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In this April 21, 2019, photo, Sri Lankans carry a dead body from the bomb-damaged St. Sebastians Church in Negombo. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka's former police chief indicted in 2019 Easter Sunday terror...

Nine suicide bombers carried out a series of devastating blasts on April 21, 2019, killing nearly 270 people, and...

22 Nov 2021 4:28 PM IST

Police stand near toppled chairs lining W. Main St. in downtown Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV drove into a parade of Christmas marchers, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds into US Christmas parade

One video shows the moment the SUV broke through the barricades and the sound of what appears to be several gunshots

22 Nov 2021 12:53 PM IST

Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States; no woman has ever been president in the countrys nearly 250-year history. (AP Photo)

Harris became first woman to be acting US President as Biden underwent...

Presidential power has been transferred to the vice president before, when President George W. Bush had colonoscopies in...

20 Nov 2021 3:41 PM IST

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

Under the new rules, anyone 18 or older can choose either a Pfizer or Moderna booster six months after their last dose

20 Nov 2021 3:32 PM IST

$A Massachusetts resident identifying herself only as \Safi,\ who asked that her last name not be used for fear of retribution against her relatives in Afghanistan, holds a purse with traditional Afghan patterns, during an interview with The Associated Press. (AP/Steven Senne)$ World

Thousands of Afghans seek temporary US entry, few approved

Victoria Palmer, a USCIS spokesperson, said the agency has trained 44 additional staff to help address the application...

19 Nov 2021 12:59 PM IST

Girls, along with activists, take part in a candlelight protest over the Hyderabad rape and murder case in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Pakistan Parliament approves chemical castration of habitual rapists

The bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and children in the...

18 Nov 2021 3:41 PM IST

Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. (PTI Photo)

US expresses 'concern' over delivery of Russia's S-400 missile system...

The S-400 is known as Russia's most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system

16 Nov 2021 3:36 PM IST

When the researchers tested the sera of 20 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they found that it could act against the engineered coronavirus variants. (Photo:AFP)

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second from COVID...

The companies have sold the vast majority of their doses to rich countries, leaving low-income nations in the lurch

16 Nov 2021 1:02 PM IST

The two countries got embroiled in a diplomatic tussle after the UK announced compulsory quarantine for travellers from India despite being fully vaccinated. Representational Image. (AFP)

US CDC issues 'Level One' COVID-19 travel health notice for India

In August, the US eased its travel advisory for India, lowering it to Level 2: Moderate

16 Nov 2021 12:45 PM IST

The French national flag flying at the entrance of the ‰lys©e Palace in Paris in January this year. (AFP Photo)

Two shades of blue: Emmanuel Macron makes subtle change in French flag

President Emmanuel Macron ordered a change to the colour of the French flag to find echoes of heroism in France's past

16 Nov 2021 12:08 PM IST

US President Joe Biden meets with Chinas President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden and Xi meet virtually as US-China chasm widens

The two leaders know each other well, having traveled together when both were vice presidents

16 Nov 2021 10:20 AM IST

Australia India Community Charitable Trust chair Vasan Srinivasan said that it saddens him that someone tried to vandalise the statue within 24 hours of its unveiling. (Photo| Twitter)

Newly unveiled life-sized statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised in...

The statue was gifted by the Indian government. The incident triggered shock and disappointment among the...

15 Nov 2021 3:43 PM IST