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Administrative Office of the President, Taliban social media account, Sir Simon Gass, the British Prime Ministers high representative for Afghan transition, right, meets with Deputy prime minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP)

Taliban leaders meet with UK, Iran delegations amid economic woes

The meeting marked Britain's first diplomatic visit to the country since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan...

6 Oct 2021 11:02 AM IST

The tax rate rises to 10 per cent, 15, per cent, 20 per cent and 25 per cent for every Rs 2.5 lakh addition.

'Pandora papers' show London is a key hub for tax avoidance

Treasury chief Rishi Sunak said Britain's tax authorities will inspect the Pandora Papers

5 Oct 2021 4:57 PM IST

Commission president Jean-Marc Sauve, left, hands copies of the report to Catholic Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops Conference of France (CEF), during the publishing of a report by an independant commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase), Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris. A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within Frances Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in Frances first major reckoning with the devastating phenomenon. (AP)

330,000 children victims of church sex abuse: French report

About 80% of the victims were boys, as per the 2,500-page document prepared by an independent commission

5 Oct 2021 2:45 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (AP)

Pandora Papers: Pak PM Imran Khan says would probe all citizens...

The Pandora Papers have also named some retired Pakistan Army officials and media company owners

4 Oct 2021 2:48 PM IST

Leader of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Fumio Kishida (C) is applauded after being elected as new prime minister at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP)

Japan's Parliament elects former diplomat Fumio Kishida as new Prime...

Kishida replaces Yoshihide Suga, who resigned with his Cabinet earlier in the day

4 Oct 2021 12:43 PM IST

High waves break on the Mutrah sea side promenade in the Omani capital Muscat on October 2, 2021, as the Shaheen tropical storm hits the country. (AFP)

Death toll in Cyclone Shaheen now 5 as storm moves into Oman

The Emirates, home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, had issued warnings to residents that the storm was coming

4 Oct 2021 11:15 AM IST

Taliban supporters attend an open air rally in a field in Kabul on October 3, 2021. (Hoshang HASHIMI / AFP)

Taliban rally outside Kabul as they consolidate rule

The rally was the first of its kind in the capital since Taliban seized control of the country 7 weeks ago following a...

3 Oct 2021 1:08 PM IST

Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (L) prepares to give a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination to Chen Knifsend (R) at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

Global COVID-19 deaths hit 50 lakhs as Delta variant sweeps the world

As a region, South America has the highest death toll in the world accounting for 21% of all reported deaths

2 Oct 2021 11:16 AM IST

In this image provided by the University of Utah Health, medical professionals look after a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit on July 30, 2021, in Salt Lake City. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 700,000. (Charlie Ehlert/University of Utah Health via AP)

US surpasses 700,000 Covid deaths: Johns Hopkins

The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7 pc of the population...

2 Oct 2021 10:45 AM IST

A member of the Taliban special forces pushes a journalist (L) covering a demonstration by women protestors outside a school in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Rights group expresses concern over Taliban's new media rules

As per the regulations, journalists are required to 'ensure that their reporting is balanced'

1 Oct 2021 12:54 PM IST

Dorene Giacopini holds up a photo of her mother Primetta Giacopini while posing for a photo at her home in Richmond, Calif. on Monday, Sept 27, 2021. (AP/Josh Edelson)

US woman who survived 1918 flu, world war succumbs to COVID

The flu pandemic killed about 675,000 Americans a death toll eclipsed this month by the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic

1 Oct 2021 11:38 AM IST

A vial of Covishield, an Indian made vaccine for COVID-19, lies at a vaccination center set up at a government run school in Bengaluru. (Photo: AP)

Covishield approved by Australia for international arrivals

The recognition of the vaccines will remove a significant barrier for international students seeking to study in...

1 Oct 2021 11:33 AM IST