Russia on Wednesday said it had successfully tested a new hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile in a move hailed by President Vladimir Putin as a “great event” for the country. The military said that the Tsirkon missile was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea on Tuesday morning in the Russian Arctic and مزید پڑھیں

Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only US vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration”. Pence, who leads the president’s coronavirus taskforce, acknowledged that “our nation’s مزید پڑھیں

The new emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf, has named the country’s top security official, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah as the new crown prince, on Wednesday. The official Kuwait news agency said that the Al-Sabah royal family “blessed” Nawaf’s decision to appoint the new crown prince, one day before the parliament decides in a session مزید پڑھیں

The Pentagon on Tuesday said the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff have almost entirely gone into self-quarantine after one of the Coast Guard service chiefs tested positive for coronavirus. US defence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, stressed that the military’s top brass — with the exception of the Coast Guard vice commandant, Admiral مزید پڑھیں

As many as 624 more people tested positive for the deadly coronavirus across the country during the last 24 hours, lifting the national tally of infections to 316,351. Twelve corona patients, who were under treatment in hospitals, died during this period, according to the latest update shared by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC). مزید پڑھیں

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement that the biomarkers in his blood and urine had “similar structural characteristics as the toxic chemicals belonging” to the Novichok group. The findings confirm results released by Germany, where Navalny was treated after falling ill on a flight in Siberia on Aug. مزید پڑھیں

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increased his lead in the US presidential race, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump contracted coronavirus, with the majority of Americans of the view that Trump could have avoided the infection if he wouldn’t have downplayed the virus to begin with. The مزید پڑھیں

US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community on Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly infectious, potentially deadly new coronavirus. He was masked as he waved from inside his bulletproof vehicle during the short trip outside Walter Reed مزید پڑھیں

Tens of thousands of worshippers have been flooding into Iraq’s holy city of Karbala despite the COVID-19 pandemic for the pilgrimage of Arbaeen, one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings. Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)’s grandson, falls on Thursday. مزید پڑھیں

Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city will be lifted this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday as she expressed confidence a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated. The city will move to alert level 1 from 11.59 p.m. on Wednesday, joining the rest of the country, after مزید پڑھیں