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Dozens of community members gathered in remembrance and prayer, as many came to show their support to those needing comfort because their loved ones will never be able to make it home. (Representational Image - ANI)

Indian-Americans light candles across US to honor soldiers killed in...

The soldiers were among the 6,000 US troops President Joe Biden deployed to assist in a massive airlift evacuation

30 Aug 2021 2:42 PM IST

Beijing has pledged to make employment a top priority of its economic policies. (Photo: Bloomberg)

China targets 55 million jobs, better worker rights in new plan

The unemployment rate will be capped at 5.5%, wages as a share of gross domestic product will be increased

30 Aug 2021 12:11 PM IST

$A destroyed vehicle is seen inside a house after a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. A U.S. drone strike destroyed a vehicle carrying \multiple suicide bombers\ from Afghanistans Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabuls international airport, American officials said. (AP)$ World

Rockets fired at Kabul airport as US troops pull out

US forces are now focused chiefly on flying themselves and American diplomats out safely

30 Aug 2021 11:41 AM IST

A woman died from myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle wall, following her Pfizer vaccination. (Photo: Bloomberg)

New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer vaccine

The case has been referred to the coroner and the cause of death has not yet been determined

30 Aug 2021 11:32 AM IST

Emirates planes are parked at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

UAE to resume visas for tourists vaccinated against Covid

Those eligible would have to be fully inoculated with one of the Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health...

29 Aug 2021 1:51 PM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard outside the airport after Thursdays deadly attacks, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Taliban seals off Kabul airport, stops people as evacuation process...

US President Joe Biden has warned that another terror attack at Kabul airport is 'highly likely in the next 24-36 hours'

29 Aug 2021 12:07 PM IST

The window for civilian evacuations has all but closed for thousands of Afghans as many countries have either ended or are about to end airlift operations on security concerns. (Photo: Repesentational/AFP)

US kills ISIS-K planner in drone strike

Large crowds milled around Kabul's international airport on Friday despite repeated warnings of more terrorist attacks

28 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

US President Joe Biden pauses as he delivers remarks on the terror attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the US service members and Afghan victims killed and wounded, in White House, Washington, DC on August 26, 2021.

Biden warns Kabul bombers 'we will hunt you down'

He reaffirmed the August 31 deadline for all US troops to leave Afghanistan and said the US forces would fly out as many...

27 Aug 2021 12:28 PM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

US, Afghan officials: At least 72 killed in airport attack

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday

27 Aug 2021 7:50 AM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Suicide bombers kill dozens of civilians, 10 U.S. troops at Kabul...

There was no complete death toll of Afghan civilians but video images uploaded by Afghan journalists showed bodies of...

27 Aug 2021 4:47 AM IST

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State...

The U.S. embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid travelling to the airport

26 Aug 2021 2:40 PM IST

People, some wearing masks, walk along a path in Wellington, New Zealand Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand has biggest COVID-19 case day in over a year

The government put the nation into a strict lockdown last week as it tries to stamp out the outbreak, which has grown to...

26 Aug 2021 11:42 AM IST