West Bengal’s Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anupam Hazra, who had threatened to hug Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee if he got infected with Covid19,

A US federal judge on Thursday ordered a halt to the enforcement of a White House order that would block visas for skilled workers, such as engineers

President Emmanuel Macron yesterday unveiled a plan to defend France’s secular values against Islamist radicalism, describing Islam as a religion “in crisis” all over the world.

A Belgian artist has won a seven-year legal battle to be confirmed as a princess and the official daughter of former king Albert II, her lawyer said Thursday.

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US President Donald Trump is experiencing mild symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus, administration officials said on Friday, as the White House and presidential election campaign scrambled to adjust to the bombshell development.

Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) Saber Hossain Chowdhury has appealed to all governments to support and implement the calls to commit to the total elimination of nuclear weapons by 2045.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko’s government announces that it has drawn up a list of people banned from entering Belarus in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the European Union.

Armenia said on Friday it would engage with a European security watchdog on renewing a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh as the death toll rose from five days of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus.

A major non-profit health emergencies group has set up a global laboratory network involving six labs, one each in Canada, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Bangladesh and India, to assess data from potential Covid-19 vaccines, allowing scientists and drugmakers to compare them and speed up selection of the most effective shots.

News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity that follow much of what Donald Trump does, even from 10,000 miles away.

US biotech firm Moderna won’t seek an emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine before November 25, its CEO told the Financial Times on Wednesday.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned humanity must stop “waging war on nature” at the United Nations’ first ever summit on the biodiversity crisis.

Indian police arrested several opposition leaders, including Congress leaders Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, yesterday heading for the site where a low-caste woman died after being gang-raped in the latest high-profile assault to whip up nationwide anger and protests.

Amazon has unveiled a new biometric payment system using palm recognition, to be made available to rival retailers and also promoted as a replacement for badge entry at stadiums or workplaces.

Three soldiers of the Indian army were killed and five injured in separate incidents during heavy shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. The troops responded strongly to the enemy fire, said the army, alleging that Pakistan used mortars to target Indian positions.

Google plans to invest $1 billion on partnerships with news publishers worldwide to develop a “Showcase” app to highlight their reporting packages, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement yesterday.

Turkey yesterday entered a new era of tight social media restrictions which threaten to erase the local presence of Facebook and Twitter should they fail to take down contentious posts.

President Donald Trump’s administration said late Wednesday the United States will admit a record low of no more than 15,000 refugees over the coming year despite surging global displacement, stepping up its hard line one month before elections.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused President Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning with nerve agent Novichok, as he vowed to return to Russia to press on with his opposition campaign.