Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears about a new viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move coming as the Mideast has over 220 confirmed cases of the illness.
A day after US lawmakers reacted sharply to the violence in the Indian capital, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders here accused US President Donald Trump of failing on the issue of human rights.
Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Theives attempt to steal parked bus, end up crashing it
Chamrajnagar: Woman arrested for selling ganja atop Male Mahadeshwara Hills
Bantwal police arrest two men for illegal sale of narcotics, seize two vehicles, 810 gm ganja
Mexico's Congress approves higher tariffs on goods from India, China and non-FTA nations
'Vote chori' an attack on very idea of India: Siddaramaiah
Sangeeta Pisharoty elected first woman President of Press Club of India
SIO Karnataka delegation flags RTE violations in KPS ‘Magnet’ school merger
Sound effect: Farmers play music on solar-powered speakers to keep tigers at bay in Pilibhit
Drug supply module busted, four held with heroin
Delhi: Multi-layered security at Arun Jaitley Stadium ahead of footballer Messi's visit
Bihar minister Nitin Nabin appointed BJP's national working president
The violence over the amended citizenship act in India's capital New Delhi drew sharp reactions from US lawmakers with the mainstream media prominently reporting it along with the just-concluded visit of President Donald Trump.
The death toll in China's novel coronavirus epidemic on Wednesday climbed to 2,715 with 52 new fatalities while the confirmed cases rose to 78,064, amidst strong signs of COVID-19 slowing down even at its epicentre Hubei province.
Egypt's state TV says the country's former president Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, has died at 91.
India and the US on Tuesday inked three MoUs, including one in energy sector, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the two countries have decided to take Indo-US ties to comprehensive global partnership level.
Seventy-one new coronavirus deaths were reported from China, taking the total number of casualties to 2,663, even as reports suggested that the number of new cases has seen a sharp decline.
Italy reported on Monday its fifth death from the new coronavirus, as the number of people contracting the disease continued to mount and officials called for calm.
Iraq on Monday confirmed its first novel coronavirus case in an elderly Iranian national in the southern shrine city of Najaf, according to health officials.
An Indian national has been shot dead by a masked assailant in Los Angeles with the police saying the suspect entered the grocery store with a semi-automatic handgun with the intent to commit a robbery.
