Damascus, In the midst of one of the worst economic crises in the last decade, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has dismissed Prime Minister Imad Khamis after four years.

The surprise move on Thursday came just a month before parliamentary elections in the war-torn country, reports Efe news.

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Washington, A metal fence built this month around the White House was removed, but many of the anti-racism posters and art that adorned the "wall" will become museum pieces and kept for possible exhibitions on protests.

At the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, the Secret Service opened two panels and anno

Washington, US President Donald Trump entrenched himself in his fierce defense of the police and challenged the Democratic leaders of Washington state by threatening to intervene if they do not control an area from which security forces have withdrawn.

During a visit to Dallas, Texas to raise funds for his re-elec

Washington, The Yosemite National Park, one of the most visited national parks in the US, has reopened after being closed for months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Beginning June 11, the park will open all the primary attractions to some extent and visitors will be able to enter Yosemite in a multitude of

Panaji, In a change in tack, the Goa government has started a survey of people living in the state's slums and close-cluster areas, even as the COVID-19 footprint in the coastal state appears to be spreading geographically.

Late on Thursday, three members of a family of a security guard posted at an urban heal

Lucknow,  The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has sent a letter to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking a ban on online trade of pet animals.

PETA has also urged the government to keep pet shops and dog breeders, not duly registered with their state animal welfare boards, closed

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), In a shocking incident, a Class nine student has been held in a double murder case in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district. He was sent to jail amid a dispute over his real age.

The police had earlier arrested nine persons in connection with the double murder and after initial investig

Srinagar, A new terror recruit belonging to the Lashkar e Taiba was arrested in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, officials said.

Zakir Ahmad Khan, a resident of Khojpora in Shopian, had recently joined the terror ranks. One Pistol has been recovered from him

Guwahati, A 'roadmap' has been chalked out to douse Assam's oil well fire, which continues to blaze for the fourth day on Friday and has till now claimed two lives, the state-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) announced.

An OIL release said that a "Roadmap" for the well control operation by experts

New Delhi, India on Friday became the fourth worst-affected country due to the pandemic as it added around 10,000 cases for the fourth consecutive day and surpassed the UK's tally to record 2,97,535 Covid-19 cases so far.

With a record highest single day spike of 10,956 cases, according to data released by Uni