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China envoy: Indian, Chinese troops disengaging after clash

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 8, 2020, file photo, doctors and nurses work at a COVID-19 isolation center in Mumbai, India. In just three weeks, India's confirmed cases shot up from the world’s sixth to the third-worst hit country by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. India's fragile health system was bolstered during stringent monthslong lockdown but could still be overwhelmed by an exponential rise in infections. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

AP Explains: Why India cases are rising to multiple peaks

By EMILY SCHMALL and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

A man attempts to self administer a COVID-19 test during a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mass testing site at HEB Park, Wednesday, July, 8, 2020 in Edinburg, Texas. Hidalgo County is one of only three sites picked by the federal government for the mass testing. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)

Europe fears complacency; virus hits ‘full speed’ in Africa

By JOVANA GEC and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, left, shakes hand with the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal after taking the oath of office at the Presidential building in Kathmandu, Nepal. Oli could be forced out of office within weeks amid an internal tussle for power within his governing party following his sharp rhetoric on neighboring India and as Chinese influence grows in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Power tussle in Nepal ruling party as China influence grows

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Press Information Bureau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses soldiers during a visit to Nimu, Ladakh area, India, Friday, July 3, 2020. Modi made an unannounced visit Friday to a military base in remote Ladakh region bordering China where the soldiers of the two countries have been facing off for nearly two months. (Press Information Bureau via AP)

India, China both say border disengagement process under way

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

In this photo released by India's Uttar Pradesh state government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, right, inaugurates a day long tree planting campaign across the state in Lucknow, India, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (Uttar Pradesh state government via AP)

Indians keep their distance in mass tree planting campaign

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 14, 2017, file photo, a banner erected by the Indian army stands near Pangong Tso lake near the India China border in India's Ladakh area. Modi made an unannounced visit Friday, July 3, 2020, to a military base in remote Ladakh region bordering China where the soldiers of the two countries have been facing off for nearly two months. Modi’s visit comes in the backdrop of massive Indian army build-up in Ladakh region following hand-to-hand combat between Indian and Chinese soldiers on June 15 that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and dozens injured, the worst military confrontation in over four decades between the Asian giants. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Narendra Modi visits military base close to China amid standoff

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

China sends warning to India amid border clash fallout

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Karan Murgai, an IT management consultant for a multinational based in Dallas, poses for a photograph next to then portrait of his father Satish Murgai, in his Delhi house, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Murgai came to Delhi in March this year after his father died. Murgai and at least 1,000 others like him, whose U.S. visas are tied to their jobs in the U.S., are now stranded in India, after an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that suspends applications for H-1B and other high-skilled work visas from abroad. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

First coronavirus then Trump order split Indian families

By EMILY SCHMALL and SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Relatives comfort the grieving daughter of civilian Bashir Ahmed Khan at their residence on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Suspected rebels attacked paramilitary soldiers in the Indian portion of Kashmir, killing Khan and a paramilitary soldier, according to government sources. The family refutes the claim. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Photo of toddler sitting on slain grandpa angers Kashmiris

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

India to buy 33 Russian fighter aircraft for $2.43 billion

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Police charged for 2 deaths in custody during India lockdown

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Hague court: Italy has jurisdiction in 2012 Indian shooting

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

A Bharatiya Janata Party activist burns a photograph of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest in Jammu, India, Wednesday, July.1, 2020. Indian TikTok users awoke Tuesday to a notice from the popular short-video app saying their data would be transferred to an Irish subsidiary, a response to India's ban on dozens of Chinese apps amid a military standoff between the two countries. The quick workaround showed the ban was largely symbolic since the apps can’t be automatically erased from devices where they are already downloaded, and is a response to a border clash with China where 20 Indian soldiers died earlier this month, digital experts said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

China accuses India of targeting Chinese imports after clash

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Pakistan: Exchange of fire with India kills boy in Kashmir

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Naga women wear masks as a precaution against the coronavirus and walk past closed shops early morning in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Several Indian states have reimposed partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)

PM Modi says virus status ‘critical,’ warns of carelessness

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FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, photo shows the icon for TikTok taken in New York. India is banning 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security. India’s decision comes as its troops are in a tense standoff with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh in the Himalayas that started last month. India lost 20 soldiers in a June 15 clash. The government says the banned apps include TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat and Bigo Live, as well as the e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein, that are used in mobile and non-mobile devices connected to the Internet.(AP Photo, File)

India bans TikTok, other Chinese apps amid border standoff

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, photo shows the icon for TikTok taken in New York. India is banning 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security. India’s decision comes as its troops are in a tense standoff with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh in the Himalayas that started last month. India lost 20 soldiers in a June 15 clash. The government says the banned apps include TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat and Bigo Live, as well as the e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein, that are used in mobile and non-mobile devices connected to the Internet.(AP Photo, File)

India bans dozens of Chinese apps, citing security reasons

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Bangladesh’s northern regions brace for monsoon floods

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press