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New Delhi: Hong Kong has suspended all flights connecting it with India from Tuesday to May 3 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. The authorities have also suspended flights from Pakistan and the Philippines. "The…

Windsor: Queen Elizabeth bade farewell to Prince Philip at a funeral on Saturday that celebrated his seven decades of service and gave grandsons William and Harry the chance to talk in public. Elizabeth, dressed in black and in a white…

New York: Facebook's Oversight Board has delayed its decision regarding former US President Donald Trump's possible return to Facebook and Instagram. The Board said the delay was due to the time it has taken to review over 9,000 public…

Indianapolis: At least four members of the Sikh community were killed in the Thursday night shooting at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, United States, multiple news agencies reported citing locals. The police are yet to confirm the…

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced that he will withdraw remaining US troops from the “forever war” in Afghanistan, declaring that the September 11 terror attacks of 20 years ago cannot justify American forces still dying in…

New York: Bernard L. Madoff, the one-time senior statesman of Wall Street who in 2008 became the human face of an era of financial misdeeds and missteps for running the largest and possibly most devastating Ponzi scheme in financial…

Tokyo: Japan announced on Tuesday that it will discharge radioactive water from the disaster-stricken nuclear complex in Fukushima Prefecture into the ocean. The plan was approved during a cabinet meeting of ministers early Tuesday,…

Kingstown: The Caribbean island of St Vincent has been blanketed in a layer of ash, bringing major disruption after a volcano erupted on Friday. White-coloured dust has covered buildings and roads around the island, including in its…

Dhaka: Bangladesh's government is contemplating imposing a "full lockdown" for one week from April 14 in an effort to curb the recent resurgence of new Covid-19 cases, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader announced. The…

Jakarta: Flash floods unleashed by torrential rains killed 41 people on the Indonesian island of Flores on Sunday. Torrential rain sparked widespread destruction, with floodwater from overflowing dams submerging thousands of homes on the…