International News, Breaking World News, Latest International News - The Hindu

Ahead of inauguration, Washington D.C. converted into garrison city as threat looms large

More than 25,000 National Guards have been deployed along with thousands of local police personnel and those from other security agencies.

4hrs

A man holds a sign opposing U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as he stands near Washington National Guard members behind a perimeter fence on January17, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington.

4hrs

Japan PM vows to press ahead with Olympics amid virus surge

AP

“We will have full anti-infection measures in place and proceed with preparation with a determination to achieve the Games that can deliver hope and courage throughout the world,” Mr. Suga said.

51mins

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivering a policy speech at the opening session of the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo on January 18, 2021.

51mins

Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 81

AP

People being housed in temporary shelters were seen standing close together, many of them without masks, saying that they difficult to observe health protocols in this emergency situation

59mins

59mins

Twitter suspends U.S. Congresswoman over election fraud claims

AP

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account was suspended for 12 hours after sharing a video clip supporting debunked theories of election fraud.

3hrs

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

3hrs

A man holds a sign opposing U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as he stands near Washington National Guard members behind a perimeter fence on January17, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington.

Ahead of inauguration, Washington D.C. converted into garrison city as threat looms large

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivering a policy speech at the opening session of the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo on January 18, 2021.

Japan PM vows to press ahead with Olympics amid virus surge

Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 81

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Twitter suspends U.S. Congresswoman over election fraud claims

Just In

Alexei Navalny kisses his wife Yulia as he is detained by police at the passport control after arriving at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow on January 17, 2021.

Kremlin critic Navalny flies to Russia despite arrest threat

Vaccines made by Sinovac and AstraZeneca has been granted approval.

Coronavirus | Brazil’s health agency approves the use of two vaccines

COVID-19

Pakistan approves emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine PTI

In the first phase, the vaccine will be given to health workers and those aged 65 years and above, Mr. Umar said.

Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream

Biden names Vidur Sharma as Policy Advisor for Testing in COVID-19 Response Team

Coronavirus | Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million amid vaccine rollout

Coronavirus| China puts 20,000 villagers in quarantine over virus risk

Around the Globe

South Asia

India ‘intervened’ on Jaffna University memorial issue
Meera Srinivasan

Pakistan approves emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
PTI

Gunmen shoot dead two Afghan women judges in Kabul
AFP

Nepal never accepts interference in domestic politics: Nepalese Foreign Minister Gyawali
PTI

Europe

U.K. urges China to grant UN access to Xinjiang
AFP

Britain calls for concerns over Ugandan election to be investigated

Merkel ally wins race to lead her party
AFP

Germany: Armin Laschet elected leader of Angela Merkel's party
AP

West Asia

Russian cargo ship sinks in the Black Sea, rescue underway
AP

In cold weather, anti-Netanyahu protests continue in Israel
AP

Abbas decrees first Palestinian elections in 15 years
AP

US rejects UN plea to reverse Yemen rebel terror designation
PTI

Other Articles

First
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Next
Last

Japan PM vows to press ahead with Olympics amid virus surge

12 workers trapped a week ago in China mine blast are alive

Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 81

Trump admin slams China's Huawei, halting shipments from Intel, others: sources

Moon Jae-in urges Joe Biden to learn from Donald Trump’s North Korea diplomacy

Samsung vice-chairman gets 30-month prison term in South Korea bribery trial

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to resign her Senate seat on Monday

Alex Padilla, who is set to replace Harris, will be the first Latino senator from California, where about 40% of residents are Hispanic.

China economy grows 2.3% in 2020 as rebound from coronavirus gains

Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5% over a year earlier, up from the previous quarter’s 4.9%, according to official data released Monday.

Twitter suspends U.S. Congresswoman over election fraud claims

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account was suspended for 12 hours after sharing a video clip supporting debunked theories of election fraud.

Ahead of inauguration, Washington D.C. converted into garrison city as threat looms large

More than 25,000 National Guards have been deployed along with thousands of local police personnel and those from other security agencies.

Nepali climbers make history by becoming first to scale K2 peak in winter

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world.

Apple's Tim Cook says Parler could return to App Store with reforms

"We looked at the incitement to violence that was on there, and we don't consider that free speech and incitement to violence has an intersection," Mr. Cook said.

Coronavirus | Brazil’s health agency approves the use of two vaccines

Brazil’s health regulator rejected an application for use of a Russian vaccine called Sputnik V.

Release Navalny immediately, senior Biden aide tells Russia

The perpetrators of the outrageous attack on his life must be held accountable, says Jake Sullivan, Mr. Biden's incoming White House national security adviser

Phil Spector, famed music producer and murder convict, dies at 81

California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital.

On Day 1, Joe Biden to reverse Donald Trump orders

He plans to sign executive decrees to end targeted restrictions on immigration, join Paris climate accord

U.K. urges China to grant UN access to Xinjiang

‘Appalling abuses against minorities’

India ‘intervened’ on Jaffna University memorial issue

High Commissioner ‘raises concern’ with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

State capitals gird for pro-Trump protests

FBI has warned of armed protests as extremists are emboldened by Jan. 6 attack

Russian cargo ship sinks in the Black Sea, rescue underway

The area has been buffeted by heavy rains, snow and strong winds.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained after landing in Moscow

Russian prison service said he was detained for multiple violations of parole and terms of a suspended prison sentence.

Torrential rains hamper hunt for Indonesia quake survivors

Excavators and cranes were deployed across the devastated seaside city of Mamuju, where buildings were reduced to a tangled mass of twisted metal and chunks of concrete, including a hospital and the regional governor’s office.

Pakistan approves emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

In the first phase, the vaccine will be given to health workers and those aged 65 years and above, Mr. Umar said.

Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray

From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in

In cold weather, anti-Netanyahu protests continue in Israel

Demonstrators gathered at a Jerusalem square near Mr. Netanyahus official residence. The weekly protests have been taking place for over seven months.

Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream

Most of the 29,000 cartons in the batch had yet to be sold, the government said.

Biden ropes in 20 Indian-Americans, 17 in key White House positions

Neera Tanden, who has been nominated as Director of Management and Budget, and Dr. Vivek Murthy, nominated as the U.S. Surgeon General, top the list

Gunmen shoot dead two Afghan women judges in Kabul

The attack on the judges happened as they were travelling to their office in a court vehicle, Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a spokesman for the court told AFP.

Guatemala tries blocking caravan of 9,000 Honduran migrants

Guatemala has set up almost a dozen control points on highways, and may start busing more migrants back to Honduras, as it has done before, arguing they pose a risk to themselves and others by travelling during the coronavirus pandemic

Britain calls for concerns over Ugandan election to be investigated

Britain called on Saturday for concerns about this week's election in Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni has been declared winner, to be

Science will be at ‘forefront' of my administration, says Biden

Mr. Biden, who introduced his team on Saturday, said the scientists “will ensure everything we do is grounded in science, facts and the truth.”

Libya talks make progress towards new temporary government, says U.N.

Participants at talks in Geneva agreed on a mechanism for choosing the new government, whose formation has been the subject of wrangling among the main factions in a country that is a major oil producer.

The Hindu Explains | Why are Democrats and Republicans opposed to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act?

Why was the law passed? How has the industry reacted to the opposition?

Xiaomi | Collateral damage

The U.S. has termed the start-up a ‘Communist Chinese military company’

National Guard | Boots on the ground

About 20,000 troops have been deployed in DC ahead of Biden’s inauguration

Museveni wins 6th term amid allegations of rigged election

Election was marred by fraud and violence: Bobi Wine

Merkel ally wins race to lead her party

As head of CDU, Armin Laschet has vowed to continue with centrist policies

Pelosi tasks General with security review

Some House Republicans under scrutiny for their role in coordination with rioters

5 dead of suspected gas leak in Italian nursing home

Firefighters confirmed the deadly incident in the town of Lanuvio, with the hypothesis of a gas leak

Nepal never accepts interference in domestic politics: Nepalese Foreign Minister Gyawali

Mr. Gyawali’s assertion came at a media interaction when asked about China’s attempt to play a role in the aftermath of fast-paced political developments in Nepal last month.

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties seek international mechanism to probe ‘war crimes’

No scope for a domestic process, they note in joint letter to UNHRC members

Damaged roads, power blackouts hamper rescue efforts at Indonesian quake site

Operations were focused on about eight locations in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju, where people were believed to be trapped.

Germany: Armin Laschet elected leader of Angela Merkel's party

Mr. Laschet defeated Friedrich Merz, a conservative and one-time Merkel rival, at an online convention of the Christian Democratic Union

Out-of-control Australian bushfire threatens Perth homes

‘Around 150 firefighters were expected to work overnight into Sunday to bring the 80-100 hectare blaze under control’

Biden names Vidur Sharma as Policy Advisor for Testing in COVID-19 Response Team

The announcement of Mr. Sharma’s appointment as Policy Advisor for Testing was made by Mr. Biden on Friday along with additional members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team.

Russia withdrawing 300 military instructors from Central African Republic

A letter from Russia’s U.N. Mission to the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against the conflict-wracked country said its assistance in the run-up and during the election was ending.

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department resumed federal executions last year following a 17-year hiatus.

U.S. retains terrorist designation of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba

Days ahead of the transition of power, the U.S. Department of State said that it has amended the terrorist designations of LJ and ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) to include additional aliases.

First
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Next
Last

Republic TV owner Arnab Goswami. File

27K | Three days before Balakot, Arnab told ex-BARC chief ‘something big will happen’

Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala. File

24K | Arnab Goswami WhatsApp chats | Opposition demands inquiry

A still from Tandav

12K | Tandav controversy | I&B Ministry seeks explanation from Amazon Prime Video

One of the cold storage boxed for keeping coronavirus vaccine in South Delhi Municipal Corporation at Srinivaspuri in New Delhi

10K | Coronavirus | One ‘severe’, 51 ‘minor’ cases of post-vaccination adverse events reported among health workers in Delhi

Covishield vaccine immunisation for COVID-19 at the Government General Hospital in Chennai on January 17, 2020.

8K | Coronavirus | 2.24 lakh vaccinated in two days, 447 report adverse reactions

Parna hydroponic farm

8K | Coimbatore’s hydroponic farm delivers fresh greens within three hours of harvest

6K | Do not consume alcohol for 45 days after vaccination: Experts

A still from ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’

5K | ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ movie review: Makes practitioners of patriarchy squirm in their seats

After an interval of 21 months, the Supreme Court will be considering the review petition filed by the EPFO against the apex court verdict on the pension and the appeal filed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

5K | Supreme Court to consider review plea in EPF pension case on January 18