spotlight

New Delhi: India recorded 3,615 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 40,979 as per the Health Ministry data on WednesdayAs many as 14 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 5,28,584.A total...

Ouagadougou: Eleven soldiers were killed in an attack on a supply convoy in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the Burkina Faso government said in a statement.According to the statement on Tuesday, a supply convoy under military escort heading to...

Doha: Qatar is spending about $200 billion to prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is 17 times more than Russia invested in organizing the tournament in 2018, The Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday.For the first FIFA World...

Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized President Joe Biden on Tuesday for making US policy on Taiwan "more ambiguous."In his keynote speech at the inaugural Global Taiwan Business Forum in Kaohsiung, Pompeo said there were concerns...

Moscow: After nine years' wait, President Vladimir Putin Monday granted Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Reuters reported. Snowden, 39, fled the United...

Moscow: At least 13 people were killed, including seven children, in a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk on Monday, TASS news agency reported, citing the Russian Investigative Committee.According to the committee, 14 children and...

Hyderabad: One of the exciting celestial events of the year ''Jupiter Opposition with Sun'' will occur at 1.03 AM on Tuesday.Planetary Society of India (PSI) Director N Sri Raghunandan Kumar in a release here on Monday said as a...

New Delhi: India recorded 4,129 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 43,415 as per the Health Ministry data on Monday.As many as 7 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 5,28,530.A total of...

Manila: Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds on Sunday afternoon, leaving five people dead, as it blew away from the Southeast Asian country on Monday.Bulacan province Governor Daniel Fernando said Monday...

Rome: Italy opened polling stations for snap parliamentary elections at 07:00 a.m. local time (05:00 GMT) on Sunday.The citizens are electing 400 members of parliament and 200 senators, after the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned in...