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Julian Assange's guilty plea signals the end of a years-long legal saga

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out a plane window as he approaches Bangkok airport for layover, according to the post by Wikileaks on X, in this picture released to social media on June 25, 2024. Wikileaks via X/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY(Wikileaks via X via REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 05:57 pm IST

Polls at north and south around the world: Looking forward into 2024

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out elections, saying it is ‘not the time’. The country has been under martial law since Russia invaded in February 2022. President Vladimir Putin — already the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin — is expected to stay in power. In Britain, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will face off with a resurgent Labour Party. (AFP; Reuters; AP)

Updated on Jan 03, 2024 12:00 am IST

Explained: The US political row over funding Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to Commander of the Ground Forces colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi. (Reuters)

Updated on Dec 19, 2023 05:40 pm IST

As violence surges, experts warn of war crimes in Israel-Hamas conflict

A Palestinian man carries an injured a girl following an Israeli strike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023, as fighting between Israel and the Hamas movement continues for the eighth consecutive day. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 15, 2023 11:35 am IST

Hamas breaches Israel’s ‘iron wall’ in symbol of region’s turbulent future

Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after gunmen infiltrated areas of southern Israel, on Saturday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 09, 2023 01:52 am IST

As death toll rises, Israel confronts failings

A plume of black smoke rises above Gaza City’s skyline during an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 09, 2023 09:41 am IST

The year ahead: Where to?

Travellers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang (REUTERS)

Published on Dec 31, 2022 06:26 pm IST

A surging Sunak takes on a revived Boris

Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP, Rishi Sunak leaves from an office in central London. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2022 04:04 pm IST

Liz Truss resigns: Tories ignore growing calls for early elections

Turmoil in UK government after Liz Truss’s resignation from the PM’s post is adding to the delay. (AP)

Published on Oct 21, 2022 04:18 am IST

UK: Tories kick off new leadership race despite growing calls for early elections

Demonstrators protest opposite parliament after Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned in London, on Thursday. (AP)

Updated on Oct 20, 2022 09:16 pm IST

Announcement of new UK prime minister: Tourists in London get unique experience

People watch the arrivals at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre where a new British Prime Minister was announced in London, Britain, on Monday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sept 05, 2022 07:22 pm IST

Truss or Sunak? Britons eagerly await appointment of new PM

Morning commuters cross parliament square near the Houses of Parliament on the day of the announcement of the new leader of the ruling Conservative Party in London, UK, on Monday. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Sept 05, 2022 05:58 pm IST

Has Rishi Sunak lost the plot to become next British PM?

Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer, speaks during a Conservative Party leadership hustings in London, UK. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 12:36 am IST

Texas shooting: A history of gun violence in US, and a call for tougher laws

Law enforcement work the scene after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School where 18 children were killed in Uvalde, Texas.(AFP)

Updated on May 25, 2022 06:54 pm IST

Canada’s British Columbia feels the effects of climate change

Houses and farms are seen cut off after record rainfall in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada on November 17, 2021. (AFP/File)

Updated on Nov 25, 2021 10:32 pm IST

As festivals continue in India, how the world suffered due to crowded gatherings

People standing to receive food aid distributed by the

Published on Apr 15, 2021 09:48 am IST

French Senate clears controversial “separatism bill”

Police officers stand guard outside the Bois d'Aulne secondary school as people pay homage to slain history teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by an attacker for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in his civics class, on October 19, 2020, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris. (AFP)

Published on Apr 14, 2021 12:13 pm IST

Covid-19: When lawmakers turned lawbreakers

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets troops as they set up a vaccination centre in the Castlemilk district of Glasgow, Scotland, Britain on January 28, 2021. (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 03, 2021 08:06 pm IST

Ahead of Election Day, NYC bikers hit the roads to encourage people to vote

People participate in a march organised by Riders4Rights in Brooklyn, New York.(Photo courtesy: Josh Pacheco /Instagram)

Updated on Oct 28, 2020 12:06 am IST

Banksy’s Show Me the Monet to go on sale next month

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Published on Sept 20, 2020 01:40 pm IST

Covid-19: Across West Asia, life in lockdown is a study in contrast

Iranians wear protective face masks to check the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19, in capital Tehran on April 5.(AFP Photo)

Updated on Apr 06, 2020 08:19 am IST

Covid-19 update: Amid lockdowns over coronavirus, Europeans miss ‘la dolce vita’

Medical workers in protective suits check a document as they treat patients suffering with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the Casalpalocco hospital, a hospital in Rome that has been dedicated to treating cases of the disease, Italy, March 24, 2020.(Reuters Photo)

Published on Mar 24, 2020 07:54 pm IST

Angry protesters rally for rights

From Hong Kong to Venezuela and Lebanon, angry protesters took to the streets this year, defying tear gas shells and police batons, rallying for a range of issues, and demanding, on many occasions, an overhaul of existing political systems.(Reuters image)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 01:54 am IST

Probe underway over first ever crime committed in space

In this file photo taken on November 14, 2018 NASA astronaut Anne McClain, a member of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 58/59, attends her final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’ Training Centre(HT FILE)

Updated on Aug 25, 2019 07:43 am IST

In true Spider-man style, man scales down 19-storey building to escape fire

The fire at the Holden Tower started around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. It apparently started in a trash chute, causing flames to shoot out and spread heavy smoke to all floors of the building.(AP photo)

Updated on Jun 03, 2020 04:08 am IST

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