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Violence flares in Afghanistan as hospital, funeral attacked. (AFP Photo)

Afghanistan: Deadly suicide attack targets hospital, funeral in...

Special forces rescued 80 people including mothers and babies from the Kabul hospital after three gunmen launched a...

12 May 2020 3:58 PM IST

Pompeo holds video conference with counterparts from India. (PTI Photo)

Pompeo holds concall with counterparts; focus on cooperation,...

Pompeo has discussed the importance of international cooperation, transparency, and accountability in combatting the...

12 May 2020 3:32 PM IST

Russia on Tuesday reported 10,899 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. (AFP Photo)

Russia reports 10,899 new coronavirus cases, surpasses UK tally

Russia puts the continued daily rise in cases down to widespread testing

12 May 2020 2:41 PM IST

China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures. (AFP Photo)

China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures

Wuhan on Monday reported its first cluster of coronavirus infections since a lockdown on the city

12 May 2020 2:16 PM IST

Japan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday. (AFP Photo)

Japan to approve its first coronavirus antigen test kits

Antigen tests scan for proteins that can be found on or inside a virus

12 May 2020 1:42 PM IST

Trump rules out renegotiating China trade deal. (AFP Photo)

US may not renegotiate China trade deal over virus war

Trump administration agreed to postpone any further tariff increases, while China promised to increase by $200 billion...

12 May 2020 12:32 PM IST

US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus. (AFP Photo)

Chinese hackers stealing research on coronavirus vaccine: FBI

The hackers are also targeting information and intellectual property on treatments and testing for COVID-19

12 May 2020 11:27 AM IST

An empty Indonesian airport during the coronavirus lockdown. (AFP)

Indonesia: 'Rice ATMs' come to the rescue amid coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus outbreak has caused millions to lose their jobs in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

12 May 2020 10:48 AM IST

Representational image (PTI)

The other side of Covid: 600 kg of biomedical waste nobody should...

The BMW generated each day also includes other wastes generated in the process of treating the coronavirus victims at...

11 May 2020 6:28 PM IST

Pradeep Kumar Gyawali (Twitter)

Nepal issues diplomatic note to India in protest on Lipulekh

India however made it clear last Saturday that the road falls very much within Indian territory in Uttarakhand

11 May 2020 6:07 PM IST

Local official sacked as COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan reports six new cases. (AFP Photo)

Official sacked for poor management after new Covid19 cases reported...

All the cases were reported in the Sanmin residential community, which is under the jurisdiction of Changqing Street

11 May 2020 4:29 PM IST

Grave diggers wearing protective suits bury a COVID-19 victim as relatives and friends stand at a safe distance in Kolpino, outside St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)

Russia overtakes Italy and Britain after record rise in virus cases

The number of new cases jumped by 11,656 in the past 24 hours, taking the total count to 221,344

11 May 2020 3:50 PM IST