 2020 9:56 AM IST

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard in front of destroyed ships at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

The ship with ammonium nitrate cargo was not meant to stop at Beirut

The chemicals came to Beirut on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have...

7 Aug 2020 9:28 AM IST

The TikTok mobile application has been downloaded some 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, according to the order. (AFP)

Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.

7 Aug 2020 8:40 AM IST

UK court plays video of Nirav Modis death threats to Dummy Directors. (PTI Photo)

Nirav Modi's remand extended to August 27, trial to start in September

He was told the next hearing in the case will be a case management hearing ahead of a trial set for five days from...

6 Aug 2020 4:19 PM IST

A security officer wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus gestures outside the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. (AP)

Canadian citizen sentenced to death in China on drug charges

China has similarly sentenced two other Canadians to death on drug trafficking charges last year as a diplomatic row...

6 Aug 2020 3:28 PM IST

An employee wearing a protective gear disinfect to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Ryugyong Health Complexs public bath in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)

Strict lockdown measures raise suspicions of virus outbreak in North...

An exchange between the country and the United Nations provides new clarity about what might be happening in North Korea

6 Aug 2020 3:06 PM IST

Rescue workers evacuate residents on a rubber boat in Cheorwon, South Korea. (AP)

North Korea issues flood alert as South reports 16 dead

North Korea is particularly vulnerable to sustained heavy rain as many mountains and hills have long been stripped of...

6 Aug 2020 2:42 PM IST

Imagery of the Hindu deity Ram and 3-D portraits of the proposed Hindu temple are displayed on a digital billboard in Times Square. (AP)

Ram temple ad displayed in Times Square runs into opposition

The coalition opposing the billboards wrote to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, asking him to stand against the planned Times...

6 Aug 2020 1:43 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives for a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP)

Trump, Biden convention plans turn upside down by virus concerns

Compared to Trump, Biden hasn't been so publicly reluctant to scale back his convention, expressing doubts about a full...

6 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

A patient has her temperature checked at a medical clinic during lockdown due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus in Melbourne. (AP)

Australia's hotspot state tells citizens not to panic buy

Production of beef, lamb and pork has been reduced by one third to reduce chances of virus spread in meat processing...

6 Aug 2020 11:30 AM IST

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus wait at an intersection in the central business district in Beijing. (AP)

Seven dead, 60 infected by new infectious disease in China

Virologists believe that the infection may have been passed on to humans by ticks and that the virus can be transmitted...

6 Aug 2020 10:59 AM IST

A healthcare worker demonstrates a nasal swab on a patient during a test day at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site. (AP)

Coronavirus testing rates dropping in the US even as deaths mount

US is approaching a mammoth 5 million confirmed infections and more than 157,000 deaths out of over 700,000 worldwide

6 Aug 2020 9:50 AM IST