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Medical workers staff a drive-through Covid-19 testing site located in a shopping centre carpark in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia starts virus testing blitz to stop second wave in Melbourne

30 new COVID-19 infections reported in Melbourne overnight in a continuing outbreak that has raised fears of a second...

26 Jun 2020 12:09 PM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) speaks during the National Assembly session in Islamabad. (Handout photograph released by the Pakistans Press Information Department)

Imran Khan under fire for bin Laden 'martyrdom' remark

I will never forget how we were embarrassed when Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, martyred...

26 Jun 2020 11:19 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister addresses the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo released by the Press Information Department)

Not in favour of escalating tensions with India, says Pakistan

Pakistan's foreign office claims India had committed 1,440 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in six months

26 Jun 2020 9:45 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to families who have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act during an event at the Lancaster Recreation Center on June 25, 2020 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Biden seeks restoration of peoples' rights in Kashmir; disappointed...

A group of Hindu Americans have reached out to Biden's campaign expressing resentment to the language used against India

26 Jun 2020 9:32 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. (AFP)

US reviewing global force posture to counter China's threat to India:...

Last week, Pompeo criticised the Chinese Army for 'escalating' the border tension with India and militarizing the...

26 Jun 2020 8:59 AM IST

Armed policemen man a checkpoint along a road in Cebu City, central Philippines. (AFP)

Authoritarian regimes are using virus to silence its critics,...

500 signatories, including more than 60 former leaders, wrote an open letter organised by Institute for Democracy and...

25 Jun 2020 3:16 PM IST

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2020, an internally-displaced Somali woman, right, is informed how to protect herself from the coronavirus, at the Weydow IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP)

Who hasn't heard of COVID-19 by now? More than you think

UN says scores of migrants arriving in Somalia every day are unaware of the pandemic that's wreaking havoc all over the...

25 Jun 2020 2:54 PM IST

First-term U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, awaits passersby as she hands out leaflets explaining how to vote early or by absentee ballot during a stop at the Parkchester subway station in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP)

US poll speculations suggest a leftward swing

The left tilt comes amid social upheaval and anger over Trump's response to the pandemic, anti-racism protests and mass...

25 Jun 2020 1:18 PM IST

An Army vehicle arrives at the spot of encounter with militants at Pampore in Pulwama District of South Kashmir. (PTI)

Pakistan took 'modest steps' to restrain India-focused militant...

UN Secretary-General says they expect all member states to 'live up' to their obligations under relevant Security...

25 Jun 2020 12:58 PM IST

In this May 1, 2019, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court in London. (AP)

US Justice Department strengthens charges against Wikileaks' Assange

Assange already faces 18 criminal charges in the US and the latest indictment augments existing charges

25 Jun 2020 12:20 PM IST

People cross a traffic intersection in the central business district of Sydney. (AFP)

Australia reports biggest daily rise in two months

Family get-togethers might have played a big role in the surge as it comes just weeks after Australia began easing...

25 Jun 2020 11:36 AM IST

People cross the border between France and Spain at Behobie, southwestern France. (AP)

Americans not allowed into 30+ European countries

As Europe reopens its borders, American visitors will not be welcome owing to surging virus numbers in USA and Trump's...

25 Jun 2020 10:39 AM IST