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Saudi Arabia allows foreign men and women to share hotel rooms

The moves appear to pave the way for unaccompanied women to travel more easily.

5 Oct 2019 2:10 PM IST

An Australian travel-blogging couple who were detained in Iran on spying charges have been released and returned home, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Australian couple charged with spying in Iran released

She was pregnant when she was arrested in 2017 in Australia where she was a legal resident.

5 Oct 2019 1:07 PM IST

On Friday, Trump had asked American companies to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including shifting manufacturing of their products to the US after Beijing imposed additional tariffs on USD 75 billion worth of US goods. (Photo: AP)

Democrats will be sorry in the end': Trump as impeachment probe...

Trump said he would formally object to Congress about impeachment inquiry, even as he acknowledged that Democrats have...

5 Oct 2019 12:41 PM IST

With more than 1,600 people wounded, the toll may rise further. (Photo: File)

Iraq protest: Death toll rises to 60, firebrand cleric demands govt's...

The latest figures include 18 deaths registered at a single hospital in the capital Baghdad.

5 Oct 2019 11:40 AM IST

Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi outlined Pakistans strong position while speaking at the UNHRC session in Geneva against the backdrop of tensions with India over the revocation of Jammu and Kashmirs special status on August 5. (Photo: AP)

Pak minister loses cool when asked to name 58 countries supporting...

On whose agenda are you working?' Qureshi snapped at talk show host Javed Chaudhry.

4 Oct 2019 8:26 PM IST

Too much pollution, so we have to get rid of the babies! Thats a big problem. We need to eat the babies! the woman emphasised. (Photo: Screengrab | Youtube)

Watch: Activist shouts, 'eat babies to save planet,' in town hall, AOC...

The activist also mentioned bombing Russia or eating dead people won't make much of a difference.

4 Oct 2019 3:43 PM IST

Police fired tear gas at protesters who threw stones and fire bombs close to the seat of government in the historic centre of the capital Quito. (Photo: AP)

Clashes break out as Ecuador Prez declares state of emergency'

No figures were available for the number of people injured but some press photographers were hurt during the clashes.

4 Oct 2019 2:52 PM IST

Trump will launch his campaign against the backdrop of mounting Democratic calls for his impeachment. (Photo:AP)

China should start investigation into the Bidens: Donald Trump

The Republican president said he believed both China and Ukraine should look into 2020 presidential hopeful Biden and...

4 Oct 2019 2:48 PM IST

The man involved, identified only as Thibault, a 28-year-old from Lyon, said the technology had given him a new lease of life. (Representational Image)

French man paralysed in accident walks again with brain-controlled...

Doctors who conducted the trial cautioned that the device is years away from being publicly available.

4 Oct 2019 2:37 PM IST

$Now, after Putins statements, shes changed it to \A kind but poorly informed teenager\. (Photo: Screengrab)$ World

Greta Thunberg changes her Twitter bio to mock Putin after he...

Putin said that Greta may have had good intentions but was poorly informed and has little or no idea about conditions in...

4 Oct 2019 1:27 PM IST

The bodycam videos, publicly released on Wednesday, shed additional light on the two officers encounter with Neely as they took in him into custody using a procedure that mounted police in their department were trained to employ when no transport vehicle was available. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: US cop, on horseback, leads black man tied to rope

A still photo of the arrest captured by an onlooker and posted on social media went viral, prompting a public outcry.

4 Oct 2019 12:52 PM IST

Abdul Mahdi said there was no magic solution to Iraqs chronic governance problems and graft but pledged to try to pass a law granting poor families a basic income. (Photo: File)

Iraqi PM demands parliamentary support to reshuffle cabinet

PM gave his remarks in a televised speech as protesters demanded the fall of the government.

4 Oct 2019 12:43 PM IST