World / Asia

MANILA:  The Philippine health ministry on Friday confirmed 3,999 additional novel coronavirus infections and 91 more deaths. The ministry said total confirmed cases...

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea is tightening social distancing restrictions in the greater capital area, requiring restaurants to provide only deliveries and takeouts...

SYDNEY: Australia's second most populous state - the epicentre of the country's latest COVID-19 outbreak - said on Friday it expects to soon...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will continue with certain movement control restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus until Dec. 31, Prime Minister Muhyiddin...

LONDON: Olympic officials thanked outgoing Japanese premier Shinzo Abe on Friday for his commitment to bringing the Games to Tokyo and said they...

TOKYO - Japan is making an aggressive move to grab enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times over, a push the...

KARACHI, Pakistan  - Heavy rains hit Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi for a fifth straight night, bringing more flooding and killing at least 20...

New Zealand called in its spy agency and activated security crisis plans to help defend the stock exchange from overseas attack, after hackers...

BEIJING  - Sinovac Biotech Ltd's coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac was approved in July for emergency use as part of a programme in China...

SINGAPORE - From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities...

SEOUL - The South Korean government ramped up efforts to end a strike by thousands of the country's doctors on Friday, as Seoul...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was making her own face covering to help stop the spread of the...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, said on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, ending a stint at...

KOLKATA, India - Four members of a dwindling tribe in India's far off the Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said...

KARACHI, Pakistan - Torrential rain lashed the Pakistani financial capital of Karachi on Thursday, causing widespread flooding, as downpours in August shattered 89-year-old...

TOKYO: A Japanese mobility venture has unveiled two adapted vans, one which can serve as a workspace or a mobile shop, and another...

WELLINGTON - A gunman who killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year in New Zealand's deadliest shooting will be sentenced on Thursday, after three...

CHENNAI, India- Harinder Kaur was not surprised when people slammed their doors in her face as she walked into neighbourhoods in the northern...