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-- 2021-04-03 19:23:44
A Taiwan court on Saturday released on bond the manager of a construction site whose truck authorities believe caused a train accident that killed at least 51 people, as family members mourned the dea...
-- 2021-04-03 16:18:26
The terms of China's loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritise repayment of Chinese state-owned banks ahead of other creditors, a study of a cach...
-- 2021-04-03 14:10:22
India’s biggest cities braced for stricter lockdowns and other COVID-19 curbs on Saturday as infections hit a six-month high, as a month-long surge continued in the country third-worst hit by th...
REUTERS 2021-04-03 10:18:47
Attempts by Myanmar's military to end dissent are turning to the virtual world with internet blocks and arrest warrants for online critics as big rallies become rare in the face of relentless repressi...
-- 2021-04-03 09:02:22
Chinese authorities have asked H&M to change a map on its website in the latest clash between the clothing giant and officialdom there, media reported on Friday. The company, based in Sweden, has...
REUTERS 2021-04-02 21:09:04
A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday after hitting a truck that had slid down a bank onto the track, killing at least 50 passengers and injuring 146 in the isla...
-- 2021-04-02 19:42:56
A normalisation deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel would benefit the region, the kingdom’s foreign minister has said, adding that a potential deal “depends to a large extent on the progr...
REUTERS 2021-04-02 17:50:58
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar marched, observed strikes and sought alternative ways to communicate after most users were cut off from the internet on Friday, undaunted by the bloody suppressio...
Reuters 2021-04-02 12:59:30
At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid off a road leadin...
REUTERS 2021-04-02 09:41:18
Myanmar activists held candle-lit protests overnight and scrambled to find workarounds for a new internet shutdown on Friday, as opponents to the military’s bloody crackdown on dissent vowed no...
UNB 2021-04-01 17:20:41
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has urgently called on countries across the region to offer refuge and protection to all those fleeing for safety from Myanmar. "It is vital that anyone crossing the bor...
-- 2021-04-01 14:23:13
India opened up its coronavirus inoculation programme to people above 45 on Thursday as infections surge, which will delay vaccine exports from the world’s biggest maker of the drug. The countr...
REUTERS 2021-04-01 11:18:46
Indonesia has recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in January, and the air accident investigator said on Wednesday it could take up to a week to...
-- 2021-03-31 16:54:19
Facebook Inc will take steps to combat hate speech and misinformation in India as the world's biggest democracy started its months-long multi-phase elections in four big states. "We recognise that th...
-- 2021-03-31 11:33:59
Tracing his fingers over a “Love and Peace” tattoo inked on his forearm in a misty valley on the Thai-Myanmar border, 49-year-old former soldier Isaac said he was contemplating a return to...
-- 2021-03-31 08:46:08
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani outlined his plans for peace at a regional summit in Tajikistan on Tuesday, saying that he would step aside if an election was held. The ninth Heart of Asia summit, aime...
REUTERS 2021-03-30 21:53:55
One of Myanmar's main ethnic minority rebel groups warned of a growing threat of major conflict on Tuesday and called for international intervention against a military crackdown on opponents of last m...
-- 2021-03-30 20:47:54
With the holy month of Ramadan less than one month away, the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have specified multiple safety measures with an aim to avoid any gatherings amid the spread o...
-- 2021-03-30 19:47:59
India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has registered a formal complaint with the election commission of the country against Indian Prime Minister Narend...
REUTERS 2021-03-30 19:21:12
India itself has received more than a third of the nearly 28 million Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered so far by the global programme for poor countries, according to data from...
-- 2021-03-30 17:28:02
India’s drug regulator has allowed the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to be used for up to nine months from its manufacture date, as opposed to the prescribed six months, according to a document r...
-- 2021-03-30 16:22:43
Japan and Indonesia’s ministers of defence and foreign affairs pledged on Tuesday to tighten their military ties to face an assertive China as the two countries hold talks in Tokyo, reports Reut...
-- 2021-03-30 16:14:44
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a Facebook user to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of spreading "anti-state propaganda" on social media, police said. Vu Tien Chi, 55, was convicte...
-- 2021-03-30 15:50:12
Several Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for Covid-19 inoculations on Tuesday after export restrictions by manufacturer India left a World Health Organization-backed global vaccin...
-- 2021-03-30 14:37:51
Palestinians on Monday received 100,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine donated by China to help broaden an initial campaign to vaccinate medical staff, the elderly and the chronically ill. Pales...
REUTERS 2021-03-30 12:08:20
Iran will not stop its 20 per cent uranium enrichment before the United States lifts all sanctions, Iranian state TV quoted an unnamed official as saying on Tuesday, after a US media report said Washi...
REUTERS 2021-03-30 11:42:32
The top decisionmaking body of the Chinese parliament unanimously approved a plan on Tuesday to reform Hong Kong's electoral system, the South China Morning Post reported citing the city's sole repres...
-- 2021-03-30 09:19:27
Myanmar protesters held overnight candle-lit vigils after an advocacy group said security forced had now killed over 500 people since a Feb. 1 coup, and as activists on Tuesday launched a new civil di...
-- 2021-03-30 09:03:22
Chinese officials on Monday said Sweden’s H&M and other foreign brands should not make rash moves or step into politics after the companies raised concerns about forced labour in Xinjiang, s...
-- 2021-03-29 13:21:38
Amid the worrying situation of Covid-19 infection in different parts of the world, the global cases surpassed 127 million on Monday. The total case count reached 127,116,964 while the death toll from...
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