KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation...
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation...
Kabul: A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities,...
Tokyo: Japan's Sysmex Corp said on Thursday it had received regulatory approval in Japan for a blood test to detect amyloid beta in...
Kathmandu: Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was due...
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...