BEIJING: The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday due to strong winds blowing in from the Gobi desert...
BEIJING: The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday due to strong winds blowing in from the Gobi desert...
JAKARTA: Indonesia expects to receive 20.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna Inc and China's Sinopharm from the second quarter to...
SHANGHAI - A hotel that bills itself as the world's first "polar bear hotel" has opened in China's far northeastern Heilongjiang province, drawing...
ISLAMABAD - Amid a third wave of the coronavirus that is gripping Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, and the northern part of the country,...
Japan is considering limiting the number of people who will be allowed to accompany foreign ministers and leaders for the delayed Tokyo Olympics...
Manila: The Philippines is on track with its COVID-19 inoculation drive, the head of the government's vaccine strategy said on Sunday, addressing criticisms...
New Delhi: An Indian climate activist linked to Greta Thunberg said on Saturday she felt "violated" by her arrest last month on sedition...
TOKYO: Japan is considering limiting spectators for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics to 50% of venue capacity due to risks posed by...
Canberra: Thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Australia's capital on Monday when the country's parliament resumes as part of nationwide demonstrations,...
A Sydney hotel quarantine worker tested positive for Covid-19, ending the Australian city’s run of 55 days without a case of local virus...
MANDALAY, Myanmar: Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least four...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on...
At least six protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday...
Manila: The Philippines on Saturday reported a spike in coronavirus infections and its first case of the highly contagious variant first identified in...
MANILA: The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 4,578 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase in cases in nearly six months. In...
MANILA: When Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles found out that his country was one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic trash in the...
BANGKOK: Thailand delayed the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine scheduled to start on Friday with its prime minister and cabinet members taking the...
TOKYO: Coronavirus cases in the Greater Tokyo area are showing signs of creeping up, Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said on Friday, raising...
