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The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday.(Photo: MEAIndia/Twitter)West Asia
India sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon

The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday

15 Aug 2020 1:10 PM IST

Models wearing face masks prepare backstage prior to a mask fashion show at Gangnam district in Seoul. (AFP)World
South Korea fears COVID-19 infections getting out of control

With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two...

15 Aug 2020 10:29 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Abu Dhabis Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. (AFP)West Asia
Iran condemns UAE-Israel deal, calls it ‘a stab in the back’ to...

-'UAE government and other accompanying governments must accept responsibility for all the consequences of this...

14 Aug 2020 1:02 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. (via AFP)World
North Korea lifts coronavirus lockdown, rejects virus aid

Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim-'s major economic goals by forcing the country into a...

14 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington to announce his much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. AP photoWest Asia
UAE and Israel establish diplomatic ties; annexation of parts of West...

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to break the news

13 Aug 2020 11:41 PM IST

Lebanese anti-government protesters attack a vehicle belonging to a member of the parliament upon his arrival to the parliamentary session at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. (AFP)West Asia
Lebanon Parliament meets for first time after government resignation

Parliament is not convening at its usual location due to ongoing protests outside the Parliament building

13 Aug 2020 3:59 PM IST

A bus is submerged in floodwaters following heavy rains in Paju, South Korea. (AP)World
North Korea nuclear reactor site damaged by flooding: US think-tank

Korean peninsula has been hammered by one of the longest rainy spells in recent history with floods and landslides...

13 Aug 2020 12:27 PM IST

Smoke and flames rise after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (AFP)West Asia
Israel attacks Hamas sites in Gaza in retaliation for explosive...

Despite a truce last year backed by UN, Egypt and Qatar, the two sides clash sporadically with rockets, mortar fire or...

13 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST

People hold up copies of the Apple Daily as they protest for press freedom inside a mall in Hong Kong on August 11, 2020, a day after authorities conducted a search of the newspapers headquarters after the companys founder Jimmy Lai was arrested under the new national security law. (AFP)World
Hong Kongers are mass buying Apple Daily newspaper to defend free...

The public show of support came a day after police arrested HK-'s pro-democracy newspaper’s founder, and raided its...

12 Aug 2020 11:35 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, center, visits the National Health Command Center with Taiwanese Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
Fighter jets sent by China ‘driven out’: Taiwan Air Force

China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its terriroty, had promised unspecified retaliation to the US-' plan to...

10 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen (right) speaks during a meeting in Taipei. (via @iingwen)World
US health chief offers ‘strong support and friendship’ to...

Washington had broken off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 in favour of Beijing

10 Aug 2020 11:28 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)World
Japan-'s history of forced labour haunts ties with other Asian...

Survivors of the camps, their families and supporters are still seeking compensation and atonement for the labour and...

10 Aug 2020 11:00 AM IST

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