SEOUL: South Korea tightened social distancing rules across most of the country on Wednesday to tackle its worst-ever outbreak of coronavirus a day...
SEOUL: South Korea tightened social distancing rules across most of the country on Wednesday to tackle its worst-ever outbreak of coronavirus a day...
SINGAPORE: A Genting Cruise Lines' ship on a "cruise to nowhere" has returned to Singapore after a passenger was suspected of having contracted...
MANILA: The Philippines will ban travellers coming from Indonesia to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta COVID-19 variant, the presidential spokesperson...
JAKARTA: Concerns are mounting in Indonesia over the ability of its regions to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases, according to its...
BANGKOK: Thailand is considering regulating the volume of locally manufactured AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for export, a health official said on Wednesday, a move...
BEIJING: Several areas in China will start vaccinating teenagers this month against COVID-19, state media and local authorities said, as the country steps...
Baku, Azerbaijan: The total length of the Okhchuchay River is up to 83km and it is the left tributary of the Araz River....
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: At least eight people, including at least six Chinese nationals and one Pakistani soldier, were killed in a blast targeting a...
BEIJING - Authorities say at least eight people have died and nine remained missing in a hotel collapse in Suzhou city in eastern...
ISLAMABAD - Concerns of a fourth wave of coronavirus in Pakistan have grown amid the emergence of the Delta variant, a strain of...
HANOI: Vietnam will offer the coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech as a second dose option for people first inoculated with...
JAKARTA: Indonesia reported on Tuesday a record increase of coronavirus infections, as authorities unveiled plans to order liquid oxygen and tens of thousands...
BANGKOK: Thailand has given the go-ahead for home isolation of coronavirus patients with mild symptoms and use of home self-test kits, as a...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Tuesday against overcrowding at tourist sites and called for faster vaccinations against the coronavirus even as official...
SYDNEY: Australian authorities reported a slight slowdown in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Tuesday, but may still extend a lockdown in the...
SEOUL: South Korea's rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations to people aged 55-59 has stuttered to a week-long halt after a spike in new cases...
NEW DELHI: At least two people were dead and 10 missing after heavy rains in a hilly northern Indian state triggered landslides and...
HANOI: Australia will donate 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam soon, the Southeast Asian country said in a statement...