World

Officials claim people voted across government territory at more than 7,000 polling stations

India sees nearly 39,000 cases in record single-day spike bringing tally close to 1.1m mark

Home ministry official says the death toll was expected to rise as 48 people were still missing

Health minister moves up date from Aug, 1

The architectural marvel in the heart of Istanbul was a church in the Byzantine era

Australia has recorded about 11,800 coronavirus cases

China recorded a total of 42 new asymptomatic cases

Holds special session in Karachi to make consultations on core issues, acknowledge efforts in fight against Covid

The drills involve around 150,000 troops and 400 aircraft, according to the defence ministry.

Stressed that power, wealth and opportunity should be shared more broadly and fairly at the international level.

G-20 finance ministers are set to hold talks aimed at spurring global economic recovery

Covid-19 vaccine developed by Imperial College London also enters next phase of trials

The Health Ministry reports 188 deaths in the past 24 hours to take Iran’s total to 13,979

Southern state of Kerala confirms community transmission in coastal areas

US recorded a total of 70,674 new Covid-19 infections on Friday after climbing by a record 77,499 a day earlier

But Canadian government maintains silence on issue

Restraining population growth, consumption per capita is way to tackle climate change, says scientist

UN agency hails initiative to allow workers screened for Covid-19 as potential model in dealing pandemic

US committed to holding drug traffickers and those who facilitate their operations accountable, says senior official

Riots erupted after ‘inflammatory’ speeches by politicians affiliated with ruling BJP, says commission report

Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Morocco, Bahrain report new cases, deaths

Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner says viral social media footage of incident was ‘extremely disturbing’

TV images shows smoke coming out of the 15th century structure

Presidential spokesman stresses historical mosaics in mosque to be protected, preserved

World Health Organization encourages nation to ‘take control’ of virus

Bars display of 'divisive symbols' on US military bases

More than 600,000 deaths worldwide, while an excess of 7.8 million people have recovered, says JHU

Landslides caused by heavy rains occurred in Kaizhou district of Chongqing municipality

It exploded in the Mehram district of the Ilam city that borders Iraq, Iranian state

Lawmakers are to meet at the next planned session on August 24

Popular Turkish television series relatable to day-to-day struggles of region’s residents

The Metropolitan Police referred the incident for investigation by Britain’s independent police watchdog

UN rapporteurs say Kashmiri journalists facing threat of criminal sanction for criticizing Indian administration

Hackers had accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices

Iran has been scrambling to contain the pandemic since it reported its first two Covid-19 deaths in February

A King’s College London team found that the six types also correlated with levels of severity of infection

Britain’s death toll of more than 45,000 from confirmed cases of Covid-19 is the worst in Europe

The drills involve nearly 150,000 personnel including airborne troops and marine infantry

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says American officials criticising China to distract from domestic political problems

Death toll from coronavirus tops 2,500 with 51 new fatalities

Army launches operations after dozens of security personnel killed in recent Taliban attacks

Country's health minister warns lab could 'close down'

Nearly a thousand recorded deaths in 24 hours

As the pandemic kills nearly 585,000 people worldwide, with more than 13.58 million confirmed cases

Authorities announce plans to reopen airports, border gates as curfew hours are reduced

Australia posted its second biggest one-day rise in new Covid-19 infections

'They could at least, if they were serious, I think, call them out,' says senior US diplomat David Schenker

PCR tests showed 87% mink at a farm infected, officials suspect virus reached the farm through a worker

The summer rainy season brings floods to China almost every year

Poorly paid, unprotected government-accredited health workers on frontlines of Covid-19 fight