-- 2021-09-17 20:21:39
The US and Australia have called for a swift return to democracy, inclusive dialogue between all parties, and immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar. "The secretaries and ministers rema...
-- 2021-09-17 18:16:56
Singapore announced on Friday new standards for migrant worker dormitories, with the aim of reducing the risk of transmission of infectious diseases and improving living conditions after the facilitie...
-- 2021-09-17 14:49:13
India has told China that their bilateral relations will only develop when both countries pull their troops back from a confrontation on their disputed Himalayan border, the Indian foreign minister sa...
-- 2021-09-17 14:44:37
The third vaccine dose against COVID-19 increases the immune protection from infection tenfold, the Israeli Ministry of Health said on Thursday. The ministry said that a new Israeli study, published...
-- 2021-09-17 08:29:43
A powerful mix of insecurity and traditional prejudice against more liberal female politicians put Awatef Rasheed off running for parliament when she returned to Iraq in 2014 after years abroad, Reute...
-- 2021-09-17 08:18:06
A US-backed Uyghur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in Chinese-run camps in Xinjiang, China opened in Switzerland on Thursday amid high tensions over human right...
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China on Thursday denounced a new Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, saying such partnerships should not target third countries and warning of an intensif...
-- 2021-09-16 20:51:47
More than 634,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by conflicts in 2021, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan said Thursday. A total of 6...
-- 2021-09-16 20:26:40
A joint communication on the "EU Strategy" for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific has been adopted saying the European Union (EU) is stepping up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific region as t...
-- 2021-09-16 16:04:58
The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions, the United Nations said on Thursday, according to Reu...
-- 2021-09-16 14:43:50
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he would have to spend "a few days" in self-isolation after dozens of people in his entourage fell ill with Covid-19, the TASS news agency reported....
-- 2021-09-16 11:58:36
Fresh turmoil hit Haiti's government on Wednesday as Prime Minister Ariel Henry replaced his justice minister and a senior official stepped down, saying he could not serve a premier under suspicion in...
-- 2021-09-16 10:25:41
All leaders and diplomats attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week will have to provide proof of vaccination, the city government said Wednesday, sparking anger from Russia....
-- 2021-09-15 20:43:34
The Chinese ambassador to Britain was banned from attending an event in the British parliament in retaliation to sanctions imposed by Beijing on UK lawmakers who highlighted alleged human rights abuse...
-- 2021-09-15 18:17:58
Portugal has fully inoculated 80 per cent of its population against the coronavirus, official data showed, becoming one of the world's most vaccinated nations as authorities gradually drop most COVID-...
-- 2021-09-15 18:01:55
US officials preparing to roll out COVID-19 booster shots in the face of waning vaccine protection and surging hospitalizations and deaths caused by the highly contagious Delta variant are hoping they...
-- 2021-09-15 16:38:09
A group of migrant workers visited Singapore's Little India area on Wednesday for their a first taste of freedom in more than a year, under a pilot programme to ease movement measures imposed to halt...
-- 2021-09-15 15:02:38
India is considering resuming exports of Covid-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter t...
-- 2021-09-15 14:51:00
Afghanistan's women's football team has left for neighbouring Pakistan, the information minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday, as questions linger over the status of female athletes under Taliban rule...
-- 2021-09-15 14:05:51
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday opened its 76th session, with the UNGA president and the UN chief imploring member states to embrace hope and strengthen unity after a challenging...
-- 2021-09-15 12:46:11
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Tuesday replaced the chief public prosecutor who had been seeking charges against him as a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, plunging the c...
-- 2021-09-15 12:19:11
Three former US presidents - Republican George W Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in th...
-- 2021-09-15 11:51:43
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast Wednesday afternoon, two days after claiming to have tested a newly developed missile in a resumption of its weapons displays...
-- 2021-09-15 11:23:35
A Beijing court late on Tuesday ruled against the plaintiff in a high-profile Chinese sexual harassment case, saying there was insufficient evidence to support her claims, a decision likely to deal a...
-- 2021-09-15 11:21:20
Businesses at Malaysia's prime holiday destination are gearing up to welcome the return of tourists this week, as the country takes an early step towards recovery from a devastating coronavirus crisis...
-- 2021-09-15 10:52:15
Mexican authorities on Tuesday rescued 22 foreigners, most of them Cuban and Haitian, who were earlier in the day kidnapped when gunmen stormed a hotel in the central state of...
-- 2021-09-15 10:36:19
The United States is pushing global leaders to endorse what it calls ambitious targets for ending the COVID-19 pandemic, including ensuring 70 per cent of the world's population is vaccinated against...
-- 2021-09-15 10:25:14
US President Joe Biden denied on Tuesday a media report that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, last week turned down an offer from Biden for a face-to-face meeting. The Financial Times cited multi...
-- 2021-09-15 10:15:39
A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government. After four decades of war and the deaths...
-- 2021-09-14 16:32:00
With six nations accounting for over 80 per cent of planned new coal projects globally, winning commitments to cancel those projects could help November's COP26 UN climate summit "consign coal power t...
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