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Protesters stay in a line during a protest after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

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Clashes in Belarus as president claims a big election win

Thousands of opposition supporters quickly took to the streets of the capital to protest what they saw as official...

10 Aug 2020 10:00 AM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

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Belarus' strongman president faces a tough election

Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko has made it clear he won't hesitate to quash any protests against the results of Sunday's...

9 Aug 2020 2:17 PM IST

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Russia's Putin expected to visit India in October

India has time-tested strategic ties with Russia especially in the defence sector but Russia also has close ties with...

7 Aug 2020 5:36 PM IST

$\Free parties\ have sprung up around the capital, drawing new followers in young people unfamiliar with the underground techno dance scene, but desperate for a chance to let their hair down. (AFP)$ World

Rave parties find fan base in Paris as virus shuts nightclubs

Licensed nightclubs have been closed in France since March under measures to contain the coronavirus epidemic

7 Aug 2020 12:11 PM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury.(AFP)

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Macron says France doesn't want to run Lebanon

He said he was asked by people in the street to 'return to the mandate' when Lebanon was a French protectorate a century...

7 Aug 2020 11:40 AM IST

UK court plays video of Nirav Modis death threats to Dummy Directors. (PTI Photo)

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Nirav Modi's remand extended to August 27, trial to start in September

He was told the next hearing in the case will be a case management hearing ahead of a trial set for five days from...

6 Aug 2020 4:19 PM IST

A picture taken on August 4, 2020 shows three Canadair bomber planes of the French Securite Civile flying past a column of smoke, as wild fires broke out in La Couronne, near Marseille. (AFP)

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Thousands evacuated as forest fire rages on in Southern France

Some 1,800 firefighters are battling the blazes, which broke out on Tuesday afternoon, fanned by strong winds

5 Aug 2020 2:17 PM IST

Indias first COVID-19 vaccine gets nod for human trials. (AFP Photo)

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WHO urge Russia to follow vaccine guidelines

Russia had announced that it will launch vaccine mass production by September and turn out 'several million' doses per...

5 Aug 2020 12:16 PM IST

Former pope Benedict XVI posing for a picture at the airport in Munich, southern Germany in June 2020, after visiting his brother and before his departure.

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Former pope Benedict XVI is 'extremely frail'

The former pontiff largely stayed out of the public eye since he became the first pope in 600 years to resign, citing...

3 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST

Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. (AP)

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Scientist dig into COVID outbreak in Europe's mink farms

Officials say it is plausible' that some workers in the farms could have contracted the coronavirus from the minks,...

2 Aug 2020 1:03 PM IST

Mahatma Gandhi. (Image by: Margaret Bourke)

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Britain considering a coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi

As part of a global reassessment of history triggered by the death of George Floyd, UK also seems to be re-examining...

2 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

The speed at which Russia is moving to roll it out has prompted some Western media to question whether Moscow is putting national prestige before science and safety. (Representational Image: AFP)

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Russia to roll out mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus by...

Russian health minister says Moscow's research facility has completed clinical trials and paperwork is being prepared to...

1 Aug 2020 3:24 PM IST