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Pranab Mukherjee, who had tested positive for coronavirus and had been in coma after a brain surgery earlier this month, passed away on Monday evening at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi.

The proportion of such people is much less at about 13 per cent in India, a new survey by the World Economic Forum-Ipsos has found.

The Danish government summoned Russia s ambassador on Tuesday after a Russian fighter jet violated the airspace over Denmark's Baltic Sea island of Bornholm last week.

The European Union warned Hungary that it cannot close its borders to all foreigners and allow only its own citizens back in as the Hungarian government introduced those new measures Tuesday in response to what it said was a second wave of coronavirus inf...

The man stood in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in a hazmat suit, gloves, respirator and goggles. Two soldiers wearing face masks bowed their heads solemnly. Over a dozen more in full-body gear paused from disinfecting the popular tourist site ov...

Sunny Leone took to Instagram to share the glimpse of her perfect family outing. The actress posed for a cute selfie featuring herself and her husband Daniel Weber.

Percussionist Sivamani's latest enterprise, Atkan Chatkan, is all about hope and dreams, he says. He has composed music for the film, whose trailer was launched by Sonu Nigam.

The head of the Czech Senate declared himself to be Taiwanese in a speech at Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday, channelling the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy's defiance of communism in Berlin in 1963, as China slammed him for crossing a red line.

Woodstock''99 festival, which drew more than 400,000 people over four days but marred by oppressive heat, violence and allegations of sexual assault.

The man portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda as saving the lives of more than 1,200 people from genocide was kidnapped while in Dubai, his daughter asserts, while authorities on Tuesday gave no further details behind his arrest on terror charges.

With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing his plans to step down due to health reasons, members of his ruling party are furiously maneuvering ahead of an internal vote that will ultimately decide his successor.

Poland is banning from Wednesday direct flights from 44 countries including Spain, Israel and Romania in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the Central European country, the government said on Tuesday.

GAIL (India) has offered at least three liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for loading from the Cove Point terminal in Maryland in the United States over May to July, three industry sources said on Tuesday.

The next three months will be fundamental for bringing about change in Lebanon, and if no change is forthcoming, punitive measures might ensue, French President Emmanuel Macron told POLITICO on Tuesday.

Germany's unemployment rate edged up to 6.4% last month but, as in July, the coronavirus pandemic played no significant role in the increase, the national labor agency said Tuesday. Jobless figures in Europe's biggest economy have been kept down by extens...

Shipping group Maersk will cut job cuts as part of a major reorganisation, an internal email sent to Maersk employees shows.