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The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine was expected to reach 1.5 million on Sunday as Russia's attack continued for the 11th day and Ukraine pushed for further Western help, including more sanctions...

New Delhi: A helicopter carrying India's defense chief General Bipin Rawat crashed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, the air force said. "An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin...

London: All international arrivals to the UK will be required to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test following the emergence of the Omicron variant, UK health secretary has announced.Sajid Javid said...

The Philippines has temporarily suspended a decision to allow fully vaccinated tourists entry in a bid to prevent a new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant taking off in the country where most of the...

Saudi Arabia has said that it will only allow people aged 18 to 50 to perform the Umrah pilgrimage. Before travel, overseas pilgrims are also required to be fully inoculated against COVID-19 with...

World leaders will start descending on the Scottish city of Glasgow on Sunday for the United Nations COP26 summit, billed as a make-or-break chance to save the planet from the most calamitous effects...

The United States said Monday it was "deeply alarmed" at reports of a military takeover in Sudan."The US is deeply alarmed at reports of a military take-over of the transitional government," said US...

Travellers fully vaccinated and coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of WHO approved Covid-19 vaccines shall be allowed to leave the airport and...

Thee people died while many others were feared missing following a landslide in the Koottickal village of Kottayam district in India's Kerala state on Saturday.The landslide occurred in two places in...

A Biman Bangladesh plane going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur in India on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport official said. The aircraft with 126...

A world record swim by Caeleb Dressel helped the United States close the gap with China and Japan at the top of the medal tally on Saturday as compatriot Simone Biles bowed out of two more gymnastic...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka made a shock exit on Tuesday as the focus shifted to the gymnastics arena where superstar Simone Biles was set to compete for the first Tokyo gold in her quest to be...

Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya clinched the Olympic title in the women's street skateboarding competition on Monday, shedding tears of happiness after nailing her final trick and becoming the...

World number one Jon Rahm withdrew from the Olympics on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19 for the second time in two months, the Spanish Olympic Committee confirmed. Rahm, who stormed to...

India reported 58,419 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday, the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the health ministry showed. The total number of cases of...

India's total COVID-19 cases rose by over 400,000 for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday even as several states imposed strict lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus. India's health ministry...