KATHMANDU: Schools across Nepal will close for nearly three weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases, a government spokesman said on Monday, forcing...
KATHMANDU: Schools across Nepal will close for nearly three weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases, a government spokesman said on Monday, forcing...
MANILA, Philippines: The Philippines on Monday reported a record high number of new COVID-19 cases for the third day, logging 33,169 infections. The...
NEW DELHI: India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly people on Monday, with the fast-spreading Omicron...
Singapore’s health minister Ong Ye Kung said vaccines that are available in the country have been far more effective than doing nothing at...
SYDNEY: Australia must "push through" the fast-moving Omicron outbreak, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as infections surpassed 1 million, more than...
BEIJING: The northern Chinese city of Tianjin tightened exit controls and is requiring residents to obtain approval from employers or community authorities before...
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced on Monday ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail on several charges including...
More than 400 staff in India’s Parliament in New Delhi have tested positive for Covid-19, news agency ANI reported, citing an unidentified official....
MANILA: The Philippines ordered an increase in hospital beds and medical resources in and around the capital Manila, a senior government official said...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, successfully underwent an "elective medical procedure" and is expected to be discharged in a...
MUMBAI: India reported 159,632 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the country,...
TOKYO: The United States has agreed to impose stricter COVID-19 measures at its military bases in Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said...
China saw its first omicron cases in the community, igniting a mass testing blitz in the northern city of Tianjin as the country...
SYDNEY: Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as the Omicron variant sweeps...
ISLAMABAD: At least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles...
Karachi: At least 16 tourists died in freezing temperatures after being stranded in their vehicles in northernPakistan, where thousands had flocked to enjoy...
Sydney: Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he tested positive to COVID-19, joining other top government officials in contracting the disease as the daily...
Vladimir Putin’s lightning deployment of troops took less than a day to help turn the tide against anti-government protesters in Kazakhstan. Ahead of...
