Home » World » Asia

Asia - Page 155

Public officials disinfect the roadway to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in front of the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. AP photo

Church outbreak in South Korea spreads sparking fears of nationwide...

In-person church services have also been banned while indoor and outdoor gatherings have been restricted to no more than...

19 Aug 2020 4:00 PM IST

$Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, is seen outside the courthouse in Port Louis Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020. Nandeshwar who is from India, was charged with \endangering safe navigation\ and is in custody pending a bail hearing next week. (AP Photo)$ World

Mauritius arrests Indian captain of Japanese oil-spill ship

Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of MV Wakashio, charged with endangering safe navigation and is in custody pending a...

19 Aug 2020 11:00 AM IST

Commuters travel on a subway wearing masks and following social distancing norms to avoid contracting infection in New York. AP photo

World

Now, people under 40s more vulnerable to COVID-19: WHO

WHO also reminded drugmakers to follow all necessary research and development steps when creating a vaccine

18 Aug 2020 1:45 PM IST

In this Feb. 14, 2005 file photo former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, Parliament member Marwan Hamadeh and Bahiyah Hariri, sister of President Hariri, are pictured during a meeting at the Parliament in Beirut. (AP file photo)

West Asia

Death of Hariri is to Lebanese what the JFK assassination was to...

The former PM who embodied the reconstruction of the country after its 1975-1990 civil war was killed in a monster bomb...

18 Aug 2020 1:37 PM IST

Smoke rises from a rocket attack during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP photo

West Asia

Rockets hit Kabul on Independence Day, several injured

Fourteen rockets were fired from two vehicles in Kabul, interior ministry said

18 Aug 2020 1:19 PM IST

$People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk past a propaganda banner reading \Actively participate in volunteer service\ in Beijing. (AP)$ World