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Putin mocks US embassy in Russia for flying rainbow flag

His comments followed a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms that included an effective ban on gay marriage

4 July 2020 12:19 PM IST

US President Donald Trump watches as planes perform fly-overs of the Mount Rushmore National Monument Friday, July 3, 2020, in Keystone, S.D. (AP)

Trump pushes racial division, flouts virus rules at Rushmore

Leaders of Native American tribes in the region raised concerns that Trump's campaigns could lead to virus outbreaks...

4 July 2020 11:09 AM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (AFP)

Pakistani foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19, had contact...

The minister had come in contact with PM Imran Khan in parliament, and also US representative Khalilzad to discuss on...

4 July 2020 10:07 AM IST

Health workers carry a COVID-19 patient on a stretcher made with pipe tubes and and using kitchen gloves in Puerto Carreno, Colombian Amazon, on the border with Peru, on July 3, 2020. (AFP)

Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World...

4 July 2020 9:12 AM IST

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, on July 3, 2020 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.(AFP)

WHO says it was alerted about virus by its own office in China, not...

The UN health body has been accused by US President Trump of being complacent towards China, which it denies

4 July 2020 9:01 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (4-L) and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (3-L) pose for a family photo after the first cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. (AFP)

French Prime Minister, government resign ahead of cabinet reshuffle

President Emmanuel Macron says the move will set out a 'new course' as the country grapples with the fallout of the...

3 July 2020 4:30 PM IST

After coronavirus, now Trumps visa ban splits Indian families

After coronavirus, now Trump's visa ban splits Indian families

Many Indians are stranded' in their homeland due to suspension of H-1B visas while their family members are still in US

3 July 2020 2:53 PM IST

Merkel urges EU unity on China

'Only together the 27 EU member countries have enough weight to achieve ambitious deals with China,' the German...

3 July 2020 2:36 PM IST

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AFP)

Trial of Saudi officials in Khashoggi murder begins in Turkey

Khashoggi was an insider-turned-critic who wrote for The Washington Post before he was killed inside the Saudi consulate...

3 July 2020 2:12 PM IST

A farmer collects wheat kernels into a bucket before being poured into sacks during the harvest season, in a field in the countryside of al-Kaswa, south of Syrias capital Damascus. (AFP)

A good year of harvest brings hope to war-torn Syria after a long time

Before the war erupted in 2011, Syria produced enough wheat to feed its entire population but harvests then plunged to...

3 July 2020 1:23 PM IST

A man walks past the stickers with messages about an anti-Beijing government are left by protesters on a street in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP)

Hong Kongers clean up their chat histories in face of security law

Certain political views such as wanting independence became illegal and rights groups warn this will choke civil...

3 July 2020 1:11 PM IST

A member of the Australian Defence Force carries a batch of swab samples taken from members of the public at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 2, 2020. (AFP)

Thanks to conspiracy theories, Australians are refusing to test for...

Health officials in southern state of Victoria pled with the public to get themselves tested and to ignore...

3 July 2020 12:40 PM IST