Skip to content

International

Haryana Minister tests corona positive

NDTV :Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij tweeted this morning to say that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Vij, 67, said he is admitted at the Civil Hospital in Ambala. The announcement comes...

Handout picture released by the Minas Gerais Fire Department showing a bus that fell from a bridge in Joao Monlevade, Brazil on Friday.

Bus falls off viaduct in Brazil, killing 16

AFP :A bus in Brazil plunged off a viaduct from a height of 20 meters (70 feet) Friday after the brakes apparently failed, crashing onto rail tracks below and killing at least 16 people,...

US considering blacklist for Houthis

Reuters, Dubai :Oman’s foreign minister said on Saturday the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East had discussed with his country the possibility of Washington designating Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement as a terrorist group.“Yes,...

NASA to buy Moon dust for $1

Al Jazeera News :NASA will be paying a company as little as $1 to collect lunar samples for the United States space agency.NASA announced on Thursday it awarded contracts to four companies to collect...

White House communications director resigns

AFP :White House communication director Alyssa Farah announced her resignation Thursday, in what appeared to be a tacit acknowledgement of Donald Trump’s loss in last month’s US presidential election.‘After three and a half incredible...

Yemeni Samar Ali Ahmed, 8-year-old weighing nine and a half kilogrammes suffering from acute malnutrition, is carried by her father in Hajjah Governorate, in northern Yemen.

UN: Hunger surges to record levels in war-torn Yemen

AFP :Malnutrition in conflict-hit Yemen has reached record levels, narrowing the window of opportunity to prevent a famine, the UN said on Thursday, as the coronavirus and funding shortfalls threaten a humanitarian perfect storm.The...