Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah bemoaned the “murder of democracy” late Wednesday night as he lashed out at the BS Yediyurappa government - whom he labelled a “coward” - after the Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly.

Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalise relations in a deal brokered with US help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months.

Bangladesh and the United States may soon enter into a maritime cooperation framework under the “Vision for Advancing US-Bangladesh Economic Partnership”, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.

An ice cave which forms naturally on a high-altitude glacier in the Swiss Alps has become accessible, to the delight of visitors who come to marvel at the huge blue vault of the “ice cathedral”.

Moderna Inc has said it dosed the first participant in a mid-to-late stage study testing its Covid-19 vaccine candidate in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18.

Lebanon’s investigating judge charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed 200 people and ravaged the capital in August, a judicial source and an official source have said.

Some 270 million people worldwide - equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, Britain, France and Italy - stand on the brink of starvation, the head of the United Nations’ World Food Programme has said upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

Facebook Inc has said some users are facing issues while sending messages on Messenger, Instagram and its office collaboration service Workplace.

China said Thursday it will impose sanctions on US officials who have "performed badly" over Hong Kong issues, in response to restrictions slapped on Chinese officials this week over Beijing's harsh clampdown on the city.

France’s data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet’s Google for breaching the country’s rules on online advertising trackers (cookies).

US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to development of their Covid-19 vaccine had been “unlawfully accessed” in a cyberattack on Europe’s medicines regulator.

Gunmen shot and killed a female television journalist, who was also a women's rights activist, in Afghanistan today, an incident that underscores an increasing trend of violence against journalists in the country.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed,” leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated.

Health Canada has approved the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, clearing the way for shots to be delivered and administered across the country.

The US envoy on international religious freedom on Tuesday voiced concern about France, warning against “heavy-handed” measures as President Macron targets radical Islam.

The United Arab Emirates yesterday officially registered the coronavirus vaccine produced by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm, saying it was 86 percent effective according to analysis of third-phase trials.

tally of state and county data. With the virus showing no sign of abating, leading health officials are once again sounding the alarm of further spread when people gather for the year-end holidays.

A vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca shows only a limited ability to stop transmission of the coronavirus despite preventing Covid-19 illness in a majority of those who are infected.

A nearly 40-million-year-old skeleton belonging to what is popularly called a sabre-toothed tiger has sold for $84,350, a year after its discovery on

A “cruise to nowhere” off Singapore was cut short yesterday after a passenger tested positive for the coronavirus,