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Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed as Prime Minister. (AFP Photo)

Nepal's Supreme court orders appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as...

The court also ordered summoning a new session of the House of Representatives at 5 PM on July 18

12 July 2021 12:26 PM GMT

A firefighter sprays water while trying to stop the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, from spreading to neighboring homes in Doyle, Calif., Saturday, July 10, 2021. Pushed by heavy winds amid a heat wave, the fire came out of the hills and destroyed multiple residences in central Doyle. (AP Photo)

California and other parts of the West broil and burn

Late Saturday, flames jumped U.S. 395, which was closed near the small town of Doyle in California's Lassen County

12 July 2021 12:19 PM GMT

Peoples uprising loyal to Ata Mohammad Noor, chief of Jamiat-e-Islami and a powerful northern warlord, stand guard at their office in Mazar-e-Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

India evacuates staff from Kandahar as Taliban captures new areas

A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force was sent on Saturday to bring back the Indian diplomats, officials and other...

11 July 2021 5:50 AM GMT

A volunteer vaccinator prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a vaccine centre in the Swaminarayan School in Neasden, north London. (Photo: AP)

Pfizer pushes for third shot as variant drives global outbreaks

Delta is the most infectious strain of the virus since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020

9 July 2021 3:26 AM GMT

United Airlines is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on October 1. (AFP Photo)

COVID-19: Oman suspends flights from 24 countries, including India,...

The decision was taken as part of the country's measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic

8 July 2021 7:27 AM GMT

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee takes the Modernas COVID-19 vaccine shot at a newly opened vaccination center in the government building, July 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP /Eugene Hoshiko)

UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops...

The world needs a global vaccine plan to at least double the production of vaccines and ensure equitable distribution

8 July 2021 6:30 AM GMT

Presidential guards patrol the entrance to the residence of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Haiti in upheaval: President Moise assassinated at home

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the police and military were in control of security in Haiti, the poorest...

8 July 2021 6:10 AM GMT

The Games already will take place without foreign spectators. (Photo: AP)

Japan to declare virus emergency lasting through Olympics

The Summer Olympics, already delayed a year by the pandemic, begin July 23 and close Aug 8

8 July 2021 3:54 AM GMT

People queue to undergo nucleic acid testing for the coronavirus in the city of Ruili which borders Myanmar, in Chinas southwestern Yunnan province on July 5, 2021. (STR / AFP) / China OUT

China tightens security on Myanmar border over virus fears

On Wednesday, 57 new cases were reported, the highest daily tally since late January, including 15 in the city of Ruili,...

7 July 2021 6:29 AM GMT

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members search a mudslide area following heavy rains in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo. (Photo: AP)

Japan searches for 24 unaccounted for in mudslide; 4 dead

Atami Mayor Sakae Saito said 24 people were still unreachable Tuesday morning

6 July 2021 6:08 AM GMT

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

UK PM Boris Johnson to set out plans for end of lockdown on July 19

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid will announce the plans for an end to all legal lockdown restrictions from July 19 to...

5 July 2021 11:32 AM GMT

Remembering Tagore, Nazrul Islam in East African nations

Bongo Shongho is celebrating the works of Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam by organizing an extravaganza on the annual...

5 July 2021 5:20 AM GMT