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King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairing a virtual cabinet meeting from his office at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. (AFP)West Asia
Saudi’s King Salman discharged from hospital

The King’s health is closely watched because of the absolute powers he holds over one of the world-'s top oil-rich...

31 July 2020 12:28 PM IST

A Muslim pilgrim attending prayers at at Namira Mosque, on Arafat Day, the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca. (AFP)West Asia
A virtual Hajj is the best case scenario for many

Pilgrims who won the ticket for this year-'s downscaled Hajj is making sure their family members also get the experience...

31 July 2020 10:15 AM IST

The woman, who is a Singapore citizen, had arrived in Singapore from India on July 17. (Representational Image: AFP)World
Singapore citizen tests positive for COVID after returning from India

Including four imported cases reported today, Singapore has a total of 51,809 coronavirus recorded till date

30 July 2020 3:31 PM IST

Riot police set up a cordon line during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AP)World
Hong Kong police help pro-democracy hashtag trend by accident

Hong Kong-'s Twitter warriors were quick to pounce, many of them mocking the city-'s police force for helping to make...

30 July 2020 1:25 PM IST

Students wear masks as a preventive measure against coronavirus, at Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu. PTIWorld
145 Indian students stranded in Kyrgyzstan return home in AI special...

All 145 passengers instructed to stay in institutional quarantine for next one week in their hometowns as per central...

30 July 2020 11:04 AM IST

Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong. (AFP)World
4 booked for online posts under Hong Kong’s controversial security...

China, in justifying the new law, says issues such as separatism are a national security concern and, as such, fall...

30 July 2020 10:11 AM IST

A group of plaintiffs and supporters celebrate during a meeting following the court ruling in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. A court has recognized people exposed to radioactive black rain that fell after the U.S. atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the government to provide the same medical benefits it gives other survivors. (AP)World
75 years after -'black rain-', Hiroshima court finally recognizes...

The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing 140,000 people and almost...

30 July 2020 9:47 AM IST

People walk toward an ambulance to be driven to a hospital for quarantine relating to a suspected COVID-19 case in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Vietnam has locked down Da Nang, its third-largest city, for two weeks after 15 cases of COVID-19 were found in a hospital. (AP)World
Every city, province in Vietnam is now at risk of virus infection

Vietnam is the most populous country in the world to have recorded no deaths from the virus and zero local transmission...

29 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

An installation depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a mock \Last Supper\ by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, is placed at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP)West Asia
Last Supper of Israeli democracy: Artist slams Netanyahu with...

Critics accuse Netanyahu of clinging to power while on trial for corruption and using emergency powers under the guise...

29 July 2020 3:09 PM IST

An Iran Mockup Aircraft Carrier Bandar Abbas on February 15, 2020. - Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US, satellite photographs released on July 27, 2020 show, likely signaling the Islamic Republic soon plans to use it for live-fire drills. (Photo by Handout/AFP)West Asia
Iran launches missiles at UAE airbase where India-'s Rafales were...

However, the message of the drill seems to be targeted at the United States, which saw two American bases go on alert...

29 July 2020 1:34 PM IST

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, walks into a courtroom at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AFP Photo)World
Malaysia-'s ex-PM Najib Razak found guilty in 1MDB graft case

Najib faced seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power for receiving $10 million...

28 July 2020 12:10 PM IST

Though police did not confirm how she was murdered the scene of crime suggested that he might have poisoned her as there was froth at her nose and mouth.West Asia
Kerala girl falls to death from apartment building in Sharjah

An official from the Sharjah Police told reporters that investigations are currently going on whether this was a case of...

27 July 2020 3:30 PM IST

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