World / Asia

Raging Australian bushfire destroys dozens of homes 02 Feb 2021 - 03:49 pm

SYDNEY: Firefighters in Western Australia battled gusty winds and high temperatures on Tuesday as they fought a bushfire that has scorched thousands of...

Vietnam confirms latest virus outbreak is more contagious UK variant 02 Feb 2021 - 03:42 pm

HANOI: Vietnam's health minister said on Tuesday a newly detected coronavirus outbreak, which has infected 301 people and spread to 10 provinces and...

Malaysia says its delivery of Pfizer vaccines on track 02 Feb 2021 - 02:50 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it expects its COVID-19 vaccination plan to proceed as scheduled after the government received assurances from the...

Philippines is negotiating for 178 million Coronavirus vaccine doses 02 Feb 2021 - 02:06 pm

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to keep the economy afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic as his administration raced to secure vaccines enough for...

Myanmar generals tighten grip on power as U.S. threatens sanctions 02 Feb 2021 - 08:29 am

The United States threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar's generals after they seized power and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose...

Australia falls back to zero COVID-19 cases after hotel infection 02 Feb 2021 - 08:13 am

Canberra: Fears of a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in Australia eased on Tuesday, as the city of Perth maintained a strict lockdown...

WHO team in China's Wuhan visits provincial CDC 01 Feb 2021 - 09:23 pm

WUHAN, China - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control...

Pakistan military airlifts first COVID-19 vaccine consignment from China 01 Feb 2021 - 08:18 pm

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistan military aircraft brought back the country's first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from China on Monday, the country's health adviser,...

Vietnam shuts schools due to virus outbreak ahead of Lunar New Year 01 Feb 2021 - 02:56 pm

HANOI: Vietnam has shut schools in 22 provinces ahead of the Lunar New Year "Tet" holiday and ended a ruling Communist Party congress...

India unveils budget in wake of Covid slump, proposes doubling healthcare spending 01 Feb 2021 - 09:21 am

New Delhi: Unveiling an annual budget on Monday aimed at reviving an economy that plunged into deepest recorded slump amid the coronavirus pandemic,...

Two million Australians in lockdown after one coronavirus case found 01 Feb 2021 - 09:15 am

CANBERRA: About 2 million Australians begun their first full day of a strict coronavirus lockdown on Monday following the discovery of one case...

West condemns Myanmar coup, calls for election result to be upheld 01 Feb 2021 - 08:08 am

The United Nations-led condemnation of Myanmar's military on Monday after it seized power, calling for the release of elected leaders, including Nobel laureate...

Myanmar military seizes power for one year, Aung Suu Kyi in detention 01 Feb 2021 - 07:22 am

Myanmar’s military detained Aung San Suu Kyi, declared a state of emergency and seized power for a year after disputing her party’s landslide...

India's Modi breaks silence on months long farm protests 31 Jan 2021 - 09:26 pm

NEW DELHI - India's prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi's Red Fort had caused "insult" to the...

China sees uptick in COVID-19 cases 31 Jan 2021 - 09:09 pm

BEIJING - China recorded more than 2,000 new domestic cases of COVID-19 in January, the highest monthly total since the tail end of...

Perth in lockdown, ending Australia's 2-week run without COVID-19 31 Jan 2021 - 09:07 pm

SYDNEY: The Australian city of Perth was ordered into lockdown on Sunday after a security guard working in hotel quarantine tested positive for...

Pakistan set to get AstraZeneca, Sinopharm shots 31 Jan 2021 - 08:54 pm

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s planning minister says the country will receive 17 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the WHO’s COVAX Facility, out...