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Chinese troops have moved into a tense, disputed section of the Himalayan border shared by China and India, according to a high-ranking Delhi official. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said Tuesday a “significant number” of Chinese troops had moved to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries. …

Pakistani aviation authorities have told Pakistan International Airlines that the pilot of a passenger plane that crashed into a residential district of Karachi last month had ignored air traffic control’s instructions for landing, a PIA spokesman said on Wednesday. The PIA Airbus A320 crashed on May 22 while trying to …

A cyclone is lashing areas on India’s west coast after making landfall near the densely populated city of Mumbai. The eye of Cyclone Nisarga narrowly missed the megacity as it slammed into Maharashtra state. There are warnings it may trigger big storm surges. Officials moved tens of thousands of people …

Mexico’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic may reach 30,000, a senior health official said in a newspaper interview published on Wednesday, while suggesting fatalities could be even higher if social distancing measures were relaxed too fast. With 10,637 deaths registered so far, Mexico has the seventh-highest coronavirus death toll …

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he does not support President Trump’s plan to enact the Insurrection Act amid protests and unrest following the death of George Floyd in police custody.   Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is on shaky ground with the White House after saying Wednesday that he …

Nine civilians, including women and children, have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a small bus in southern Afghanistan. Jamal Nasir Barekzai, the spokesman for the Kandahar Police, said five others were also wounded when the bomb tore through the vehicle in Afghanistan district of the province on …

Trump administration announced it will block Chinese passenger airlines from traveling to the United States starting on 16 June. The move, made by the US Department of Transportation, reportedly was in response to Beijing refusing to allow US air carriers to resume flights to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, …

Thousands of protesters have amassed in London’s Hyde Park in an anti-racism demonstration calling for justice over the death of George Floyd. Chants of “black lives matter”, “no justice, no peace” and “we will not be silent” rang out as protesters waited for the demonstration to begin. Star Wars actor …

The strikes were carried out on Idlib province on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. They were the first strikes to be conducted by Russian forces since the signing of a truce in March. Russian warplanes carried out the first airstrikes in three months in Syria’s …

Russia began delivering the first batch of S-400s to Turkey in July 2019. Washington, unhappy about the deal between Moscow and Ankara, has demanded that Turkey cancel all purchases of the S-400s, threatening to delay or cancel deliveries of fifth-generation F-35 jets to the country. However, the Turkish cabinet has …

US President Donald Trump pressed his advisers and Pentagon officials about sending tanks and military equipment as part of a show of force against protests over the death of George Floyd, according to a new report. While pushing governors in a conference call to “dominate” the protests that have lasted …

Voters across the US were forced to navigate curfews, health concerns and National Guard troops after election officials dramatically reduced the number of in-person voting sites to minimize the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds …

These are the weapons US police are using against protesters US security forces have weaponised riot gear in a violent effort to quell protests against police brutality, in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white policeman. As Black Lives Matter demonstrations continue across the US, …

Over 800 Nigerian health workers have contracted the novel coronavirus since the first case was confirmed in February, local media reported on Wednesday. “We have had 812 health care workers infected, they are not just numbers, 29 of these work for NCDC, they are people I know, they have families, …

New report, which shows black and Asian people in England more likely to die from Covid-19, was not accompanied by specific government advice for those populations. Black and Asian people in England are up to 50 percent more likely to die after becoming infected with Covid-19, an official study said …

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit northern Chile early on Wednesday morning, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) has said. The quake struck at a depth of 145 km (90 miles), GFZ added. The US Geological Survey said the epicenter of the earthquake was about 62 km southwest of …

As protesters marching against police brutality took to the streets of Washington, troops from the National Guard assembled on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial – leading some protesters to say “We’re living in a police state.” The assembly came after the US capital imposed a 7 pm curfew to …

More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now. But for them, it’s no pleasure, only uncertainty over their fate and they aren’t cruising anywhere. Rescued from human traffickers’ unseaworthy boats in several operations in the central …

The social network got a video of the destruction of the column of the Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) by fighters of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and pro-Turkish militants near Tripoli. The video shows the fire of military personnel of the GNA on military transport following the road, …

Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq are set to develop and enhance cooperation in the field of electricity. For this reason, the Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian arrived in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on Wed. and met with his Iraqi counterpart and some other officials of this neighboring country. …