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A police officer stands guard near a church where an explosion went off in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP)

Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people

The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion, police said, just as...

28 March 2021 2:19 PM IST

Anti-coup protesters with makeshift shields stand in Yangon, Myanmar on March 3, 2021. (AP)

UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition

The increasingly deadly violence could galvanise the international community, which has responded fitfully so far

4 March 2021 10:37 AM IST

Buddhist monks lead an anti-coup protest march in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb. 27, 2021. CRPH in the placards stand for Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. (AP)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court after deadly crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to streets regularly over the past month to oppose the coup

1 March 2021 11:25 AM IST

Anti-coup protesters display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, February 25, 2021. Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmars military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the armys seizure of power on Feb. 1. (AP)

Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts citing the coup

The move, which takes effect immediately, applies to the military and entities controlled by the armed forces on both...

25 Feb 2021 11:20 AM IST

Donald Trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Trump 'offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One'

During the Singapore summit, Trump gave Kim a glimpse inside his presidential state car in a show of their newly...

22 Feb 2021 11:09 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers his opening remarks at the Lanting Forum on bringing China-U.S. relations back to the right track, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing on Monday, February 22, 2021. (AP /Andy Wong)

China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference

China faces more opposition than ever in Washington due to its trade record, territorial disputes with neighbours

22 Feb 2021 10:47 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hands over 100,000 additional doses of COVID vaccine to Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Health Minister Kerafa Naseem. (PTI)

India gifts another 1 lakh COVID-19 vaccines to Maldives

This takes the overall gift of Covid vaccine doses for the Maldives to two lakh from India since New Delhi had gifted...

21 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling council (Twitter@descifraguerra)

Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional...

The military has not given a date for a new election but has imposed a state of emergency for one year

18 Feb 2021 12:17 AM IST

In this image from video, protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they march in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, February 6, 2021. The military authorities in charge of Myanmar broadened a ban on social media, while street protests continued to expand Saturday as people gathered again to show their opposition to the army takeover. (AP)

Myanmar anti-coup protesters keep pressure on junta

They accuse Beijing of propping up the military regime and applaud Washington's actions sanctioning the military

14 Feb 2021 6:34 PM IST

In this file photo taken on October 30, 2017 people pass the entrance of the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London. - BBC on Thursday February 11, says it is disappointed at China banning its news channel. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

BBC World News barred from airing in China - regulator

English-language BBC World News is not included in most TV channel packages in China but is available in some hotels and...

12 Feb 2021 1:05 AM IST

Members of the World Health Organisation (Image source: AP)

What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

The visit was politically sensitive for China which is concerned about any allegations it didn't handle the initial...

10 Feb 2021 9:45 PM IST

Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek, center, both of the World Health Organization team, say farewell to their Chinese counterpart Liang Wannian, left, after a WHO-China Joint Study Press Conference held at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan, China on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus

The experts spent one month in China, two weeks in quarantine and the same again on fieldwork

9 Feb 2021 6:15 PM IST