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Smoke rises in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, seen from Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. South Korea says that North Korea has exploded an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border. (AP Photo)

North Korea blows up liaison office shared with South Korea

Since early June, North Korea issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of South over activists sending anti-Pyongyang...

16 Jun 2020 2:55 PM IST

Indian Border Security Force soldiers walk with their belongings for night duty near the India-Pakistan international border. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan frees missing Indian staffers after a day of tension

The Pakistani action is being seen as retaliation after two Pakistan High Commission officials were asked to leave India...

16 Jun 2020 10:50 AM IST

security personnel wearing a protective suit stands guard at a residential area under lockdown near Yuquan East Market in Beijing on June 15, 2020.(AFP)

Beijing locks down more districts as new virus outbreak gathers pace

After nearly two months with no new infections, Beijing now has 79 cases reported linked to a single wholesale food...

15 Jun 2020 5:43 PM IST

CRPF personnel patrol Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Nagrota outskirts, in Jammu. (PTI)

Pakistan rejects Rajnath Singh's remarks about Pak-occupied Kashmir

Pakistan's foreign office alleges Sigh's remarks were a 'desperate' attempt to divert attention from Jammu and Kashmir

15 Jun 2020 1:58 PM IST

A health official wearing protective gear takes blood sample of a man at a drive-through screening and testing facility for the COVID-19 coronavirus, alongside a street in Islamabad. (AFP)

Pakistan's coronavirus tally crosses 140,000-mark

29,085 tests were done in the last 24 hours taking the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the country to...

15 Jun 2020 1:23 PM IST

A family watches French President Emmanuel Macron during his televised address, in Bayonne, southwestern France, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (AP)

Macron rejects racism but says colonial statues to remain in France

Demonstrators have expressed anger at discrimination within French society, particularly toward minorities from France's...

15 Jun 2020 12:43 PM IST

A woman walks through a disinfection booth upon arrival to the opening of Cinemacar drive-in cinema in Alicante on June 11, 2020. (AFP)

Europe starts to reopen borders

From Iceland to Greece, many restrictions for EU and Schengen visitors ease on Monday

15 Jun 2020 12:34 PM IST

Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, center, is escorted as she arrives to attend a court hearing at Manila Regional Trial Court, Philippines on Monday June 15, 2020. (AP)

Journalist who criticised Philippine president convicted of libel

If court also upholds Justice Department's decision, journalists and media firms can be sued up to 12 years for...

15 Jun 2020 11:09 AM IST

Demonstrators take party in a rally advertised as a Law and Order Rally that was also supporting President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Record spike in virus cases in US as states push ahead with reopening

Many state health officials partly attribute the increase to gatherings over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in late...

15 Jun 2020 10:24 AM IST

Employees of a funeral parlour carry the coffin of a COVID-19 victim into a vehicle, outside the Carlos Van Buren Hospital in Valparaiso. (AFP)

Chile to add 'probable' coronavirus deaths to official toll

A report by an investigative journalism organization showed huge differences between death toll announced to citizens...

15 Jun 2020 9:29 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AFP)

Britain cannot photoshop' its cultural landscape: Johnson

PM Johnson defends Churchill, criticises 'distortion of our history'

15 Jun 2020 9:13 AM IST

A voter casts his vote during a mock election to test the guidelines implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ingiriya of Kalutara District in Western Province on June 14, 2020. (AFP)

Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures

The island nation of 21 million people has steadily lifted its lockdown restrictions, although a night curfew remains

14 Jun 2020 8:28 PM IST