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India's GDP is likely to contract in financial year 2020-21, which would be the first such instance in over four decades, Hindalco Industries Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said in a letter to shareholders.

Three key Nile basin countries on Sunday resumed online negotiations led by the African Union to resolve a yearslong dispute over a giant hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, Egyptian and Ethiopian officials said.

More than 10,000 people joined Thailand's biggest antigovernment protest in years on Sunday.

The resumption of services came days after the Centre had informed the SC that a special committee looking into the matter was considering allowing the facility on a trial basis.

More than 10,000 people joined the biggest protest in Thailand since a 2014 coup on Sunday to demand that the government step down and bring in a new constitution for fresh elections.

Argentina’s government on Sunday officially unveiled its amended bond restructuring offer in the state gazette and said creditors would have until August 28 to approve it.

When Floridians overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing most felons to vote after completing their sentences, many expected Democrats to benefit most from the participation of up to 1.4 million newly eligible voters in this years election.

Reported greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oilpatch have more than doubled in the year's first half as changes to how they are measured revealed a more extensive picture of environmental damage, previously unreported industry data show.

India has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with an environmental crisis after an oil spill from a Japanese ship, a government official said on Sunday.

It's not just Kangana Ranaut, but also others who have attacked 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'. A hashtag claiming Karan Johar has insulted the Indian Air Force was trending on social media recently.

Police in Cincinnati said 17 people including some likely fatalities were shot at three separate locations early Sunday morning.

"An incident involving video of communally sensitive nature, has gone viral on social media which seems to have been maliciously posted to create communal tension," they said in a statement.

Telephone lines between the United Arab Emirates and Israel were open on Sunday in a development the Israeli communications minister hailed as important for normalising ties between the countries.

Israel's economy contracted by an annualised 28.7% in the second quarter, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday, with the coronavirus pandemic harming consumer spending, trade and investment.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has resigned from an honorary fellowship at a college at Britain's Cambridge University after it questioned her commitment to the protection of human rights and freedom of expression.

A state police release here said Rs 20.61 crore fine has so far been levied against violators and 6.81 lakh vehicles seized for violations.