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Business braces for impact as Jakarta heads into second lockdown

Business braces for impact as Jakarta heads into second lockdown

-- 2020-09-17 21:13:01

The markings of a rollercoaster year are plastered over Sutiwet’s small Jakarta restaurant – plastic barriers on the counters, stickers on the glass urging customers to wear masks, and a g...

India's coronavirus cases jump by daily record of 97,894

India's coronavirus cases jump by daily record of 97,894

Reuters 2020-09-17 18:26:19

India reported another record jump in daily coronavirus infections with 97,894 cases in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday. With 5.12 million cases in all, India is t...

Philippines mulls relaxing travel ban for nurses

Philippines mulls relaxing travel ban for nurses

Reuters 2020-09-17 16:04:46

The Philippines is considering allowing more nurses and other medical professionals to leave for jobs abroad after banning them from travel so they can fight coronavirus at home, President Rodrigo Dut...

Three suspected rebels among four die in Kashmir gunbattle

Three suspected rebels among four die in Kashmir gunbattle

-- 2020-09-17 13:53:29

At least four people including three suspected rebels and a woman were killed in a gunbattle between anti-India rebels and government forces in Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The gunfight erupt...

Pakistani lawmaker seeks to criminalise criticism of military

Pakistani lawmaker seeks to criminalise criticism of military

Reuters 2020-09-17 13:41:04

A Pakistani ruling party parliamentarian has introduced legislation seeking to jail anyone who “ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames” the military, according to records posted on...

China sends satellites into space in first sea-based commercial launch

China sends satellites into space in first sea-based commercial launch

-- 2020-09-16 17:44:22

China has successfully sent nine satellites into orbit in its first commercial launch of a rocket from a platform at sea. The satellites, one of which belonged to video-sharing platform Bilibili, wer...

China-India border tension could 'extend to winter'

China-India border tension could 'extend to winter'

Global Times 2020-09-16 16:56:07

In a speech before the Indian parliament on Tuesday, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that the border dispute with China remains "unresolved" for now, and blamed China for "violating" th...

Palestinians face a reckoning as Gulf opening to Israel

Palestinians face a reckoning as Gulf opening to Israel

Reuters 2020-09-16 14:51:47

Israel’s rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East, analysts and criti...

Myanmar army investigating 'wider patterns' of abuse against Rohingya

Myanmar army investigating 'wider patterns' of abuse against Rohingya

Reuters 2020-09-16 13:51:46

The Myanmar military has said it is investigating “possible wider patterns of violations” before and during a 2017 crackdown in Rakhine State that the United Nations has said was executed...

India’s Covid-19 cases cross five million mark

India’s Covid-19 cases cross five million mark

-- 2020-09-16 12:58:16

India's coronavirus cases surged past 5 million on Wednesday with a single-day jump of 90,123 infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. India is only the second c...

Suga formally elected as Japan’s new PM

Suga formally elected as Japan’s new PM

-- 2020-09-16 12:04:47

Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readied a “contin...

After UAE and Bahrain deals, is Saudi Arabia softening its stance on Israel?

After UAE and Bahrain deals, is Saudi Arabia softening its stance on Israel?

Reuters 2020-09-15 20:21:15

When one of Saudi Arabia’s leading clerics called this month for Muslims to avoid “passionate emotions and fiery enthusiasm” towards Jews, it was a marked change in tone for someone...

India doubles budget for roads, bridges on China border

India doubles budget for roads, bridges on China border

-- 2020-09-15 18:41:40

India has doubled the budget for vital roads and bridges along the un-demarcated border with China in recent years in response to Beijing’s rapid infrastructure development on its side, the Indi...

Israeli gets life imprisonment for killing Palestinian baby, parents

Israeli gets life imprisonment for killing Palestinian baby, parents

-- 2020-09-15 18:29:44

An Israeli court sentenced a Jewish settler to life imprisonment on Monday for killing a Palestinian couple and their baby in a 2015 arson attack in the occupied West Bank. The deaths of 18-month-old...

Thai govt approves long-stay tourist visas

Thai govt approves long-stay tourist visas

-- 2020-09-15 17:09:51

Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved visas of up to 270 days for long-stay tourists as the government prepares to reopen to foreign visitors from as early as next month to help support a key s...

Afghan peace negotiators to hold first direct session on Tuesday

Afghan peace negotiators to hold first direct session on Tuesday

REUTERS 2020-09-15 14:31:03

Afghanistan and Taliban peace talk negotiators will hold their first direct session on Tuesday in Doha, officials said, as the warring sides try to work out an agenda and schedule for how to negotiate...

Beirut commercial district fire doused

Beirut commercial district fire doused

-- 2020-09-15 13:51:10

A fire that erupted in a landmark building in central Beirut’s commercial district on Tuesday has been extinguished, civil defence official George Abou Moussa said, reports Reuters. A Reuters w...

China Covid vaccine likely to be available in November, says official

China Covid vaccine likely to be available in November, says official

Reuters 2020-09-15 12:35:53

Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. China...

Cathay Pacific grounds two-fifths of passenger fleet amid air travel collapse

Cathay Pacific grounds two-fifths of passenger fleet amid air travel collapse

-- 2020-09-14 16:37:12

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific has grounded two-fifths of its passenger fleet for the “foreseeable future”, warning it will not survive Covid-19 unless it restructures and adapts for a p...

Suga wins leadership race to become next Japan PM

Suga wins leadership race to become next Japan PM

REUTERS 2020-09-14 13:27:25

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a longtime loyal aide of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was poised to win a ruling party leadership election on Monday, virtually ensuring that he...

WHO sees record single-day rise in corona cases worldwide

WHO sees record single-day rise in corona cases worldwide

BBC 2020-09-14 11:36:56

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, with 307,930 reported over 24 hours till Sunday. The agency said that deaths rose b...

Singapore grapples with coronavirus in migrant dorms

Singapore grapples with coronavirus in migrant dorms

-- 2020-09-14 11:09:35

Singapore is battling new clusters of coronavirus infections in migrant dormitories that had won the all-clear from authorities, highlighting the difficulty of stamping out the disease, even in a clos...

India mulls emergency authorisation of Covid-19 vaccine

India mulls emergency authorisation of Covid-19 vaccine

Reuters 2020-09-14 10:45:08

India said on Sunday it was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a Covid-19 vaccine, particularly for the elderly and people in high-risk workplaces, as the country’s number of re...

Amit Shah hospitalised

Amit Shah hospitalised

-- 2020-09-13 17:34:41

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Saturday after recovering from Covid-19. He has been admitted to the hospital f...

Palestinians protest Bahrain move to normalise ties with Israel

Palestinians protest Bahrain move to normalise ties with Israel

REUTERS 2020-09-13 15:43:40

Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli, US, Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries' moves to normalise ties with Israel. Bahrain on Frida...

Nepal resumes visa services after one-month hiatus

Nepal resumes visa services after one-month hiatus

-- 2020-09-13 12:47:26

Nepal's Department of Immigration decided to resume all the visa services starting from Sunday after suspending the services over a month ago, a senior official of the department has said. The depart...

Afghan peace talks open amid calls for ceasefire, women’s rights

Afghan peace talks open amid calls for ceasefire, women’s rights

REUTERS 2020-09-13 10:42:20

Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians....

Oxygen scarcity hits parts of India as virus cases surge

Oxygen scarcity hits parts of India as virus cases surge

Reuters 2020-09-13 10:38:42

Oxygen supply has grown scarce in some parts of India hard hit by coronavirus, hospital and local government officials said, as India reported a record daily jump in cases for a second consecutive day...

Saudi-led coalition attack Houthi barracks in Sanaa

Saudi-led coalition attack Houthi barracks in Sanaa

-- 2020-09-13 10:18:21

Saudi-led coalition fighter jets have attacked barracks and military sites of the Iran-aligned Houthi in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday. The coalition also destro...

Afghan government, Taliban to talk about ceasefire on Sunday

Afghan government, Taliban to talk about ceasefire on Sunday

-- 2020-09-12 21:33:55

The head of Afghanistan’s peace council Abdullah Abdullah said implementing a ceasefire will be one of the first issues discussed when government and Taliban militant group representatives meet...