Billionaire couple Bill Gates and Melinda Gates say in a joint statement that they have decided to end their marriage

One in two people worldwide saw their earnings drop due to the coronavirus, with people in low-income countries particularly hard hit by job losses or cuts to their working hours, research showed yesterday.

The media cannot be stopped from reporting any court hearing and “must report fully” what happens in court, India’s Supreme Court said yesterday as the Election Commission complained about being “castigated without any evidence” on political rallies during the campaign for state elections.

Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq’s Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday, in the second such attack in 10 days, the Iraqi army said.

Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunised against Covid-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than a year after Saudis were barred from external trips.

A Palestinian woman was killed and two Israelis were seriously wounded in two separate shooting incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday evening, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

West Bengal’s soon-to-be three-time Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who pulled off a stupendous victory after an all-out fight by the BJP, yesterday declared that the BJP is “not all in all” and the people have put them in their place.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of Myanmar’s most powerful rebel groups, said yesterday it had shot down a helicopter after returning fire following air strikes by the military, an official at the group said.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who led her party to a landslide victory in West Bengal assembly elections, will be sworn in as Chief Minister for a third straight term on May 5 (Wednesday), party Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said today.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a series of incentives to boost the availability of an adequate number of medical personnel to help tackle the devastating second wave of Covid-19.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of Myanmar's most powerful rebel groups, said on Monday it had shot down a helicopter after returning fire following air strikes by the military, an official at the group said.

Twenty-four patients, including 23 suffering from Covid-19, died in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital in the past 24 hours, officials said today.

A Palestinian woman was killed and two Israelis were seriously wounded in two separate shooting incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

Three people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized Sunday after a boat capsized and broke apart in rough water just off the San Diego coast during a suspected human smuggling operation, authorities said.

A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the coronavirus that

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Saturday Tehran expects US sanctions on oil, banks and most individuals and institutions to be lifted based on

The opposition DMK-Congress alliance was heading for a big win in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly, according to polls results.

North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea yesterdayin a series of statements saying recent comments from

A prominent rebel group in eastern Myanmar yesterday appealed to other ethnic armies to unite against the military, as the country enters its fourth month under a junta regime.

BJP has failed to breach Mamata Banerjee’s fortress in West Bengal and drew a blank in Kerala in the latest state assembly polls. The party however secured a sound victory in Assam and BJP-led NDA won in Puducherry.