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Saturday, 17 October 2020
"It was dreadful - the worst ever. Life changed into chaos at once," says Gul Mohammad.
The 25-year-old teacher is struggling to recall how he managed to dodge shellfire and save the 25 members of his...
Friday, 16 October 2020
Thailand has issued an emergency decree banning protests as it clamps down on largely peaceful pro-democracy rallies that have also targeted the monarchy.
In a televised announcement the government said...
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has criticised Donald Trump's handling of Covid-19, while courting elderly voters in the key battleground state of Florida.
He told them that the president...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.
Thousands gathered at an outdoor rally in Sanford, Florida, where a defiant Mr Trump...
Monday, 12 October 2020
The virus responsible for Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for 28 days, researchers say.
The findings from Australia's national science agency...
Saturday, 10 October 2020
US President Donald Trump has completed his course of treatment for Covid-19 and can return to public engagements this weekend, his physician has said.
Dr Sean Conley said the president had responded...
Friday, 09 October 2020
US President Donald Trump has returned to work and held briefings at the Oval Office less than a week after he tested positive for coronavirus.
The president has had no Covid-19 symptoms for more than...
Wednesday, 07 October 2020
Covid-19 is spreading further among those around US President Donald Trump, with White House adviser Stephen Miller and a top military official infected.
Mr Miller, who has been self-isolating for the...
Monday, 05 October 2020
A team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test. The BBC's Soutik Biswas and Krutika Pathi unpack how...
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and rancorous White House debates in years.
Amid angry shouting and name calling, the two fought over...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Amnesty International says it has been forced to halt its India operations due to "reprisals" from the government.
The watchdog has also accused the government of indulging in a "witch-hunt of human...
Monday, 28 September 2020
Donald Trump paid just $750 (£587) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House, The New York Times says.
The newspaper - which...
Friday, 25 September 2020
Two officers have been shot as thousands of people protest in the US city of Louisville after a grand jury decided no-one would be charged with the death of Breonna Taylor.
Ms Taylor, 26, a hospital worker,...
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Louisville, Kentucky, is under a state of emergency as prosecutors are expected to announce if police officers who killed a black woman in her home during a drug raid will be charged.
Mayor Greg Fischer...
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
President Trump has said he will name a replacement to Ruth Bader Ginsburg by week's end and urged the Republican-controlled Senate to confirm his Supreme Court choice before 3 November.
The plan has...
Sunday, 20 September 2020
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million, according to figures by America's Johns Hopkins University.
More than 940,000 have died with Covid-19 since the outbreak...
Friday, 18 September 2020
Joe Biden has said he will not allow peace in Northern Ireland to become a "casualty of Brexit" if he is elected US President in November.
The Democratic candidate said any UK-US trade deal had to be...
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in India has surpassed five million, officials say, the second-highest in the world after the US.
The virus appears to be spreading much faster in India...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
On Monday, climate change took centre stage in the US presidential campaign - and the contrast between the two candidates couldn't have been more stark.
While touring fire-ravaged California, Donald Trump...
Monday, 14 September 2020
Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, paving the way for Oracle to make a last-minute bid.
US President Donald Trump...
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