At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh after a “violent face-off” ensued, reported ANI on Tuesday, quoting the Indian army. The Indian publication said that both sides “have disengaged” after 17 Indian troops were injured. The injured troops “exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain have succumbed مزید پڑھیں

Israel building new Jerusalem road, Construction is underway on a major new ring road that Israeli officials say will benefit all of its residents. Critics of the project say is another obstacle to Palestinian hopes to make East Jerusalem the capital of a future state. The bypass, called The American Road, will connect Jewish settlements مزید پڑھیں

About a hundred protesters held up banners at an election rally for the Polish president on Monday, after he said over the weekend that LGBT “ideology” was more destructive than communist doctrine, angering rights groups and opposition politicians. The rally in the eastern city of Lublin was attended by around 3,500 supporters of incumbent President مزید پڑھیں

A Russian court convicted former U.S. marine Paul Whelan of spying for the United States on Monday and sentenced him to 16 years in jail, a ruling that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said outraged Washington. Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was detained by agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service مزید پڑھیں

Abu Dhabi department of Health in collaboration with Public Health Center launched COVID Home Isolation Program on its verified WhatsApp business channel. The new service, which is free-to-use, provides a central source of services for the enrolled patients in the programme, along with accurate, trustworthy and up-to-date information about COVID-19 related to home isolations for مزید پڑھیں

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned “racist thuggery” after far-right protesters clashed in London on Saturday with anti-racist demonstrators and police, who attempted to keep the two sides apart. Fights broke out between groups outside Waterloo station in London, with fireworks thrown before police cordoned off areas. On a nearby bridge, stones were lobbed at مزید پڑھیں

Beijing carried out mass testing for the novel coronavirus on Sunday after a new outbreak in the city that prompted travel warnings across the country amid fears of a resurgence of the disease. The deadly contagion had been brought largely under control in China through strict lockdowns that were imposed early this year but have مزید پڑھیں

Fresh wave of protests hit US on Saturday after an African American man was shot by police in Atlanta after he tried to escape arrest. The unrest broke out after dark in Atlanta, where earlier in the day Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she had accepted the prompt resignation of police chief Erika Shields over مزید پڑھیں

Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday approved a new map of the country, including areas disputed with India, with New Delhi rejecting it by saying that the addition of Indian territory was not based on historical facts or evidence. The move signals a hardening of Nepal’s position over a decades-long border row that has strained ties between مزید پڑھیں

A Beijing district put itself on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID-19. Forty-five people out of 517 tested with throat swabs at the Xinfadi market in the مزید پڑھیں