Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos donates $100M to food banks as unemployment soars during coronavirus...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he plans to donate $100 million to food banks across America, which is currently facing a severe and steep economic downturn because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Exclusive: PM Modi may announce Lockdown 5.0 on Mann Ki Baat, ease restrictions in...
Prime Minister Modi is likely to speak on Lockdown 5.0 after the current lockdown ends on May 31. PM Modi will address the nation on May 31 in his monthly radio address...
Netanyahu says Israeli airliners now overflying Sudan
Israeli commercial planes are flying over Sudan after a meeting with its de-facto leader last month, Netanyahu says.
Israeli commercial planes began overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin...
Israel carries out air raids in Syria and Gaza
Palestinian Islamic Jihad says two of its fighters killed in Israel bombing in Syria as air raids are reported in Gaza.
Two Islamic Jihad fighters have been...
Somalia declares national emergency over locust surge
Ministry of Agriculture says desert locust surge 'poses major threat to Somalia's fragile food security situation'.
Somalia has become the first country in the Horn of Africa to...
Mount Everest reopens to tourists despite COVID-19 spike
As COVID-19 cases rise, Nepal gambles with reopening plan
Hoping to regain revenue lost amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal is set to reopen Mount Everest to climbers and tourists.
US Senate committee to vote on bill banning TikTok
The bill would ban federal employees from using the social media app TikTok on government-issued devices.
A United States Senate committee is likely to vote next week on a...
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death for high treason
Former Pakistan President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been sentenced to death in absentia for high treason following a six-year legal case.A three-member special court in Islamabad on Tuesday convicted Musharraf of violating...
South Sudan hit by desert locust swarm as plague spreads
The locusts crossed into southern Magwi county on the border with Uganda, government says.
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across East Africa have reached...
Bhutan to impose ‘sustainable development fee’ on Indian tourists
This comes after sharp rise in visitors from India caused a strain on tiny Himalayan nation's ecology.
Bhutan is introducing a "sustainable development fee" for regional...