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.
Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Stalin urges Centre to rollback commercial LPG price hike
Delhi Police reunites 194 missing persons with their families
Unruly scenes witnessed in Punjab Assembly
Bhatkal Muslim Jamaat Bangalore to organize two-day Blood donation camp in Bengaluru
EC dismisses scope for wrongdoing at strongrooms; prohibitory orders around Kolkata counting centres
25 lakh properties in Bengaluru brought under e-Khata system: Shivakumar
Unidentified men set fire to TVK campaign office near Srirangam
National Synodal Assembly 2026 begins in Bengaluru with over 220 delegates
JPMorgan executive sued in New York over alleged sexual abuse, harassment by former colleague
Karnataka: H5N1 confirmed in death of 44 peacocks in Tumakuru
Kharge has put 'full stop' to leadership speculation in Karnataka: Minister Parameshwara
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.
