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Four Indian soldiers, three militants killed in Kashmir gunbattle

Four Indian soldiers, three militants killed in Kashmir gunbattle

-- 2020-11-08 19:17:43

Four Indian army soldiers and three militants were killed in Kashmir on Sunday, an Indian Defence Ministry spokesperson said, in the bloodiest gunbattle in the disputed region since April this year, r...

Prayers of gratitude at Kamala Harris' ancestral village in India

Prayers of gratitude at Kamala Harris' ancestral village in India

Reuters 2020-11-08 17:10:21

Indians burst firecrackers on Sunday and offered prayers of gratitude over the election of Kamala Harris as the next US vice president, declaring it a proud moment for Indian-Americans. Harris, born...

Loved or hated, Trump makes marks in Mideast conflict

Loved or hated, Trump makes marks in Mideast conflict

Reuters 2020-11-08 17:05:51

“God Bless You Donald and Melania” read the poster hanging over an Israeli highway during the US election campaign. In nearby Palestinian areas, anti-Trump graffiti adorned walls. Perhaps...

Iran's Rouhani says next US admin should make up for Trump's mistakes

Iran's Rouhani says next US admin should make up for Trump's mistakes

REUTERS 2020-11-08 16:02:58

The next US administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trump’s mistakes, Iranian state media quoted President Hassan Rouhani as saying on Sunday after Democrat...

UK army chief says global uncertainty could risk another World War

UK army chief says global uncertainty could risk another World War

Reuters 2020-11-08 15:37:32

Current global uncertainty and anxiety amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic could risk another world war, the head of Britain’s armed forces has warned. In an interview a...

Suu Kyi expected to win second term as Myanmar goes to polls

Suu Kyi expected to win second term as Myanmar goes to polls

-- 2020-11-08 13:00:07

Myanmar voted on Sunday in an election seen as a referendum on a fledgling democratic government whose reputation collapsed overseas amid allegations of genocide but which remains popular at home. Le...

Congratulations from world leaders pour in for Biden on election victory

Congratulations from world leaders pour in for Biden on election victory

REUTERS 2020-11-08 12:18:16

Democrat Joe Biden captured the US presidency on Saturday as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump’s tumultuous leadership and embraced Biden’s promise to fight the co...

Trump campaign files new lawsuit over ‘rejected ballots’ in Arizona

Trump campaign files new lawsuit over ‘rejected ballots’ in Arizona

-- 2020-11-08 11:07:52

Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in downtown Phoenix on Saturday to contest Joe Biden’s election as US president, charging the media with conspiring to steal the election...

Biden, in victory speech, says ‘time to heal’ a deeply divided nation

Biden, in victory speech, says ‘time to heal’ a deeply divided nation

REUTERS 2020-11-08 09:41:32

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede....

Harris becomes first female, Black, South Asian VP-elect of US

Harris becomes first female, Black, South Asian VP-elect of US

-- 2020-11-07 23:34:43

Kamala Harris made history on Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrench...

This election is far from over, Trump says

This election is far from over, Trump says

Reuters 2020-11-07 23:11:56

US President Donald Trump has said his campaign would begin challenging US election results in court next week. “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his...

Joe Biden elected 46th US president

Joe Biden elected 46th US president

-- 2020-11-07 22:44:01

Democrat Joe Biden defeated Republican incumbent Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by the historic pandemic and a...

Biden edges closer to win as Pennsylvania focus intensifies

Biden edges closer to win as Pennsylvania focus intensifies

-- 2020-11-07 22:20:26

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden edged ever closer Saturday to a victory over President Donald Trump as the long, exacting work of counting votes extended into the fourth day after the e...

US election commission finds no evidence of illegal votes

US election commission finds no evidence of illegal votes

-- 2020-11-07 20:32:42

An official of the Federal Election Commission of the United States has said the commission did not find any evidence of fraud in the presidential election of this year. "State and local officials an...

Athens' first mosque in nearly 200 years opens for prayers

Athens' first mosque in nearly 200 years opens for prayers

-- 2020-11-07 19:44:03

After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshippers on Frid...

US Republicans divided over Trump's election-fraud claims

US Republicans divided over Trump's election-fraud claims

-- 2020-11-07 18:41:45

As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding US presidential election results, some of his Republican fellows in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric. Three days after t...

UAE relaxes Islamic laws for personal freedoms

UAE relaxes Islamic laws for personal freedoms

-- 2020-11-07 18:13:33

The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalising...

Ivory Coast opposition chief detained for creating rival government

Ivory Coast opposition chief detained for creating rival government

-- 2020-11-07 18:11:53

Ivory Coast opposition leader and former prime minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan was under arrest on Saturday for creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara’s election vict...

Erdogan fires Turkey’s central bank governor as currency value slides

Erdogan fires Turkey’s central bank governor as currency value slides

-- 2020-11-07 17:57:39

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan fired central bank governor Murat Uysal on Saturday and replaced him with ex-finance minister Naci Agbal, after a 30 per cent plunge in the lira currency’s value...

Polluted air spells trouble for virus patients in India

Polluted air spells trouble for virus patients in India

AP 2020-11-07 17:27:57

A thick quilt of smog lingered over the Indian capital and its suburbs on Friday, fed by smoke from raging agricultural fires that health experts worry could worsen the city’s fight against the...

Ethiopia’s PM says air strikes in north will continue as risk of civil war looms

Ethiopia’s PM says air strikes in north will continue as risk of civil war looms

-- 2020-11-07 14:14:41

Ethiopian jets bombed the Tigray region on Friday and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged more air strikes in the escalating conflict, as reports emerged that Tigrayan forces had seized control of key f...

How Georgia could leave US Senate control unclear until January

How Georgia could leave US Senate control unclear until January

REUTERS 2020-11-07 14:04:12

The state of Georgia is playing an unusual power-broker role in the knife-edge balance-of-power struggle playing out between Democrats and Republicans over the US Senate following Tuesday’s elec...

With 60,486 new Covid cases, France reports highest single-day spike

With 60,486 new Covid cases, France reports highest single-day spike

-- 2020-11-07 13:23:52

France has recorded 60,486 coronavirus cases in one day, its highest one-day total since the pandemic began. The new figures bring the number of confirmed cases in the country to 1.7 million, accordi...

Biden predicts victory as his lead over Trump widens

Biden predicts victory as his lead over Trump widens

REUTERS 2020-11-07 11:56:32

Democrat Joe Biden said Friday that he was going to win the US presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him...

Republicans trying to raise at least $60 million for Trump’s legal battle

Republicans trying to raise at least $60 million for Trump’s legal battle

-- 2020-11-07 11:25:54

Republicans are trying to raise at least $60 million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the US presidential election’s results, three sources familiar with the matte...

White House chief of staff Meadows contracts coronavirus

White House chief of staff Meadows contracts coronavirus

Reuters 2020-11-07 11:13:18

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has frequently appeared at public events without wearing a mask, has been diagnosed with Covid-19, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters news a...

Biden takes lead over Trump in US election, but no victory call so far

Biden takes lead over Trump in US election, but no victory call so far

REUTERS 2020-11-07 10:17:50

Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to winning the White House on Friday as he expanded his lead over President Donald Trump in battleground states, but television networks held off from declaring him the...

Joe Biden on verge of winning US presidency

Joe Biden on verge of winning US presidency

AP 2020-11-07 00:36:26

Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Those put Bi...

Biden takes lead in critical Pennsylvania

Biden takes lead in critical Pennsylvania

CNN 2020-11-06 20:50:04

Former Vice President Joe Biden has taken the lead in his birth state of Pennsylvania as the number of outstanding ballots has dwindled, putting the Democrat within striking distance of the 270 electo...

Bangladesh opens first school for transgender students

Bangladesh opens first school for transgender students

-- 2020-11-06 18:41:07

A religious charity has opened the first school in Bangladesh for hijras, a transgender community whose members face widespread discrimination in the mostly conservative Muslim society and often live...