Modi inaugurates Atal Setu, India's longest sea bridge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the country's longest sea bridge 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu' which connects south Mumbai with the satellite city of Navi......

Japan PM Kishida unhurt after explosion at speech venue, suspect detained

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was on Saturday evacuated from a venue in Wakayama city, after an explosion was heard, Japan public media NHK reported. IMAGE: A man, believed to be a suspect......

China's aggressive action forced India's 'wild card' entry to Quad: Pompeo

Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that India, which has charted an independent course on foreign policy, was forced to change its strategic posture and join the......

Army will not allow China to change LAC status quo, says Jaishankar

The Indian Army will not let China change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) "unilaterally" and its current deployment along the frontier was not seen before, External Affairs......

PIX: Naomi Osaka lights flame as Tokyo's 'Games of hope' open

The Olympic oath, recited by the athletes at the end of the parade, was updated for the Tokyo Games, with athletes swearing their commitment to inclusion, equality, and non-discrimination for the......

PICS: Tokyo Olympics kicks off with glittering ceremony

IMAGE: Fireworks during Friday's Olympics opening ceremony are seen above the Olympic stadium in Tokyo from the Shibuya Sky observation deck. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Thy sky over the......

Tokyo Olympics: What you need to know right now

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter The director of the Olympics opening ceremony was fired over an old comedy act in which he joked about the Holocaust, a day before the usually......

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony scandals and more...

Scandals over ceremony have deterred some, Tokyo 2020 head says Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A series of recent scandals engulfing officials working on the opening......

Tokyo Games spectacle at risk of further downgrade from pandemic

IMAGE: Visitors looks at a newly installed Olympic rings for celebrating the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Yokohama. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Japan is looking at barring all but VIP......