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A policeman searches a vendor on a motorbike in Cinkasse, the northern Togo commercial border post with Burkina Faso. (AFP)

Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation

Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger are battling Islamist insurgencies with links to al Qaeda and Islamic...

25 May 2020 10:54 AM IST

Migrant workers eat in the dining area onboard the SuperStar Gemini cruise ship, currently used to accommodate foreign workers who have recovered from the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre terminal in Singapore. (AFP)

Singaporean cooks up Eid feast for guest workers in lockdown

There are about 300,000 foreign labourers in Singapore, most of them from Bangladesh, China and India

25 May 2020 10:42 AM IST

People sunbathe in Ostia beach, near Rome. (AP)

Europeans soak up the sun but travel rules cause confusion

European countries aim to open their borders for European travel in mid-June, but it isn't clear when intercontinental...

25 May 2020 9:47 AM IST

A view of Avila Beach from the cliffs in Pismo Beach, Calif. The beaches in Pismo Beach and Avila Beach, California, were fairly packed with tourists during Memorial Day weekend with the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing. (AP)

Americans pass pandemic holiday on beaches, in parks as death toll...

All 50 states in the US have relaxed coronavirus restrictions to some degree

25 May 2020 9:19 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

White House bans travel from Brazil

Trump had already banned travellers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Iran,...

25 May 2020 9:03 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looks up when an earthquake struck during a live television interview in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday morning, May 25, 2020. (AP)

Jacinda Ardern 'stays cool' as earthquake hits amid live telecast

A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand's North Island early Monday

25 May 2020 8:31 AM IST

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Muslims around the world celebrates Eid amid curfews and virus fears

The three-day holiday of Eid is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of...

24 May 2020 4:07 PM IST

Commuters wear PPE (personal protective equipment), including a face mask as a precautionary measure against COVID-19. (AFP)

Australia PM pushes jobs to minimise government welfare spending

Country's second-most populous state, Victoria, resume tourism as virus eases

24 May 2020 3:55 PM IST

A health staff member instructs patients to stop as Seine-Saint-Denis French department inhabitants wait to be tested for the novel coronavirus Covid-19 at a free mobile testing site in Clichy-sous-Bois. (AFP)

Patient tally continues to fall in France

Two weeks after lifting lockdown, France had an increase of 0.2%, below the average 0.3% increase of the past seven days...

24 May 2020 3:43 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump declares churches 'essential,' calls on them to reopen

The US president threatened to override governors who defy him on Friday, but it was unclear what authority he has to...

24 May 2020 2:21 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP)

Joe Biden wins Hawaii presidential primary delayed by virus

Biden defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 63% to 37%

24 May 2020 2:18 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and fellow leader under a recently signed power-sharing agreement, Abdullah Abdullah, center, hold a meeting with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad aimed at resuscitating a U.S.-Taliban peace deal signed in February, at the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (The Presidential Palace via AP)

Taliban, Afghan president declare three-day ceasefire for Eid

The move came as fighting between the two sides had intensified despite the coronavirus pandemic

24 May 2020 12:56 PM IST