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Protesters surround banners that read: Those charge to the street on today is brave!, center top, and Release all the detainees! during a sit-in rally at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International airport on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong airport stops flights today as protesters storm arrivals...

Decision came after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators flooded into airport holding 'Hong Kong is not safe',...

12 Aug 2019 2:16 PM IST

Fire fighting team could not reach there on time as no fire team was available. So, a fire engine was called from Movva centre which is more than 50 km away from the village. (Photo: ANI | Representative)

5 children killed in fire at Pennsylvania daycare facility

The children who died were between 8 months to roughly 8 years old, the fire chief said.

12 Aug 2019 1:24 PM IST

With the results being updated in real time on the courts website, the institutions president Julio Solorzano declared the result already irreversible. (Photo: AFP)

Alejandro Giammattei elected as Guatemala President

Giammattei's lead was more than 550,000 with only a few thousand votes left to count.

12 Aug 2019 12:28 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles were fired under his supervision. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised weapons tests: report

South Korea's military said the North on Saturday fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles.

12 Aug 2019 12:20 PM IST

A video clip of the abuse, involving one of the 16-year-old girls, was leaked on various social media platforms, including Facebook. (Representational photo: file)

Justice late, not denied: New York's new rule to allow old abuse suits

Wednesday could begin a year of financial reckoning for many large institutions that care for children.

12 Aug 2019 12:12 PM IST

Ravinder Rana, Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital said, We tried to resuscitate his breathing but there was no response from him as he was brought dead here. (Photo: Representational)

South Africa buries 46 unidentified corpses lying unclaimed in public...

The routine was a sombre reminder of South Africa's perennial failure to identify many corpses.

12 Aug 2019 12:05 PM IST

Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters on Saturday - sending tourists fleeing weeping in Kowloon - only for demonstrators to regroup and gather elsewhere during another tense, hot and restive weekend. (Photo: AFP/ video screengrab)

Watch: Police in Hong Kong fire tear gas as street protests continue

Late on Saturday they flashed laser pointers at riot police, lifted bricks and scavenged building materials to barricade...

12 Aug 2019 10:49 AM IST

At least 51 people lost their lives after monsoons triggered landslides in Myanmars Mon State, according to the countrys Fire Services Department. (Photo: ANI)

56 killed as monsoons trigger landslides in Myanmar

Heavy rains led to a major landslide at the Ma-lat mountain. People, houses and vehicles were caught in the mud...

12 Aug 2019 8:59 AM IST

People with umbrellas walk against strong winds from Typhoon Mangkhut at Nanshan District in Shenzhen, south Chinas Guangdong Province. (Photo: AP)

Typhoon Lekima affects more than 6 million people in China

The typhoon has left 32 people dead in its wake while 265,500 hectares of crops have been affected.

12 Aug 2019 8:54 AM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: ANI)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa named SLPP's presidential candidate

Gotabaya was named the presidential candidate by his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa.

11 Aug 2019 9:15 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

Imran Khan attacks India over abrogation of Article 370

'Attempt is to change the demography of Kashmir through ethnic cleansing,' he said.

11 Aug 2019 6:35 PM IST

In Zhejiang, the typhoon damaged more than 173,000 hectares of crops and 34,000 houses. (Photo: ANI)

Typhoon Lekima: 28 dead, 20 missing in east China

Most of the deaths occurred in Yongjia County, administered by Wenzhou City, where torrential rains caused a landslide...

11 Aug 2019 4:38 PM IST