World / Asia

New Delhi - New Delhi and other major cities across India on Thursday ordered curfews for New Year's Eve as they stepped up...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday, the first official confirmation of...

Chinese President Xi Jinping touted his government’s success in controlling Covid-19 in a New Year’s Eve address in which he sought to move...

SEOUL - Crowds of partiers filled the main square in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Thursday night to watch a concert and...

Sydney: The world began ushering in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell...

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported five locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday, its highest number in nearly three months, and was seeking to verify two...

MANILA: A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out...

Shanghai: China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health officials said. The new...

Doha: In its social media platform, the Philippine Embassy in Qatar has shared an announcement made by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...

TOKYO: New coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit a record high of more than 1,300 on Thursday raising fears of an explosion in cases,...

SYDNEY: Authorities restricted movement and tightened curbs on gatherings in Australia's biggest city on Wednesday, hoping to avoid a coronavirus "super spreader" event...

Hong Kong: The sale of property owned by the US consulate in Hong Kong failed to be completed as scheduled on Wednesday after...

TAIPEI: Taiwan has agreed to buy almost 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 10 million from AstraZeneca Plc, the government said on...

SINGAPORE: Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia's first inoculation programmes against a pandemic...

BEIJING: A COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Beijing firm linked to Sinopharm has a protection rate of 79.34% against the disease, the firm...

SEOUL - Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it was in discussions with the South Korean government to potentially provide 40 million or more...

BANGKOK: Thailand warned on Tuesday that more intensive measures might be necessary to halt its worst coronavirus outbreak yet and urged the public...

BEIJING: Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the Chinese capital since the last...