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Health workers conduct a swab test on civilians, some of 28 living in the compounds of the Indonesian armys Officer Candidate School in Bandung.(AFP)

Indonesia military academy hit by virus outbreak

Of the 1,280 confirmed infections, 991 were cadets and the rest were staff and their family members

12 July 2020 6:12 PM IST

People queue up to vote in Hong Kong Saturday, July 11, 2020, in an unofficial primary for pro-democracy candidates ahead of legislative elections in September. (AP)

Hong Kongers pour in to vote in unofficial election held by...

The pro-democracy elections were held despite government warnings that it may be in breach of new security law imposed...

12 July 2020 2:07 PM IST

Participants wave British and U.S. flags during a rally demanding electoral democracy and call for boycott of the Chinese Communist Party and all businesses seen to support it in Hong Kong. (AP)

UK and China fight over Hong Kong security law

Britain's decision to offer refuge to millions in Hong Kong, UK's former colony, was met with a stern telling-off by...

12 July 2020 1:00 PM IST

Covid-19 patients are being treated with oxygen at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP)

Austria wants EU coronavirus fund to go to 'poorest of the poor'

Austria is one of the 'frugal four' seeking changes to the European Union's planned coronavirus recovery fund

12 July 2020 12:08 PM IST

Protesters clash with riot police on the steps of the Serbian parliament during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP)

Fifth night of protests in front of Serbian parliament

This week's demonstrations were initially driven by frustration over economically stifling measures to contain the...

12 July 2020 11:48 AM IST

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. (AP)

US bans Pakistan International Airlines flights over pilot...

Pakistan last month grounded almost a third of its pilots after discovering they may have falsified their qualifications

12 July 2020 11:38 AM IST

A man waves a Turkish flag outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbuls main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, following Turkeys Council of States decision. (AP)

World Council of Churches dismayed' at Hagia Sophia shift

US State Department said it was disappointed' by the decision and looks forward to seeing how Turkey plans to keep the...

12 July 2020 10:07 AM IST

People stand in front of banners depicting victims during the National commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide on Het Plein in The Hague. (AFP)

Bosnians mark 25 years of Srebrenica genocide

The massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica stands out as Europe's only atrocity since World War Two...

12 July 2020 9:49 AM IST

Residents and rescue workers inspect the area outside a house damaged by a landslide and the swell of the Thado-Koshi river due to heavy rains in Jambu village of Sindhupalchok district. (AFP)

Floods, landslides kill 40 in Nepal, many missing

Koshi river, which causes floods in Bihar almost every year, was flowing above danger level in Nepal's southern plains...

12 July 2020 9:38 AM IST

US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he walks down the hallway during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. (AFP)

As virus rages in US, Trump finally wears a mask

Trump has reportedly told aides that wearing a mask would make him look weak and he could not allow media photograph him...

12 July 2020 9:14 AM IST

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton. (AFP)

China behaving in a hostile fashion around its periphery: Former US...

The former nation security advisor says Donald Trump anything about history of border clashes between India and China

11 July 2020 5:08 PM IST

Womens rights activists protest against French President Emmanuel Macrons appointment of an interior minister who has been accused of rape and a justice minister who has criticized the #MeToo movement, in front of Paris city hall, in Paris. (AP)

French women protest on the streets against rape-accused interior...

The protest, demanding resignation of the newly appointed minister, follows a smaller one outside the interior ministry...

11 July 2020 4:28 PM IST