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Indian police have captured a man suspected of plotting attacks in the name of ISIS in the country’s capital. He was apprehended after a firefight, as authorities launched a search for his possible accomplice. Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police Special Cell Pramod Kushwaha described the suspect, Abdul Yusuf Khan, as a “lone wolf who had…

The Covid-19 pandemic may lead to a calamity of epic scale, with millions facing starvation worldwide, the head of the UN’s hunger-fighting body has warned. “All the data we have, including WFP forecast that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent by the end of the year, … points to a…

Indian authorities believe that a suspect detained for money laundering was also running a secret operation to meddle in the next Dalai Lama selection process, reports say. Chinese national Charlie Peng may have bribed around 100 monks over the past two years to garner support for a “Chinese candidate” to succeed the Dalai Lama, Indian…

In extremely troubling news for policymakers the world over, new research suggests that asymptomatic, otherwise “healthy” children can carry up to twice the viral load of hospitalized adult Covid-19 patients. As summer in the northern hemisphere draws to a close, kids are tentatively expected to return to school in the coming weeks, amid concerns among…

At least 41 schools in Berlin say that hundreds of their students and teachers are in quarantine, less than two weeks after schools reopened their doors in the German capital. Elementary schools, high schools and trade schools are all affected, the daily Berliner Zeitung wrote on Friday, and city education authorities confirmed these figures to…

Beijing has said the US has no right to demand sanctions on Iran are reinstated because it was Washington that “had broken its promises” by ditching the 2015 nuclear deal. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters the US has no right to demand the so-called “snapback” of sanctions on Iran, because Washington unilaterally…

The UAE-Israeli peace deal could sprout into a lucrative arms contract, as the UAE’s foreign minister said it had removed the obstacles for purchasing F-35 fighters from the US. Washington said such a deal is already under review. Formal normalization of ties with Tel Aviv should remove “any hurdle” in the path of the potential…

Washington has announced sanctions on senior Syrian government officials and the leaders of several military units, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing top National Defense Forces members of subverting a ceasefire. In a statement on Thursday, the US State Department said it was imposing sanctions on the leadership of a number of Syrian…

New Delhi’s mass antibody testing has found that almost 30 percent of those living in the Indian capital may have been infected with the coronavirus. The number eclipses that of the country’s overall Covid-19 tally. “We found that 29.1 percent of the population of Delhi had antibodies, which means that they were infected and have…

Disturbing new footage of a Belgian cop pressing his full weight onto a Slovak man who died after the arrest in 2018, and the frivolity of his colleagues, has appalled many online, who likened it to the death of George Floyd. Harrowing scenes of Jozef Chovanec, a 38-year-old Slovakian, being forcefully restrained by a handful…

Videos and photographs of a massive pool party in Wuhan irked news outlets and social media users, but China claims the critics are just bitter about their own nations’ poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The images from Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have originated, showed partygoers forgoing masks and social distancing guidelines…