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Indian flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged house along river Brahmaputra in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP)World
Monsoon floods wreaking havoc in other South Asian countries too

As Indian states struggle with floods and collapsing buildings, situations are similar in neighbouring Nepal and...

17 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

Such a ban, if implemented, could hit the ruling Communist Party from the highest levels down to its rank-and-file and would be certain to draw retaliation against Americans who travel to China. (Representational Image:AFP)World
US considering travel ban on entire Chinese Communist Party members

Senior officials discussing the matter have begun circulating a draft of a possible presidential order, sources reveal

17 July 2020 11:24 AM IST

Members of a civil society group hold a demonstration demanding the government allow the construction of a Hindu temple, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP)World
Religious minorities under attack in Pakistan

An opposition politician was charged this week with blasphemy after declaring all religions were equal in the country

16 July 2020 3:00 PM IST

An online post by SinoPharm shows pictures of workers it says got vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the words Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory. (AP)World
Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to -'pre-test-'...

The company’s claim that 30 ‘special volunteers’ rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government...

16 July 2020 12:37 PM IST

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad. (AP)World
China summons US ambassador, says US blocks its development

US and other Western democracies have grown increasingly concerned over developments in Hong Kong, particularly the...

16 July 2020 10:20 AM IST

A man walks through flooded waters in Sunamgong on July 14, 2020. (AFP)World
Over 1 million marooned in Bangladesh as floods worsen

Officials say heavy rainfall and rushing waters from upstream India are the main reasons for floods in the delta nation...

15 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli speaking at an event on Monday. ANI PhotoWorld
Lord Rama Nepali, Real Ayodhya not in India: KP Sharma Oli

Balmiki Ashram is in Nepal and the holy place where King Dashrath had executed the rites to get the son is in Ridi

14 July 2020 12:14 AM IST

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, departing after speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC.(AFP)World
China hits top US officials with retaliatory sanctions over Uighur row

Human rights groups say China has rounded over one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a vast...

13 July 2020 3:47 PM IST

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (PTI)World
Pakistan restores bank accounts of Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz...

Saeed-'s bank accounts were frozen by the Pakistani government complying with the UNSC resolution

13 July 2020 2:38 PM IST

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man paddles with an inflatable boat past submerged cars during a flood in Rongshui County in southern Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (via AP)World
China reports 141 dead or missing in flooding since June

Flood damage has been estimated in hundreds of millions of dollars, adding to pressure on an economy deeply impacted by...

13 July 2020 12:50 PM IST

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. (AP)World
US bans Pakistan International Airlines flights over pilot...

Pakistan last month grounded almost a third of its pilots after discovering they may have falsified their qualifications

12 July 2020 11:38 AM IST

Residents and rescue workers inspect the area outside a house damaged by a landslide and the swell of the Thado-Koshi river due to heavy rains in Jambu village of Sindhupalchok district. (AFP)World
Floods, landslides kill 40 in Nepal, many missing

Koshi river, which causes floods in Bihar almost every year, was flowing above danger level in Nepal-'s southern plains...

12 July 2020 9:31 AM IST

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