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Afghan boys sit near their damaged house that was destroyed in an earthquake in the Spera District of the southwestern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

At least 1,000 killed in Afghanistan quake, with fear toll will rise

The 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in the grip of a...

23 Jun 2022 5:24 AM GMT

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci tests COVID positive, has...

Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci tests COVID positive, has mild symptoms

16 Jun 2022 4:10 AM GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a plenary session at the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, Asias annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP /Danial Hakim)

China is hardening its position along LAC; US Secretary of Defense

This is the second time this week that a senior US official has commented on the India-China stand-off

12 Jun 2022 1:13 AM GMT

In this file photo taken on December 22, 2020, travellers Arrive at terminal 4 at JFK International airport in New York. (Kena Betancur / AFP)

US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

A senior senior administration official said that the agency would reevaluate the need for the testing requirement every...

11 Jun 2022 6:24 AM GMT

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks after surviving an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership, Monday June 6, 2022, in London. (AP)

Boris Johnson wins no-confidence vote: but the margin will make him...

The 148 votes against Johnson means that for the first time the public, and the rebels, know the scale of the opposition...

7 Jun 2022 5:32 AM GMT

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Angry UK lawmakers trigger confidence vote in Boris Johnson

Johnson has been under growing pressure since the documented alcohol-fuelled parties at the heart of power when Britain...

6 Jun 2022 6:55 PM GMT

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to face confidence vote

If Johnson is ousted it would spark a Conservative leadership contest, in which several prominent government ministers...

6 Jun 2022 8:07 AM GMT

Supporters of Pakistans ousted prime minister Imran Khan, take part in an anti-government demonstration to a protest against the inflation and fuel price hike in Karachi on June 3, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Amid Imran Khan's assassination rumours, security agencies on high...

Section 144 has already been imposed in Islamabad and gatherings have been banned

5 Jun 2022 7:06 AM GMT

A woman runs from a house thats on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia may be in Ukraine to stay after 100 days of war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that enemy forces now control almost 20 per cent of the country's...

4 Jun 2022 7:14 AM GMT

A restaurant sells meat to residents, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening Chinas largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shanghai starts coming back to life as COVID lockdown eases

Negative PCR tests for COVID taken within the previous 48 hours remain standard in Shanghai, Beijing for permission to...

1 Jun 2022 7:56 AM GMT

This handout photograph released by Fishtail Air, shows the wreckage of a plane in a gorge in Sanosware in Mustang district close to the mountain town of Jomsom, west of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 30, 2022. (Fishtail Air via AP)

No survivors found at Tara Air plane crash site, collection of dead...

The plane belonging to Tara Air went missing on Sunday morning in a mountainous region in Nepal and had four Indian...

30 May 2022 6:59 AM GMT

Police official Ramesh Thapa said there was no information on the Twin Otter aircraft and a search was underway. (Representational image)

Plane carrying 22 people on board, including four Indians goes missing...

The plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the town of Jomsom, lost contact with the airport tower shortly...

29 May 2022 6:36 AM GMT