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The Saudiled coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed on Friday an explosivesladen drone launched by the Iranaligned group in the direction of Saudi Arabia, the staterun Saudi Press Agency reported.

The Monsoon Session of Parliament is likely to commence from September 14 with many new measures keeping in view the restrictions and physical-distancing norms due to COVID-19.

Raised in a whitecollar Washington suburb, a product of prep schools, elite colleges and the 1% world of private equity, Jerome Powell is an unlikely candidate to tilt U.S. monetary policy toward the working class.

Google says they will set up a Nest Hub smart display in each hotel room, the content for which will be tailored according to the specific requirements. Guests, for instance, will not have to call a human using the in-room phone for certain task. “Hey Goo...

An ‘orange’ alert has been issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for Delhi and surrounding areas. Rainfall may impact traffic movement and the public must plan their commute in advance.

Stock markets struggled for direction on Friday as investors worried about a lack of detail in the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy shift while Japanese markets were roiled as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned for health reasons.

The Lebanese presidency will convene consultations with parliamentary blocs on Monday to designate a new prime minister, the presidency said, after the government quit earlier this month following the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port.

Greek and Turkish warships are testing each others naval prowess while political leaders in Athens and Ankara probe each others resolve over a search for hydrocarbon reserves in east Mediterranean waters that each nation claims.

The South Korean government ramped up efforts to end a strike by thousands of the country's doctors on Friday, as Seoul took the unprecedented step of restricting eateries in the capital in a bid to blunt a surge in coronavirus cases.

Taiwanese chip designer Mediatek Inc said on Friday it had applied to the U.S. government for permission to continue supplying China's Huawei after new U.S. curbs take effect in midSeptember amid rising ChinaU.S. tensions.

Amid rising threats from China, Taiwanese President Tsai Ingwen on Friday said the selfgoverning island was determined to strengthen its defenses.

Funds which buy debt companies are no longer able to repay are getting ready to deploy their large cash piles in Europe, betting the easing of widespread government economic support schemes will lead to a pickup in corporate restructurings.

A few weeks before military officers overthrew Mali's government in a bloodless coup, a series of meetings in the remote centre of the country underscored how much the state's grip on power had loosened.

Japan's Shinzo Abe swept back for a rare second stint as prime minister in 2012 pledging to revive a stagnant economy, loosen the limits of a postWorld War Two pacifist constitution and restore traditional values.

Sara Ali Khan has recently begun shooting work after a break of over three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tens of thousands of people were expected to march in Washington, D.C. on Friday to denounce racism, protest police brutality and commemorate the anniversary of the march in 1963 where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr made his "I Have a Dream" sp...