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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP)

Netanyahu 'confident' US will support West Bank annexation

The annexation, which will kill chances of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, is likely to invite flak...

27 April 2020 12:17 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

AP Fact Check: How Trump's statements on coronavirus contradict the...

The US President's claims over how his country is handling the pandemic seem far away from actual facts emphasised by...

27 April 2020 12:11 PM IST

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors

The decision comes on the heels of another judgement to end flogging, one of the most controversial forms of public...

27 April 2020 9:57 AM IST

Soldiers allied to Yemens internationally recognized government fly the South Yemen flag at the port of Aden in Aden, Yemen. (AP File Image)

Saudi-led coalition rejects self-rule declaration, calls for...

The separatists' move complicates a long and separate conflict against Huthi rebels who control much of the north Yemen

27 April 2020 8:39 AM IST

A woman wearing PPE crosses an empty road at Oxford Circus, London. (AFP)

Britain has no lockdown exit strategy in sight

The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in hospitals across the United Kingdom has risen above 20,000

26 April 2020 4:56 PM IST

A worker wearing a mask and protective gear walks between the emergency structures set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital in northern Italy. As Italy prepares to emerge from the Wests first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe. (AP)

One of the worst hit in whole of Europe, Italy's Lombardy is a lesson...

Italy was the first Western nation to be slammed by the virus, and its total of fatalities lags behind only the US in...

26 April 2020 4:29 PM IST

Volunteers of the Detente y Ayuda (Stop and Help) DYA non-profit organization in protective gear take samples from fishermen, before putting out to sea, at a COVID-19 disease testing centre at the seaport of the Spanish Basque city of Hondarribia. (AFP)

Spain witnesses a dip in daily death toll

With 23,190 coronavirus fatalities, Spain has the third-highest number of deaths after the United States and Italy

26 April 2020 3:54 PM IST

A worker checks masks at Naton Medical Group, a company which makes medical equipment in Beijing. (AFP)

89 million faulty face masks seized in inspection in China

To eliminate faulty products, China released new rules saying even non-medical masks must meet both national and...

26 April 2020 2:32 PM IST

Graffiti art inspired by the increase in cases of domestic violence amid a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)

Coronavirus lockdown leads to rise in domestic violence in Iraq

Activists have long pushed the government to adopt a better domestic violence law that would help victims and deter...

26 April 2020 1:33 PM IST

The Riyadh agreement had been hailed as a possible stepping stone towards ending the wider conflict in Yemen, but the cracks soon emerged. (AFP)

Separatists declare self-governance as peace deal with government...

Southern Transitional Council (STC) accused the government of failing to perform its duties and of "conspiring" against...

26 April 2020 12:55 PM IST

Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un. (AFP)

Rumours rife about Kim Jong Un's health as satellite spots his train...

Seoul had repeatedly indicated that there have been no unusual signs that could indicate health problems for Kim

26 April 2020 12:52 PM IST

A brigade of health professionals, who volunteered to travel to South Africa to assist local authorities with an upsurge of coronavirus cases, attend the farewell ceremony in Havana, Cuba. (AP)

Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 200,000

Underscoring the unknowns, WHO said there is currently no evidence that people who recovered from COVID-19 cannot fall...

26 April 2020 12:49 PM IST