SHENZHEN, China: Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public...
SHENZHEN, China: Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public...
Seoul, South Korea: South Korea will ease its outdoor mask mandate starting next week as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline. Starting...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong will shorten mandatory hotel quarantine for passenger flight crews to three days from seven, while cargo crews will be...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/AHMEDABAD,India: Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years while in parts of neighbouring India schools were shut...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka- Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve...
BEIJING/SEOUL- China has suspended cross-border freight train services with North Korea following consultations after COVID-19 infections in its border city of Dandong, the...
TOKYO- Japan located on Friday the hull of a tour boat off its northern coast, media said, six days after the vessel disappeared...
TAIPEI: Taiwan reported on Thursday that the daily number of confirmed domestic COVID-19 cases had topped 10,000 for the first time, in line...
NEW DELHI: India is facing its worst electricity shortage in more than six years just as scorching temperatures force early closures of schools...
Seoul: When South Korea announced its decision to lift most COVID-19 restrictions earlier this month, 29-year-old office worker Jang was more concerned than...
New Delhi: India has reiterated its position on social-media accountability in response to Elon Musk's pending takeover of Twitter, saying platforms must make...
Colombo: Businesses were closed, teachers absent and public transportation interrupted as Sri Lankans heeded a call for a general strike Thursday to pressure...
Beijing: The Chinese capital of Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the city's...
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, son of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto, as foreign minister, giving his...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he declined Washington’s invitation to attend a conference to be hosted next month by U.S. President Joe Biden...
NEW DELHI: India is getting too hot too early, raising the risk of fires, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Wednesday, as New...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will ease more COVID-19 curbs from the start of next month, including lifting restrictions on those who are not vaccinated...
Kathmandu: Nepal banned imports of cars, alcohol, tobacco and other luxury items Wednesday and shortened its work week to help conserve its dwindling...