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A health worker takes details at a COVID-19 testing station setup at Eden Park, National Sports Stadium, in Auckland. (AFP)

New Zealand virus outbreak spreads beyond Auckland, 13 new cases...

The infections outside Auckland come despite a strict lockdown, including masked police blocking roads to seal its...

14 Aug 2020 3:29 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP)

UAE, Israel establish diplomatic ties; annexation of parts of West...

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to break the news

13 Aug 2020 6:45 PM GMT

Lebanese anti-government protesters attack a vehicle belonging to a member of the parliament upon his arrival to the parliamentary session at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanon Parliament meets after blast, government resignation

Parliament is not convening at its usual location due to ongoing protests outside the Parliament building

13 Aug 2020 10:31 AM GMT

A Spanish NGO Open Arms volunteer takes a swab to test a man for COVID-19, at Vilafranca del Penedes in the Barcelona province, Spain. (AP)

Experts warn Spain is losing the 2nd round in virus fight

Spain is struggling more than its neighbours even after western Europe had won control over the pandemic

13 Aug 2020 10:20 AM GMT

Nurses collect the data of people about to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. (AP)

Limited testing supplies? Rwandan researchers make use of pool testing

Some experts, and even the researchers, had initially noted concerns that the complexity of the approach could deter its...

13 Aug 2020 9:08 AM GMT

People wear face masks and keep social distancing as they enter a cinema following an ease in restrictions that had been imposed to help control the coronavirus, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP)

US urges its citizens not to travel to Pakistan citing pandemic and...

US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Pakistan due to...

13 Aug 2020 8:53 AM GMT

The government issued a stay-at-home order for its approximately 750,000 people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed. (Representational Image: AFP)

Bhutan imposes 1st nationwide virus lockdown

Bhutan's 113 reported COVID-19 infections were all quarantined travellers, except for one with conflicting test results

13 Aug 2020 8:12 AM GMT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Bidens running mate Sen. Kamala Harris. (AFP)

One of us: South Asians celebrate Harris as VP choice

The choice has already led to social media musings of celebrating Diwali at the White House

13 Aug 2020 7:37 AM GMT

A bus is submerged in floodwaters following heavy rains in Paju, South Korea. (AP)

North Korea nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding: US...

Korean peninsula has been hammered by one of the longest rainy spells in recent history with floods and landslides...

13 Aug 2020 7:03 AM GMT

Medical staff prepare to take a COVID-19 tests at a drive through community based assessment centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP)

Puzzling New Zealand virus outbreak grows to 17 cases

Lockdown in Auckland could be extended well beyond an initial three days as the source of new infections continues to...

13 Aug 2020 6:25 AM GMT

Smoke and flames rise after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (AFP)

Israel launches fresh strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation...

Despite a truce last year backed by UN, Egypt and Qatar, the two sides clash sporadically with rockets, mortar fire or...

13 Aug 2020 5:45 AM GMT

Police detain an opposition supporter protesting the election results as protesters encounter aggressive police tactics in the capital of Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Thousands stage flower protest in Belarus as EU weighs sanctions

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemned the detention of 6,000 people, 'including bystanders, as well as...

13 Aug 2020 5:06 AM GMT