Considered to be the worst ever civil unrest in the US in decades, the violent protests have engulfed at least 140 cities across America in the days following the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old man who was pinned to the ground in Minneapolis on Monday by a white police officer who kneeled on his neck as he gasped for breath.
White House condemns attempted attacks; New York Police Department increase patrols at other major newsrooms.
The body of Albany-based hotelier George Kolath, who hails from Kerala, was recovered on Monday afternoon, state police said. Bodies of his 11-year-old son, George Kolath Jr, and friend, identified as Krishnan Raghavan (52), were pulled out from the river on Sunday.
He said his administration will spare 'no resources or expense in this effort' to investigate who sent the packages.
Harpreet Singh Khalsa, 33, said he was the victim of racial profiling in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, but police stated that those who called in their concerns did the right thing.
The New York Times reported that Lai's company Next Digital publishes Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy newspaper that regularly takes on the Hong Kong government and the Chinese leadership.
Indian sportsman has been arrested here on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, days after he arrived in the US from Kashmir for a snowshoe competition.
An undeterred Chief Executive Officer of NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, in an interview to Israeli Channel 12 on Saturday, strongly defended the company's operations, though he also conceded that some 'mistakes' may have happened over the years.
Thousands of people took to the New York City streets for the largest LGBTQ celebration in the world. It's the first time WorldPride is being held in the United States. The march coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, considered the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement.
Europe will have to make some hard choices if it wishes to take on the militant group responsible for the horrible attacks in Paris.
Friday's call was the first time Pence, 61, and Harris, 56, had an one-to-one conversation since their vice presidential debate in October last year. It was also the first direct contact between the two leaders since the November 3 presidential election.
Floyd's death has triggered nationwide violent protests with a section of the protesters resorting to looting and rioting across the country, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Floyd died in Minneapolis on Monday after a white police officer pinned him to the ground. Video footage showed the officer kneeling on Floyd's neck as he gasped for breath. His death has triggered nationwide protests.
The incidents of hate crimes and harassment around the country have increased since the election of President Donald Trump.
Posts on pro-Trump and far-right online networks have called for protest action on a number of dates, including armed demonstrations in cities across the country on January 17 and a march in Washington DC on inauguration day itself.
Five-time US Olympic swimming medallist was identified as being among the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol last week.
Trump also said all Americans were "rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death" of Floyd, and asserted that justice will be served.
In India, the anniversary of 26/11 comes and goes with only the bare minimum of remembrance. We don't even bother very much about honouring those who acted with great bravery that day, rues Vir Sanghvi.
Black Lives Matter protests and coronavirus rages across the pandemic and much more. Here are the top images from the month of June.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the United States converged on the nation's capital and New York on Saturday for a massive protest against the deaths of unarmed black men by law enforcement.
Officer Ryan Nash, 28, works in the New York Police Department's 1st precinct, shot and apprehended the suspect Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov
'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
'Hackers from China and UK were involved in the October 12 power outage,' Maharashtra power minister tells Rediff.com.
A jury deliberated less than 11 hours before finding Derek Chauvin guilty of all three charges against him -- second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Internal documents at Facebook show "a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence" in India, the company's biggest market, with researchers at the social media giant pointing out that there are groups and pages "replete with inflammatory and misleading anti-Muslim content" on its platform, US media reports have said.
Saipov was charged with providing material support to the Islamic State group and violence and destruction of motor vehicles.
As far as Hindus are concerned, the eclipse of Wokeism cannot come any sooner, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
Aftabjit Singh, 38, pulled out the gun after another person allegedly threatened his 'significant other', police said.
Anti-racism protests across the United States, the funeral procession of George Floyd in Houston, a defaced statue of King Leopold II in Brussels, unlocking of restrictions in Mumbai and much more. Scroll for the top moments from the week gone by.
'It is a political failure, and not a medical failure.'
A bomb scare at Harvard University on Monday triggered emergency evacuations after police received unconfirmed reports of explosives at four sites on the campus of the prestigious institution.
Here are the images that encapsulated the biggest moments in the month of August.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner stated that two civilians, as well as two firefighters, were among the ones who lost their lives in the blast.
SEWA International, a leading Indian-American non-profit organisation, has so far raised more than $250,000 for its COVID-19 relief efforts. It is using the money to buy personal protective equipment's, in particular facial masks and surgical masks, to donate free to the local law enforcement officials and hospitals in some of the hot spot areas like New York, who have run out of these essential items.
Daniel Verley, 26, was charged with reckless endangerment, reckless operation of a drone and operating a drone in a New York City public park outside of a prescribed area for doing so, according to police reports.
Henry Bello, the shooter, was lying on a floor of the hospital dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had apparently tried to set himself on fire as during the incident, the hospital's fire alarm got activated.
Australian TV channels showed the man, in his 20s or 30s, running through the King Street with a large kitchen knife yelling "Allahu Akbar" .
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week in images.
Chinese foreign policy will acquire a more ideological and less pragmatic character. It will be conducted with more nationalist overtones, predicts former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films. Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones.
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