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People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
US health chief will visit Taiwan to learn from its COVID-19 success...

The trip is a geopolitical chess move in US-' contentious relationship with China, which considers Taiwan part of its...

8 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media about the new national security law introduced to the city at her weekly press conference in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
US imposes sanctions on pro-China leader Carrie Lam, other HK...

The officials are accused of cooperating with Beijing’s effort to undermine autonomy and crack down on freedom in Hong...

8 Aug 2020 10:11 AM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, attends the first day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul. (AP)West Asia
Afghan council meets to decide on release of 400 Taliban prisoners

The decision will be the last step towards starting negotiations between Kabul’s political leadership and Taliban...

7 Aug 2020 3:12 PM IST

Interns and resident doctors stage a rally against the government medical policy in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)World
Doctors strike over plan to boost medical student numbers in South...

Doctors maintain South Korea already has enough medical professionals, but they should be better paid to encourage...

7 Aug 2020 1:54 PM IST

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. (AFP)West Asia
Saudi Arabia-'s nationalist netizens now a headache for the government

Their posts frequently tag Saudi security agencies, and their collective roar often leads to detentions, sackings and...

7 Aug 2020 12:37 PM IST

A man walks at the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 6, 2020, two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. (AFP)West Asia
The ship with ammonium nitrate cargo was not meant to stop at Beirut

The chemicals came to Beirut on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have...

7 Aug 2020 9:06 AM IST

An employee wearing a protective gear disinfect to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Ryugyong Health Complexs public bath in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)World
North Korea-'s strict measures raise fear of outbreak despite...

An exchange between the country and the United Nations provides new clarity about what might be happening in North Korea

6 Aug 2020 2:57 PM IST

Rescue workers evacuate passengers on a boat from a submerged bus due to heavy rain in Paju, South Korea. (AP)World
North Korea also issues flood alert as South reports 16 dead

North Korea is particularly vulnerable to sustained heavy rain as many mountains and hills have long been stripped of...

6 Aug 2020 2:40 PM IST

A wounded man is evacuated from a boat following of an explosion at the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on August 4, 2020. (AP)West Asia
Lebanese government orders house arrest of Beirut port officials

The probe is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the facility for 6 years and why...

6 Aug 2020 9:05 AM IST

A visitor, right, disinfects her hands to help curb the spread of the coronavirus before entering the Ryugyong Health Complex in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)World
North Korea’s first suspected coronavirus case tests ...

The country had declared emergency and locked down its borers after a person was reported to have COVID-19 symptoms

5 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

Australian Al Jazeera journalist, reporter/senior producer Drew Ambrose, right, leaves the Bukit Aman police headquarters after being questioned by the Malaysian police over a documentary about the countrys arrests of undocumented migrants, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)World
Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera office over documentary on migrants

Al Jazeera said the raid was -'an attack on press freedom as a whole-' and urged Malaysian authorities to cease the...

5 Aug 2020 10:19 AM IST

US president Donald Trump (left), and Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. (File Image)World
US announces -'highest level-' visit to Taiwan in decades

The move is sure to infuriate China with relations between the two superpowers at historic lows

5 Aug 2020 9:42 AM IST

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