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A display board shows a cancelled flight arrival from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. AP photo

China Virus: After placing Wuhan under quarantine, Huanggang public...

The coronavirus has spread across China and beyond, with 17 people killed and more than 500 infected in an outbreak that...

23 Jan 2020 11:32 AM IST

People wearing masks wait at Hongqioa train station as they head home for the Lunar New Year in Shanghai on January 23, 2020 - China placed the city at the centre of a virus outbreak under effective quarantine, suspending outward flights and trains in a drastic step to contain a contagious disease that has killed 17, stricken hundreds and reached other countries. (AFP)

China virus cases climb to 571 with 17 deaths

Public transport suspended in Wuhan city, epicenter of epidemic

23 Jan 2020 10:13 AM IST

Travellers wearing protective masks arrive at the Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing. AFP photo

Taiwan warns citizens against China travel after first coronavirus...

Asian countries have ramped up measures to block the spread of the new virus as the number of cases in China jumped to...

22 Jan 2020 4:24 PM IST

A man uses his phone to take a picture of ATM screen of Fransa Bank that was painted and damaged by anti-government protesters in Beirut, Lebanon. AP photo

Lebanese focus fury on banks amid severe financial crisis

Simple activities, such as going to a cafe or a restaurant, are now considered luxuries, even for those with money or...

22 Jan 2020 4:17 PM IST

A woman takes pictures in front of a poster of a protester as she joins others to take part in a Lunar New Year fair organised by pro-democracy district councillors in the Sai Ying Pun district in Hong Kong. AFP photo

Hong Kongers choose protest theme for Lunar New Year

Measures prompted activists to find new venues in the city to set up protest-themed stalls, with vendors donating...

22 Jan 2020 4:11 PM IST

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos

Saudi hacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos phone: Report

Saudi Arabiaâ€™s US embassy dismissed the report calling it absurd

22 Jan 2020 1:35 PM IST

Hospital staff load bodies of Indian tourists into an ambulance for postmortem, at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo | AP)

Bodies of eight Indian tourists in Nepal to be flown back Thursday

The tourists from Kerala, a part of a group of 15, died allegedly after a gas leak from a heater in their room at a...

22 Jan 2020 1:00 PM IST

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab speaks during a news conference after his government was announced, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo | AP)

New government in crisis-hit Lebanon, but protests continue

Hassan Diab, 60, former professor at American University of Beirut, announced a Cabinet of 20 members, backed by...

22 Jan 2020 10:24 AM IST

People wearing protective masks arrive at a Beijing railway station to head home for the Lunar New Year on January 21, 2020. (AFP)

China says number of confirmed virus cases jumps to nearly 300

Anxieties mount as researchers say virus can be transmitted person to person

21 Jan 2020 3:24 PM IST

Photograph taken on January 11, 2019, shows people standing over the fragments of the Ukraine International Airlines plane Boeing 737-800 that was shot down by Iranian missiles outside Tehran on January 8, 2020. (AFP)

Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner

Iran-'s investigation into the aircrash outside Tehran confirms plane was hit by two Tor missiles

21 Jan 2020 1:05 PM IST

Forough Hamidi (centre right) is embraced by a woman as she and her husband Ahmad Ahmadi (L) whose nephew died in a Ukraine airplane crash in Iran, attend a vigil for the victims of the flight at the Har El Synagogue in West Vancouver, British Columbia (Photo:AP)

Europe row: Iran may pull out of N-deal

Iran says it will withdraw from NPT if dispute over its N-programme goes before UNSC.

21 Jan 2020 1:19 AM IST

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Five former cops sentenced to death over attack on Sheikh Hasina-'s...

On January 24, 1988, police opened fire when the then Awami League President was going to a rally against the military...

20 Jan 2020 7:16 PM IST