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A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast on October 10, 2020 shows what appears to be a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers Party of Korea, on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. - Nuclear-armed North Korea held a giant military parade, television images showed, with thousands of maskless troops defying the coronavirus threat and Pyongyang expected to put on show its latest and most advanced weapons. (AFP)World
North Korea unveils 'monster' new intercontinental ballistic missile...

The parade featured North Korea's ballistic missiles for the first time since Kim began meeting with international...

11 Oct 2020 1:16 PM IST

US President Donald Trump takes his mask off before speaking from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC during a rally on October 10, 2020. - Trump spoke publicly for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a rapid return to the campaign trail just three weeks before the election. (AFP)World
'Feeling great': Trump seeks campaign comeback from Covid-19

Biden has slammed as 'reckless' Trump's determination to rally huge crowds during the pandemic

11 Oct 2020 11:22 AM IST

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)World
China has deployed 60K soldiers on India's northern border: Pompeo

Pompeo met minister S Jaishankar in Tokyo and they underscored the need to work together to advance, peace and security...

11 Oct 2020 11:02 AM IST

A person out exercising in Melbourne amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)World
Australia reports no COVID-19 deaths for third day, hotspot faces...

Neighbouring New Zealand reported four new cases on Saturday, all returned travelers in quarantine

10 Oct 2020 3:40 PM IST

Students shout slogans to protest against an alleged gang-rape and stripping and torturing of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali during a demonstration in Dhaka. (AFP)World
Bangladesh weighs death penalty for rapists as protests flare

Saturday's demonstrations were sparked by a video of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman for almost half an...

10 Oct 2020 2:32 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)World
Pakistan court asks Sharif to appear before it to avoid being declared...

Sharif has been living in London since November last year after he was allowed to go there for a period of eight weeks...

10 Oct 2020 2:22 PM IST

Protesters demonstrate in the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Sooronbai Jeenbekov, the embattled president of Kyrgyzstan, has moved to end the political turmoil that followed a disputed parliamentary election, ordering a state of emergency in the capital. (AP)World
Kyrgyzstan president calls in military as protesters clash in streets

Earlier the president had said he was ready to resign once a new cabinet was appointed - which could happen on Saturday

10 Oct 2020 10:51 AM IST

Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun. (Image: Twitter/@withMEAA)World
Australian writer to face trial in China for espionage charges

Diplomatic relations between the two have deteriorated after China imposed trade reprisals in response to Australia's...

10 Oct 2020 9:44 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)World
Trump to resume campaigning; second debate cancelled

Trump will address a crowd of supporters on Saturday from a White House balcony on a 'law and order' theme, an...

10 Oct 2020 9:30 AM IST

Pigeons fly near Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday. (AP)World
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh

The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between the diplomats in Moscow, which were sponsored by Russian Foreign...

10 Oct 2020 9:12 AM IST

The WFP was honoured for \its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,\ the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)World
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat...

Founded in 1961, the UN organisation helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion rations to people in 88...

9 Oct 2020 3:05 PM IST

Tourists wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus stand near a floral decoration set up for the National Day celebrations on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Negative perceptions of China have increased sharply in many of the worlds advanced economies, especially in Australia and the U.K., a new survey from the Pew Research Center showed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP)World
China tourism rebounds over Golden Week but still below last year

Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October...

9 Oct 2020 1:34 PM IST

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