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Virgin Galactic plans for two further test flights of the spaceplane in months ahead

‘Deep Dive Dubai’ prides itself as ‘the only diving facility in the world’ where you can go down 60 metres

There were almost 2.5 million registered refugees from Afghanistan in 2018

Las Vegas matched its all-time record of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 Celsius)

Saudi Arabia and Oman will establish a joint council to oversee several agreements

System has proven useful in the world in repelling missile attacks, says Afghan interior ministry

ET explores the history and development of NFTs, and why there is a sudden surge of interest in the new technology

According to one contemporary historian, Arif Naqvi’s main fault may have simply been the fact that he was Pakistani

The latest in a series of attacks on US personnel in Iraq and Syria in recent days

Enemy suffered heavy and unprecedented casualties, says governor of Takhar province Abdullah Qarluq

Identities of those killed in the accident were not immediately clear

India is closely monitoring the evolving security situation in Afghanistan, says ministry

South Korea's total Covid-19 infections to date stand at 168,046

Leader tells his men to take to the streets to protest, threatening to pitch the Caribbean country deeper into chaos

Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel, Klara and the Sun, highlights themes of love, duty and loneliness

Dilip Kumar has left behind a series of ‘prototypes’ that Bollywood heroes continue to draw from

The blockchain industry with the addition of NFTs has taken another huge jump in terms of market capitalization

G-20 nations promised to use all policy tools to combat Covid-19

India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2027

Fires kill hundreds of people a year in Bangladesh, where some buildings have poor safety standards

Dissident Maryam Rajavi accuses Raisi of being ‘henchman’ responsible for massacre of 30,000 political prisoners

Amid raging violence, Ashraf Ghani calls on Taliban to shun violence for sincere peace talks

The highly transmissible Delta variant was first detected in India

The 84-year-old pope is in hospital after undergoing a three-hour operation on Sunday to remove part of his colon

India's average temperature rose around 0.7 Celsius between the beginning of the 20th century and 2018

Medical personnel no longer able to treat all who come to hospitals, says emergency medicine specialist

The coronavirus task force reported 25,082 new coronavirus cases, including 5,694 in Moscow

Many among India's 170 million Muslims say they feel like second-class citizens

Taliban claim its fighters had seized two crossings in the country's west as US troops continued their withdrawal

Police says the assassination carried out by a commando unit of 26 Colombian and two Haitian-American mercenaries

"We are prepared to deliver more vaccines, including against new variants,"

US President Biden increased pressure on President Vladimir Putin on Friday

Vietnam has since late April faced a more stubborn outbreak

Two leaders would discuss ransomware attacks that have hit companies in US and around the world

Taliban claim to be in control of 85 per cent of the country

Talks focus on future constitution, ceasefire, political roadmap, ToloNews reports quoting sources

Colonising the Red Planet has long captured human imagination. But how far is this dream a practical one?

A week ago heavy rains lashed the resort city of Atami, triggering landslides that have killed at least nine people

Temperatures are expected to soar above 100 degrees F (40 degrees C) in multiple states

Beijing says US withdrawal from Afghanistan exposes 'hypocrisy' behind guise of defending democracy, human rights

UN nuclear watchdog says Iran begun enrichment process, a move that could help it develop nuclear weapon

Spokesperson says port of Islam Qala now under full control, will try to put it back in operation

All borders now in Taliban control 'will remain open and functional'

The quake struck at a depth of 6 miles

About 20 others have been injured and many are feared trapped

Hundreds of extra police patrolled parts of Sydney to enforce the city's lockdown

Gross domestic product expanded by a monthly 0.8%

"Everyone on board the crashed plane has died"

Govts hope targeted lockdowns will act as circuit-breakers in arresting dramatic spikes after cases started rising

The US president reiterated his commitment to pulling out US troops, acknowledges that a new civil war could erupt