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Virus has killed at least 556,140 people worldwide since it emerged in China last December

Turkish President says nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia would remain open to Muslims, Christians and foreigners

Healthcare ministry brands Chinese media reports based on the embassy statement as ‘fake news’

Anthony Fauci says he is trying to figure out where US president got that number

Officials say Vikas Dubey, detained for the killing police officers, was shot as he tried to escape a police vehicle

Annulment of 1934 decree paves way for Hagia Sophia's use as a mosque again after 85-year hiatus

UN Secretary General says water is critical to deliver nearly all of the other 16 Sustainable Development Goals.

Wildlife officials rule out poaching, anthrax as possible causes of death, 281 elephant carcasses verified

Premier Morrison says new arrivals in country will be charged for hotel quarantine as infections continue to rise

AJK government says event will be held in Muzaffarabad after India abandoned decades-old practice

Suspects remained in custody for allegedly helping man trying to flee city after attack on police officer

Chen Quanguo, Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and 3 others listed by Washington

Over 2.65 million registered voters casting votes to choose 93 representatives for parliament

Watchdog gives Assad regime 90 days to declare chemical weapons it possesses

Rouhani, cabinet strongly come out to defense of prospective deal, criticised by some as 'secretive'

City is not just painting words on Fifth Avenue, it is committed to meaning of message, says mayor

Country reports 641 cases over past 24 hours

Country's death toll rises to 12,305 and cases of infection rise to over 250,000

Country has now confirmed 252,513 infections in total

Coronavirus will leave 45 million more people in poverty compared with 2019, says UN report

Says that she conducted a test given that many of her team had fallen ill

Says Moscow paid militants linked to the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan

Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Morocco also confirm new infections

More than 12.1 million cases have been reported worldwide

Clip shows the man removing his face mask before kissing and cuddling his partner in Hong Kong

Only a very small number of diseases are believed to be spread via tiny floating particles or aerosols, WHO says

The rulings were a setback for Trump's claim to absolute immunity from criminal investigation

The number of women that could be affected by this could be potentially very high, says WHO

US has earlier claimed they had interdicted a vessel carrying Iranian arms to the Houthis

The new record was more than double the previous known record-holder

The Independent panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response will be headed by former New Zealand PM Helen Clark

According to a 2017-18 government report, only 23.8% of households in India have access to the internet

The office of Melania Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment

So far, the world’s fourth most populous country has recorded 70,736 cases

Annual mean global temperature likely to be at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels for next 5 years, says WMO

The two remotely controlled boats were threatening navigation, the coalition says

Active cases are now at 269,789, while 476,378 recoveries have been recorded

Majority of nearly 180 more infections recorded in the worst-hit state of Victoria

Both countries report hundreds of new fatalities, infections

National coronavirus taskforce says that 176 people died in the last 24 hours

Decision provides example of how governments and public health organizations can regulate smoke-free alternatives

UN rapporteurs urge India to probe custodial killings of Muslim men 'targeted on ethnicity, religious identities'

As fatalities near 550,000 worldwide, with over 6.5 million people recovered, says Johns Hopkins University

World leaders among 11.86M patients infected globally

We want stronger relations with Bangladesh in all walks of life, says Pakistani envoy

July 8 is celebrated as ‘Resistance Day’ to seek world’s attention against rising human rights violations in IOJ&K

OECD says Covid-19 jobs crunch already 10 times worse than 2008 global financial crisis

AJK President Sardar Masood Khan says military alignment between China and Pakistan scares India

The total number of infections has reached 248,379, with 209,463 people having recovered

The grey market operators usually sell gold at discounts to market prices