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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

In this photo released by Israel Ministry of Defense Spokespersons Office, the Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite blasts off at the Palmachim air base in central Israel Monday, July 6, 2020.(AP)West Asia
Israel launches new spy satellite

-'Technological superiority and intelligence capabilities are essential to the security of the State of Israel,-' said...

6 July 2020 12:58 PM IST

Worshippers gathering before the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca to attend prayers. (AFP)West Asia
Saudi Arabia announces haj health measures for domestic pilgrims

Muslims from other countries are barred from the rite for first year in modern times, while number of domestic pilgrims...

6 July 2020 10:28 AM IST

A car leans against a building following a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 6, 2020. (AP)World
Dozens feared dead in Japan floods

At least 36 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday

6 July 2020 8:48 AM IST

A man wears a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, as he buys ice cream at a shop in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP)West Asia
Coronavirus cases rising in Saudi Arabia, UAE after curfews lifted

Other Gulf countries have also moved to ease restrictions, although Kuwait has maintained a partial curfew

5 July 2020 3:44 PM IST

A Christian woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus scans a QR code on her smartphone before attending a service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)West Asia
Record spike in daily global coronavirus cases, up more than 212,000

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, marking another unfortunate milestone in the spread of the...

5 July 2020 10:42 AM IST

In this file photo taken on March 02, 2020 Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan, in Alingar district of Laghman Province. - Al-Qaedas regional affiliate in Afghanistan maintains close ties to the Taliban and has an \enduring interest\ in attacking US and foreign troops, the Pentagon said July 1, 2020. The Taliban is militarily and politically stronger than at any time since 2001 when the Taliban refused to hand over al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. (Photo | AFP)West Asia
‘No guarantee that Afghanistan won’t be used as launchpad for...

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, defense officials and Afghan experts say the Taliban is not living up to the...

4 July 2020 10:19 PM IST

A man looks at books in a public library in Hong Kong on July 4, 2020. - Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the citys libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the finance hub.The new security law and the removal of books raises questions of whether academic freedom still exists. (Photo | AFP)World
Books on democracy removed from Hong Kong libraries

The national security law is fundamentally a tool to incriminate speech, wrote author and activist Joshua Wong on...

4 July 2020 8:26 PM IST

A woman (L) sticks a blank note onto a Lennon Wall outside a pro-democracy restaurant in Hong Kong on July 3, 2020, in response to a new national security law introduced in the city which makes political views, slogans and signs advocating Hong Kongs independence or liberation illegal. (AFP)World
-'Hidden language-': Hong Kongers get creative to mark dissent against...

Apart from word plays, residents are using even Chinese Communist Party dogma to express their frustration through...

4 July 2020 3:09 PM IST

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. (AP)World
No need to sit for talks with US: North Korea

North Korea thinks meeting with Trump would be nothing more than “a political tool” for Washington

4 July 2020 12:51 PM IST

Health workers carry a COVID-19 patient on a stretcher made with pipe tubes and and using kitchen gloves in Puerto Carreno, Colombian Amazon, on the border with Peru, on July 3, 2020. (AFP)West Asia
Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World...

4 July 2020 9:11 AM IST

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