-- 2022-01-06 13:50:51
Thailand on Thursday raised its COVID-19 alert level following rising infections driven by the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a senior health official said. The change, from level...
-- 2022-01-06 13:01:01
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trapped on a flyover for 20 minutes by protesters in Punjab in what is being reported as a serious security lapse. Mr Modi was on his way to a memorial...
-- 2022-01-06 09:50:12
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Kazakhstan could solve its own problems and it was important that no one interfered from the outside, RIA news agency reported. It quoted Peskov...
-- 2022-01-05 17:12:40
India has reported its first Covid-19 death linked to the fast-spreading omicron variant in the western state of Rajasthan, a federal health ministry official said on Wednesday. Omicron cases in the...
-- 2022-01-05 16:16:47
Hong Kong announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including the United States and Britain, and tightened restrictions on Wednesday as authorities feared the fifth wave of CO...
-- 2022-01-05 15:38:30
Australia's daily COVID-19 cases hit a record high for a third day on Wednesday, further straining hospital resources and testing facilities as public anger grew over the handling of the fast-moving o...
-- 2022-01-05 14:13:39
New Covid-19 cases in India surged to 58,097 on Wednesday, a doubling of the daily tally over the past four days, as health experts called for preparations to ensure hospitals are not overwhelmed by a...
-- 2022-01-05 12:16:13
A Thai bay that was made famous by its appearance in the film The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio has been reopened after more than three years. Maya Bay, on the island of Phi Phi Leh, was c...
-- 2022-01-05 10:47:18
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line he hopes will e...
-- 2022-01-05 10:44:25
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday, his office said, after violent protests triggered by a fuel price increase rocked the oil-rich Central Asian...
-- 2022-01-04 21:54:09
Authorities in India's capital Delhi on Tuesday ordered people to stay home over coming weekends, with Covid-19 cases quadrupling in a week. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the most senior elected of...
-- 2022-01-04 20:05:00
Police have arrested a man in India in connection with an app that shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on ‘sale’, according to a BBC report. The man is an enginee...
-- 2022-01-04 11:35:08
India reported 37,379 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the most since early September as the Omicron coronavirus variant overtakes Delta in places such as...
-- 2022-01-03 21:32:19
Pakistan reported on Monday more than 700 Covid-19 cases in a single day, its highest tally in two months, as authorities warned of a fifth wave of infections and made preparations to try to contain t...
-- 2022-01-03 16:03:53
Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants on a military transport bus on Sunday in the east of the country at approximately 7 pm local time (1700 GM...
-- 2022-01-03 14:27:27
Pakistan reported on Monday more than 700 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest tally in two months, as authorities warned of a fifth wave of infections and made preparations to try to contain t...
-- 2022-01-03 12:58:38
India started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus on Monday as it quickly expands its inoculation effort to cover the world's largest adolescent population amid fears the Omicro...
-- 2022-01-03 11:12:33
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that they would offer a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to people over 60 and to medical staff as it faces a surge in Omicron variant infections....
-- 2022-01-02 21:41:55
The Indian West Bengal government brought back stricter Covid-related restrictions amid a steep rise in cases, shutting all educational institutions from Monday and allowing offices to operate with a...
-- 2022-01-02 16:07:03
Seven states in Malaysia were hit by floods on Sunday and thousands of people were evacuated, taking the total affected by heavy rain in the last two weeks to over 125,000, the National Disaster Manag...
-- 2022-01-02 12:29:16
India reported 27,553 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, as infections of the Omicron variant continued to rise, data from the health ministry showed on Sunday. Covid-19 deaths rose by 2...
-- 2022-01-02 10:41:29
New Australian COVID-19 cases dipped on Sunday as testing slowed over a holiday weekend, but remained well over 30,000 and hospitalisations rose further in New South Wales as concerns grow about poten...
-- 2022-01-01 21:10:28
The United Arab Emirates will ban non-vaccinated citizens from travelling abroad from Jan 10, the state news agency WAM reported on Saturday, citing the foreign ministry and the National Emergency Cri...
-- 2022-01-01 18:09:23
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had a New Year message for China on Saturday: military conflict is not the answer, but Beijing responded with a stern warning that if Taiwan crossed any red line it would...
-- 2022-01-01 17:55:36
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Thursday it had issued ‘standardised’ names for 15 places in the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, to be used henceforth on official Chines...
-- 2022-01-01 17:40:24
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and school uniforms than nuclear weapons or the United States, according to...
-- 2022-01-01 17:29:47
Iran's space launch on Thursday failed to put its three payloads into orbit after the rocket was unable to reach the required speed, a defence ministry spokesman said in remarks carried on state telev...
-- 2022-01-01 12:21:04
Twelve pilgrims have died and at least 14 others injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir's Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on Saturday, bdnews24.com reports citing the Indian media. The incident happened...
-- 2021-12-31 20:02:47
Australians bade farewell to 2021 with a traditional fireworks display over Sydney harbour as good news from South Africa - the first country to pronounce itself past its Omicron wave - brought hope f...
-- 2021-12-31 16:09:25
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after being convicted of corruption, fuelling debate over whether she would play any role ahead of a Ma...
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