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Fires in the Amazon have surged 83 percent so far this year compared with the same period a year earlier, government figures show. (Photo: AP)

Brazilian prez admits to farmers setting Amazon forest ablaze, tells...

'These countries that send money, they don't send it out of charity. They send it with aim of interfering with our...

23 Aug 2019 4:31 PM IST

Demonstrators stand outside the Yuen Long MTR station during a protest in Hong Kong.(Photo: AP)

Hong Kong protests: YouTube shuts down more than 200 channels

Twitter and Facebook announced this week that they suspended nearly 1,000 active accounts linked to a coordinated...

23 Aug 2019 3:31 PM IST

The announcement comes after the US government offered a USD 1 million reward for information leading to Hamza bin Ladens capture as part of its Rewards for Justice program. (Photo: AP | File)

US Secretary of Defence confirms death of Hamza Bin Laden

US media reported at the beginning of August that bin Laden was killed during the last two years in an operation that...

23 Aug 2019 3:11 PM IST

Priyanka Chopra

'Personal opinion': UNICEF rubbishes Pak complaint over Priyanka...

Chopra has been facing severe criticism since she tweeted hailing Indian armed forces.

23 Aug 2019 3:10 PM IST

Israel has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria, but an expansion of the campaign to Iraq -- where the Jewish state struck the Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981 -- would risk damaging Washingtons relations with Baghdad. (Photo: AP)

'Israel bombed Iraq's weapons depot,' says report

There have been series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots used by Hashed al-Shaabi...

23 Aug 2019 1:50 PM IST

Bowles received the death penalty for the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach. (Photo: AP)

Serial killer who preyed on older gay men executed in Florida prison

The sentence was carried out at 10:58 pm, according to the office of Gov Ron DeSantis.

23 Aug 2019 1:35 PM IST

Hope not, Trump said when asked by reporters if Washington was going to war with Tehran. (Photo:AP)

Trump's message to G7 leaders this weekend: 'Be more like US'

Trump will talk to his counterparts about how to open up European, Japanese and Canadian markets for US goods and...

23 Aug 2019 11:43 AM IST

Naveed Walter, President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan, apprised the United Nations about the biased behaviour of Chinese and Pakistani regimes against minorities in their respective countries. (Photo: ANI)

US, UK, Canada slam China, Pak for persecuting minorities

China and Pakistan have been condemned internationally for cracking down on the minorities living in their countries.

23 Aug 2019 10:44 AM IST

The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit last month was good and productive. (Photo: AFP)

Trump to discuss Kashmir, human rights with Modi at G7 Summit in...

A senior US administration official said the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan is expected to come up.

23 Aug 2019 8:54 AM IST

Kapoor was arrested by Interpol in Germany in 2011 and is in jail in India. (Photo: Facebook)

Jailed art dealer Subhash Kapoor charged in US with looting artifacts

The complaint charges Kapoor with 86 counts of criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny and scheme to...

22 Aug 2019 2:32 PM IST

Trump will launch his campaign against the backdrop of mounting Democratic calls for his impeachment. (Photo:AP)

Trump says he's looking 'seriously' to end birthright citizenship

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump had said that he would end the birthright citizenship.

22 Aug 2019 1:41 PM IST

Citing rape, other sex acts, 3 women sue Jeffrey Epstein's estate

The lawsuits in Manhattan federal court were filed on behalf of women who remained anonymous.

22 Aug 2019 12:52 PM IST