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US President Donald Trump (keft) shakes hands with North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un following a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi. (AFP)World
North Korea doesn’t have to ‘gift’ high profile meetings to...

Another Kim-Trump summit is unlikely to happen, Kim Yo Jong says, but also leaves hint that ‘a surprise thing may...

10 July 2020 11:39 AM IST

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP)World
Seoul mayor-'s death a suicide after #MeToo allegations

He was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday, who said he had been unreachable after leaving a message that...

10 July 2020 8:48 AM IST

In this June 5, 2014, file photo, Park Won-soon, then candidate for Seoul city mayor of the main opposition party New Politics Alliance for Democracy celebrates his victory in the Seoul mayoral election at his office in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)World
Seoul mayor missing, phone turned off

The mayor has left a verbal message for his daughter, described as sounding like a will, police say

9 July 2020 4:57 PM IST

Tourists are seen at Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (AP)World
Bali island reopens after 3 months of virus lockdown

The local government had granted automatic visa extensions to more than 7,000 tourists who got stranded in the island...

9 July 2020 3:58 PM IST

Workers in protective suits prepare a coffin containing the body of someone who presumably died of COVID-19 for burial at a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)World
Corpses kidnapped in Indonesia as traditions clash with virus protocol

Corpse handlers say their job profile itself has changed, with longer hours and some even required to do rituals...

9 July 2020 1:09 PM IST

A general view shows al-Zahraa neighbourhood of Aleppo destroyed following years of conflict in Syria. (AFP)West Asia
UN rejects Russia-'s bid to reduce delivery of humanitarian aid to...

The resolution needed a minimum of nine -'yes-' votes in the 15-member council, but Russia got only support from China,...

9 July 2020 10:52 AM IST

Doctor Giselle Sanchez wears her protective suit at the Intensive Care Unit of the Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex, in Panama City on July 04, 2020. (AFP)West Asia
Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 12 million

Many hard-hit countries are easing lockdowns, while others, such as China and Australia, implement another round in...

9 July 2020 9:02 AM IST

An Israeli flag flies over a Jewish owned house in a Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem. (AP)West Asia
Jerusalem is a grim model of what could happen to West Bank...

Israeli leaders paint Jerusalem as a model of coexistence, but Palestinian residents face widespread discrimination and...

8 July 2020 10:22 AM IST

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort North Korea on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, repeated it has no immediate intent to resume dialogue with the United States hours before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was to arrive in South Korea for discussions on the stalled nuclear diplomacy. (AP Photo)World
North Korea rejects talks ahead of US envoy-'s arrival in Seoul

North Korea ridiculed South-'s “nonsensical” calls for revived negotiations between US and Pyongyang when it lost...

7 July 2020 3:27 PM IST

A nuclear accord with the US signed in 2015 by the Obama administration, under which Iran would stop all nuclear activity, was unilaterally abandoned by the Trump administration in 2018. Since September 2019, Iran began enriching uranium at the Natanz facility, where the accident took place on Thursday. This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Photo | AP)World
Iran’s nuclear activity takes a major hit due to accident at site

The accident at a warehouse could slow the production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium.

6 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)West Asia
Kuwait-'s new expat bill may force 8 lakh Indians to leave the country

Indians, who constitutes the largest expat community in Kuwait, should not exceed 15 percent of its total population...

6 July 2020 3:28 PM IST

A drone display showing messages of support for the country amid the covid-19 pandemic, above the Han river in central Seoul. (AFP)World
Hundreds of drones light up Seoul sky with virus messages

The show began with reminding people of precautionary measures, including wearing masks, washing hands and observing...

6 July 2020 1:24 PM IST

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