China will allow the use of rapid antigen tests to diagnose Covid-19 for the first time, as a fast-spreading omicron outbreak challenges its...
China will allow the use of rapid antigen tests to diagnose Covid-19 for the first time, as a fast-spreading omicron outbreak challenges its...
TOKYO- For the first time since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011 and killed nearly 16,000...
HONG KONG- Panic buying in Hong Kong on fears of a new COVID-19 lockdown has hit the city's refugees particularly hard because they...
LAHORE,Pakistan-Pakistanpolice on Thursday arrested a man suspected of shooting dead his seven-day-old baby girl because he wanted his first-born to be a boy,...
Singapore aims to open to all fully-vaccinated travelers sooner rather than later as the Asian country targets restoring passenger volumes to at least...
SYDNEY: Thousands of Australians returned to their homes on Thursday after torrential rains eased and floodwaters receded as authorities ramped up clean-up efforts...
NEW DELHI: An upstart political party that rules India's capital has swept an election in Punjab state, a Thursday vote-count showed, bolstering its...
BEIJING: China is tackling a COVID-19 spike with selective lockdowns and other measures that appear to slightly ease its draconian "zero tolerance” strategy....
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight Thursday that forced about 250 residents to flee to...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong announced plans to devote more medical resources to elderly people on Wednesday as COVID-19 infections swept through care homes...
Lahore: Police in Pakistan are hunting for a man suspected of shooting dead his seven-day-old baby girl because he wanted his first-born to...
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia’s prime minister on Wednesday said he would declare a national emergency following floods across large swathes of the east coast...
The Philippines, among the region’s least-vaccinated nations, may give away shots to other countries as declining Covid-19 infections dampen inoculation efforts. The Southeast...
BEIJING: The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai is moving quickly to halt the spread of COVID-19 amid a rising wave of local symptomless...
QUETTA, Pakistan- At least six paramilitary soldiers were killed and 22 were injured in a suicide attack in southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, days...
Doha: International commercial passenger flights to and from India will restart March 27, 2022. The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation said in an...
Manila: USprivate equity firm Cerberus will acquire for $300 million a debt-laden shipyard in the Philippines at a former U.S. navy base close...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will reopen its borders fully from April 1 and allow entry without quarantine for visitors vaccinated against COVID-19, Prime Minister...