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Pandemic drove 230 million Indians into poverty: study.MUMBAI (AFP) - Around 230 million Indians fell into poverty due to the pandemic last year with young people and women the hardest hit, and the cu...

Celebrities mourn demise of actress Sumbul Shahid .(Web Desk) - Pakistani celebrities are mourning the death of actress Sumbul Shahid, sister of veteran Pakistani artist Bushra Ansari, who passed awa...

Facebook confronts human rights dilemma on political speech .(Reuters) - Facebook Inc oversight board’s extension of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s banishment from the social networ...

The catastrophic surge has badly dented Modi’s political image after he drew praise last year.NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hospitals were packed with coronavirus patients, relatives of the s...

Explainer: Ahead of Trump Facebook ruling, here's how social media sites handle world leaders .(Reuters) - Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday will announce whether it is overtu...

The images are up to 49,000 megapixels and took 50 hours to develop..(Web Desk) – Saudi Arabian authorities released new pictures that offer a never-before-seen close up view of Hajr-e-Aswad, th...

Deadliest metro accidents around the world since 1975.MEXICO CITY (AFP) - At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when an elevated metro line collapsed in Mexico City. Here are ...

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced they are divorcing after a 27-year marriage. .WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife and fellow philanthropist Melinda announced on M...

Timeline: 100 years of Northern Ireland.BELFAST (AFP) - Northern Ireland came into being on May 3, 1921 as Ireland became independent from Britain and was split between pro-Ireland nationalists and pr...

Pakistani actors who refused offers from Bollywood.Islamabad (Online): Here is a list of Pakistani actors who refused offers from Bollywood. The list also contains the reasons because of which they re...

By many measures, the Taliban are in a stronger military position now than at any point since 2001.DUBAI (AP) — Trying to map the long war in Afghanistan has become an increasingly challenging t...

Since 2001, at least 47,245 civilians have been killed in the war as of mid-April.DUBAI (AP) — America’s longest war, the two-decade-long conflict in Afghanistan that started in the wake o...

The military typically plans for worst-case scenarios to try to avoid being caught by surprise..WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on U.S. and coalition for...

The majority of Afghans hold out little hope for their future according to a 2018 Gallup poll. .KABUL (AP) — After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. An...

Analysis: Why Apple has chips for iPhones while Ford got caught short .SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - On the same day that Ford Motor Co said it would be able to produce only half as many cars as planned ...

VIRUS DIARY: From red carpets to empty streets, and back .LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the last normal night in Hollywood, there was one couple wearing masks. It was novel enough that I shot a photo o...

Empty seats, historic turns: Biden delivers unique speech to Congress.WASHINGTON (AFP) - Addressing lawmakers Wednesday in an eerily unfilled US Capitol, President Joe Biden delivered his first speech...

War-rooms and oxygen: India's IT companies scramble to handle COVID-19 surge .(Reuters) - India’s giant IT firms in Bengaluru and other cities have set up COVID-19 "war-rooms" as they...