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United Nations Headquarters in New York (AFP file image)

UN body expresses concern over slavery in China and forced marriages...

UN investigator also speaks of bonded labour among Dalits in India

18 Aug 2022 9:02 AM IST

Elon Musk (AP file image)

Musk says tweet about buying Manchester United was a joke

The world's richest man has a habit of posting provocative statements on Twitter for fun

17 Aug 2022 12:54 PM IST

Elon Musk (Twitter/@AFP)

Elon Musk tweets he is 'buying Manchester United'

Manchester United, a storied English football club, is currently led by the six children of late American businessman...

17 Aug 2022 8:58 AM IST

Chinas research and survey vessel, the Yuan Wang 5, arrives at Hambantota port on August 16, 2022. - A Chinese research vessel entered Sri Lankas Chinese-run southern port of Hambantota on August 16 despite concerns from India and the US about its activities. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Chinese research ship docks at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port amidst...

Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship 'Yuan Wang 5' arrived in the southern port of Hambantota at 8.20...

16 Aug 2022 11:37 AM IST

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture. (Photo: AP)

Attack on Salman Rushdie is 'appalling', says White House NSA Jake...

Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses , was stabbed by a New Jersey resident...

13 Aug 2022 6:59 PM IST

n this still image from video, author Salman Rushdie is taken on a stretcher to a helicopter for transport to a hospital after he was attacked during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP)

Rushdie's attacker showed sympathy to causes of Iran's Revolutionary...

The New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act...

13 Aug 2022 11:49 AM IST

Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)

Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye, liver stabbed and...

According to Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, the Mumbai-born controversial author was on a ventilator and could not speak

13 Aug 2022 8:17 AM IST

The author was attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York state

A reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he...

12 Aug 2022 10:15 PM IST

United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

China blocks India-US bid to blacklist terrorist at UNSC

Upon being designated as a global terrorist, Abdul Rauf Azhar will be subjected to assets freeze, travel ban and arms...

12 Aug 2022 10:50 AM IST

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP File)

Trump says Florida home 'raided' by FBI

The FBI had not yet confirmed the search or said what it might be for, and Trump is at the center of a slew of legal...

9 Aug 2022 11:02 PM IST

Fighter jets of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Gong Yulong/Xinhua via AP)

China continues military drills around Taiwan even after end of...

People's Liberation Army Eastern Theatre Command, which oversees Taiwan, said it would continue drills in waters near...

8 Aug 2022 12:55 PM IST

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland Chinas closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022, ahead of massive military drills off Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to the self-ruled island. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views Taiwan as its...

4 Aug 2022 10:52 AM IST