The district fell a day after Afghan security forces fought back a major Taliban offensive in Helmand

India's surge in infections has coincided with a dramatic drop in vaccinations due to supply and delivery problems

Bharatiya Janata Party, All India Trinamool Congress blame each other for violence after West Bengal elections result

India accounted for 46% of global cases and 25% of global deaths reported in the past week

Rights bodies say free speech under serious threat as government points to flaws in media

The Nehru Zoological Park has now been closed, it said in a statement

No link seen between Covid-19 and aspirin or ibuprofen, the study suggests

The Arrahma Mosque in France’s Nantes city also came under an arson attack on April 9

The person is considered to have been infectious since April 30

The collapsed overpass was part of Linea 12, an addition to the network finished less than a decade ago

Khan, sold his wife's jewellery and converted his three-wheeled vehicle into a small ambulance

India postponed exams for trainee doctors and nurses on Monday

Study did not look at people who lacked provincial health insurance

Modi, his top lieutenants, other politicians, opposition figures, held election rallies throughout March and April

Said to add pressure on Beijing to roll out measures encouraging couples to have more children and avert a decline

Makes Covid tests mandatory; condition to come into effect from May 5

Saudi-led coalition says kingdom’s air defences intercepted and destroyed the drone

Premier also apprises of Pakistan’s flagship climate change initiatives, including 10 billion tree tsunami project

The military upgrades will begin this year and be finished by 2026

Iranian president meets FM Qureshi; expresses Tehran’s readiness to meet Pakistan's energy needs

Police administrative worker, a mother of two, was stabbed in the throat on Friday

Intelligence chief Richard Moore says climate crisis is ‘foremost international foreign policy agenda item for planet’

The station was closed as a precaution while specialist officers assessed the item.