Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said he was "very concerned" about an unprecedented wave of Covid cases in...
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said he was "very concerned" about an unprecedented wave of Covid cases in...
Months after Shanghai endured a brutal lockdown to stop the spread of Covid, the virus is starting to make its way virtually unchecked...
Kabul: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban...
BANG SAPHAN: Hopes faded on Wednesday among relatives of Thai marines still missing after their warship sank off the country's central coast, even...
NEW DELHI: India's government has asked the country's states to keep a sharp lookout for any new variants of the coronavirus, citing an...
Kuala Lumpur: The death toll from a landslide at an unauthorised campsite in Malaysia rose to 26 after search and rescue teams on...
Sydney: A man whose boat capsized in stormy seas off Australia's north coast was rescued on Wednesday after he survived for almost 24...
Tokyo: Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped COVID-19 curbs that...
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the...
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for females nationwide, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush women's right to education...
Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistani security forces retook a counter-terrorism interrogation centre on Tuesday two days after it was seized by Islamist militants, security sources...
Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand: One sailor was found alive Tuesday in the Gulf of Thailandafter two nights at sea following the sinking of...
SEOUL: Usually glitzy and buzzing in the holiday season, South Korea's popular Itaewon night-life district looks like a ghost town this year, as...
NEW DELHI: Air pollution worsened in New Delhi on Monday to the "very poor" category after a few days of clear skies, as...
BEIJING: Streets in major Chinese cities were eerily quiet on Sunday as people stayed home to protect themselves from a surge in COVID-19...
Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has approved the recommendation of the economic ministry to extend up to the end of next year...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have called in staff members from an unlicensed campsite to assist in an investigation into a landslide that flattened...
Kuala Lumpur:Rescue teams searching for survivors from a landslide that tore though a campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a woman and...