World / Asia

MANILA: The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October, with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated...

BEIJING  - A Chinese official lashed out at U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday for visiting Taiwan amid an...

SYDNEY - Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days,...

Manila: Philippine scientists were set on Wednesday to meet representatives of the Russian research facility that developed a coronavirus vaccine, to discuss possible...

SEOUL - South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Tuesday it received Indian regulatory approval to test its anti-parasitic niclosamide drug to...

BEIJING: Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of...

JAKARTA/BEIJING: China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a late-stage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1,620 patients in Indonesia for...

MUMBAI: India's ability to rein in a surging coronavirus outbreak hinges on its 10 most populous states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on...

JAKARTA: An Indonesian volcano spewed a giant ash cloud 5 km (3.1 miles) into the sky on Monday in its second eruption in...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to personally participate in trials, as...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in...

 Goods made in Hong Kong for export to the United States will need to be labelled as made in China after Sept. 25,...

KARACHI/QUETTA/PESHAWAR/LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistanis flocked to gyms, salons and restaurants that opened on Monday for the first time in five months after being...

NEW DELHI: With rescue operations following a massive landslide in Kerala, southern India entering their fourth day on Monday, the death toll has...

Seoul - Landslides and flooding triggered by days of heavy rain in South Korea have left at least 30 people dead and 12...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the prime minister for the fourth time Sunday after...

Wellington: New Zealand marked 100 days on Sunday with no recorded cases of the coronavirus in the community but health officials warned there...

Doha: On its fifth chartered flight, the Philippine Embassy in Doha repatriated 354 Overseas Filipino (OF) passengers on July 29, 2020. Among the...