-- 2020-10-17 20:15:57
India’s coronavirus infections rose by another 62,212 cases over the previous day and a local media report said on Saturday that the government had begun identifying about 300 million people who...
-- 2020-10-17 16:57:42
Hundreds of Thais chanted at protests that popped up across Bangkok on Saturday in defiance of a crackdown on three months of demonstrations aimed at the government and the powerful monarchy, reports...
-- 2020-10-17 16:42:16
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accused the country’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installing the current...
-- 2020-10-17 13:13:58
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party held a big early lead in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday, initial tallies showed after a campaign dominated by her handling of Covid...
-- 2020-10-15 17:15:56
Already on track to overtake the United States with the world’s most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in coming weeks as it heads into its main holiday season...
-- 2020-10-15 17:10:31
President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday after days of unrest following a disputed election, saying he wanted to prevent clashes between security forces and protesters who have demanded his...
-- 2020-10-15 12:09:30
Thailand’s government banned protests and police arrested at least three protest leaders on Thursday in the face of escalating demonstrations targeting King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as Prime...
REUTERS 2020-10-14 15:44:37
Russia made a new appeal to Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop fighting in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after the warring sides accused each other of fresh ceasefire violations on W...
REUTERS 2020-10-14 12:47:38
As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing on Facebook. Alarmed rights groups repo...
-- 2020-10-14 11:36:08
The globally confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases surpassed 38 million on Wednesday, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload from Covid-19 reached 38,0...
Reuters 2020-10-14 10:49:10
Indian authorities released Mehbooba Mufti late on Tuesday, the last major Kashmiri leader held since August last year when the federal government withdrew the troubled region’s autonomy and arr...
-- 2020-10-13 16:48:22
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday said he has presented documents to the king on his ‘strong and convincing’ parliamentary support to oust incumbent Prime Minister Muhyi...
Reuters 2020-10-13 14:07:03
Ethnic Armenian officials in Nagorno-Karabakh said 17 more servicemen had been killed in fighting with Azerbaijan, bringing its total military death toll to 542 since fighting broke out on September 2...
-- 2020-10-13 13:41:43
Nearly 40 people have died in Vietnam and Cambodia and scores more were missing, including rescuers, due to prolonged heavy rain and flash flooding as tropical storm Nangka edged towards the Vietnames...
REUTERS 2020-10-13 13:41:00
Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia, Japan and Thailand are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their eco...
REUTERS 2020-10-13 12:26:01
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his “man of the...
Reuters 2020-10-12 21:22:26
Thailand has agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the southeast Asian country and other nations in the region, the British and Thai governments said on M...
-- 2020-10-12 15:04:33
Mumbai has faced a power outage due to grid failure on Monday morning with rail movement coming to a halt in several locations of India's financial capital. "Due to grid failure, the supply of power...
-- 2020-10-11 22:33:23
Turkey’s army presence in Qatar is an element of instability in the Gulf region, a senior official of the United Arab Emirates has said, adding that it contributed to negative polarisation. The...
-- 2020-10-11 19:15:15
A bus heading to a Buddhist temple collided with a train in central Thailand on Sunday, killing at least 20 people dead and injuring 30, authorities said. The accident took place on Sunday morning (l...
-- 2020-10-11 16:40:05
India's coronavirus case tally topped seven million after it reported 74,383 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Sunday, even as the spread moderated in wester...
REUTERS 2020-10-11 16:17:31
A Russian-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh was under severe strain on Sunday a day after it was agreed, with Azerbaijan and Armenia accusing each other of serious violations and cri...
-- 2020-10-10 23:06:53
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday, raising questions about how meaningful the truce, brokered by Rus...
-- 2020-10-10 20:57:41
North Korea unveiled previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at an unprecedented predawn military parade on Saturday that showcased the country's long-range weapons for the first time in...
-- 2020-10-10 20:20:22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic will be the first Bollywood movie to hit Indian theatres when multiplexes across the country reopen on October 15 after nearly seven months. The movie that maps...
-- 2020-10-10 20:15:55
China and Sri Lanka plan to restart discussions on a free trade agreement, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Friday, following a high-level meeting between the two countries. Seen as cl...
-- 2020-10-10 16:36:20
Malaysia’s maritime authorities said on Saturday they had detained 60 Chinese nationals and six Chinese-registered fishing vessels they said were trespassing into the Southeast Asian country&rsq...
Reuters 2020-10-10 13:51:45
North Korea held a military parade early on Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party in a rare predawn event, South Korea’s military said. The an...
-- 2020-10-10 11:36:48
Four people were killed and several more were wounded when a fuel tank exploded in a Beirut building on Friday, the Lebanese Red Cross said. The explosion caused a large fire to break out in the buil...
REUTERS 2020-10-10 11:20:03
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire starting on Saturday to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh re...
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