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Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)World
India logs 13 per cent fall in new COVID cases in week; still highest...

Globally, despite a declining trend, the incidence of cases remains at some of the highest levels since the start of the...

19 May 2021 12:10 PM IST

US President Joe Biden dialled up Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.World
US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu he backs 'ceasefire' in Israel:...

Biden has so far resisted joining other world leaders and much of his own Democratic party in calling for an immediate...

18 May 2021 12:28 PM IST

Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)World
UN Security Council to meet after Gaza destruction, rocket fire into...

Israeli forces pummeled the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday

16 May 2021 10:04 AM IST

In Nepal, several climbers have reported testing positive for COVID-19 after they were brought down from the Everest base camp. (AP Image)World
China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal

While China has mostly curbed domestic transmission of COVID, Nepal is experiencing a surge with record numbers of new...

15 May 2021 12:15 PM IST

Palestinians inspect their destroyed houses following overnight Israeli airstrikes in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)World
EXPLAINER: Why is Gaza almost always mired in conflict?

Gaza, sandwiched between Israel and Egypt, is just 25 miles (40 kilometers) long and six miles (10 kilometers) wide

14 May 2021 11:07 PM IST

Israeli firefighter extinguishes a burning vehicle on Tuesday after Hamas launched rockets from Gaza Strip to Ashkelon, at southern Israel. (AFP)World
Israel strikes kill senior Hamas commander, Palestinians fire rockets

At least 56 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave's health...

12 May 2021 11:17 PM IST

Long March 5B rocket, carrying Chinas Tianhe space station core module, lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Chinas Hainan province. - A large segment of the Long March 5B rocket re-entered the Earths atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean, state television reported on May 9, 2021 citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. (AFP File)World
Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA

The China Manned Space Engineering Office said most of the debris was burnt up in the atmosphere

9 May 2021 11:05 AM IST

The Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday said that travellers from India will not be allowed to disembark in Sri Lanka. (AFP)World
Sri Lanka bans travellers from India with immediate effect

Several countries like UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore have already banned travellers from India as well as other South...

6 May 2021 1:01 PM IST

Medical supplies from the United Kingdom reach Delhi Airport, in New Delhi on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (PTI file photo)World
US to send COVID-19 supplies worth $100 million to India

The first shipment includes 960,000 rapid tests, which can detect Covid in 15 minutes, and 100,000 N95 masks for...

29 April 2021 9:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi(L) and US President Joe Biden(R). Biden promised emergency assistance to Covid-ravaged India in a telephone call on April 26, 2021 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two countries said. (AFP)World
Biden promises supplies to help India beat COVID-19

Prime Minister Modi thanks Japan PM for providing assistance to India for combating the pandemic in 'summit phone talk'

27 April 2021 6:59 AM IST

This is the second time in three months that the British PM has cancelled his visit to India. (Photo: AFP)World
Boris Johnson cancels his visit to India

India on UK's red list, 103 cases of Indian variant had been identified in the UK

20 April 2021 1:23 AM IST

Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) workers Gabrielle Carlos, center, and Joao Vericimo enter the COVID-19 area of a hospital as they prepare to move a patient in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP)World
Brazil sees record-high ICU occupancydue to COVID-19 surge

The South American country has the world's second-largest COVID-19 outbreak after the US, with 340,776 deaths and...

8 April 2021 2:55 PM IST

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