World / Asia

Jakarta: Indonesia on Thursday announced an internal travel ban during next month's Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in an effort to prevent large-scale transmission of...

SEOUL: South Korea reported 700 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, its highest daily tally since early January, and the prime minister reiterated warnings...

MANILA: Philippine health authorities suspended on Thursday the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for people below 60 years of age to investigate reports...

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled a weekly televised address and meeting with his coronavirus task force on Wednesday, following dozens of COVID-19...

BANGKOK: Thailand has detected 24 cases of the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 first detected in Britain, a virologist said on Wednesday, its first reported...

Singapore: Singapore currently accounts for a third of the world's cruises its tourism body said on Wednesday, owing to the roaring success of...

Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, as a Chinese-owned factory was...

TOKYO: Japan's western region of Osaka cancelled on Wednesday Olympic torch events scheduled across the prefecture, as record coronavirus infections prompted its government...

SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday reported its highest single-day number of new coronavirus cases in three months amid a rise in cluster infections,...

BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: The Indian capital of New Delhi on Tuesday imposed a night-time curfew until April 30 with much of the country struggling...

Canberra: The European Union on Tuesday denied blocking shipments of 3.1 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Australia as it steps up...

JAKARTA: Rescuers searched for dozens missing in remote islands of southeast Indonesia and were braced for more casualties on Tuesday, as reinforcements arrived...

India and Russia’s top diplomats sidestepped questions on the timetable for delivery of Moscow’s controversial S-400 weapons system to New Delhi and vowed...

China reported its biggest daily jump in new COVID-19 cases in more than two months, as a city on the border with Myanmar...

MALAKA, Indonesia: Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and East Timor have killed...

Singapore: Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for COVID-19 tests and vaccines, its aviation...

PHUKET, Thailand: In Thailand, it's the all-important tourism sector that has jumped to the head of the COVID-19 vaccination line, with the country's...

TOKYO: Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of the coronavirus are driving a nascent fourth wave in the pandemic with just 109...