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Local official sacked as COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan reports six new cases. (AFP Photo)

First COVID-19 case could have hit China in October 2019: Study

The most likely date for the virus-'s emergence was November 17, 2019, and it had probably already spread globally by...

25 Jun 2021 10:07 AM IST

The newspaper said it was forced to cease operations after police froze $2.3 million of its assets, searched its office and arrested five top editors. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong-'s last pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, sells out final...

While pro-democracy media outlets still exist online, it was the only print newspaper of its kind left in the city

24 Jun 2021 6:57 PM IST

A Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China sent a record 28 fighter jets, 14 of them J-16s, towards the self-ruled island of Taiwan on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the islands defense ministry said, the largest such display of force since China started flying planes towards the island last year. (via AP)

Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan air defence zone for sixth time this...

Taiwan had recently signed two contracts with US for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and Harpoon Coastal Defence...

18 Jun 2021 12:07 PM IST

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on June 2, 2021, in Tokyo.

Japan set to ease virus emergency ahead of Olympics

Japan has been struggling since late March to slow a wave of infections propelled by more contagious variants

17 Jun 2021 11:07 AM IST

Leaders of the G7 pose for a group photo on overlooking the beach at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Photo: AP)

As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate

The re-energized G-7 made ambitious declarations during their meetings

13 Jun 2021 2:08 PM IST

In this file photo taken, morning commuters wearing face masks, amidst concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, ride past in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)

Vietnam detects new Indian-UK Covid-19 variant said to be 'very...

The Southeast Asian country had previously detected seven virus variants

30 May 2021 10:25 AM IST

A health worker waits to screen passengers at Incheon international airport. (Photo: File/AFP)

South Koreans no longer need masks outdoors if vaccinated against...

The move is a bid to encourage older residents to get vaccinated

26 May 2021 12:20 PM IST

This handout from the Royal Thai Army taken and released on March 30, 2021 shows an injured Myanmar refugee being transported via an ambulance to a hospital in Mae Sam Lap, after crossing the Salween river from the Myanmar side while fleeing from air strikes in Myanmars eastern Karen state. (Handout / ROYAL THAI ARMY / AFP)

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

Around 3,000 people fled through the jungle to seek safety across the border in Thailand after the weekend strikes

31 March 2021 11:10 AM IST

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last months military coup. (AP)

Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar air strikes

The Security Council is likely to hold closed consultations on the escalating situation in Myanmar, UN diplomats said...

29 March 2021 11:28 AM IST

A police officer stands guard near a church where an explosion went off in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP)

Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people

The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion, police said, just as...

28 March 2021 2:19 PM IST

Anti-coup protesters with makeshift shields stand in Yangon, Myanmar on March 3, 2021. (AP)

UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition

The increasingly deadly violence could galvanise the international community, which has responded fitfully so far

4 March 2021 10:37 AM IST

Buddhist monks lead an anti-coup protest march in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb. 27, 2021. CRPH in the placards stand for Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. (AP)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court after deadly crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to streets regularly over the past month to oppose the coup

1 March 2021 11:25 AM IST