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

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

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

Taiwan to step up scrutiny to prevent Chinese spies settling

Taiwan has offered to welcome Hongkongers who wish to settle there after China-'s imposition of the controversial...

17 Aug 2020 12:12 PM IST

Pro-democracy activities display a LGBT flag during a protest at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Thailandâ€™s pro-democracy protests grow beyond college campuses

The movement had already declared three core demands: new elections, constitution amendment and ending intimidation of...

17 Aug 2020 11:03 AM IST

Pro-democracy students raise a three-finger symbol of resistance salute and hold mobile phones with flashlights switched on during a protest at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Tensions rise in Thailand ahead of fresh pro-democracy protest

Thailand has seen near-daily demonstrations for the past month by student-led groups denouncing Premier Prayut...

16 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST

People wearing face masks hold umbrellas in the rain in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea reports largest coronavirus jump since March

Authorities have been struggling to stem transmissions linked to churches, nursery homes, schools, restaurants and...

16 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

A war veteran salutes to pay respects to the worshippers at Yasukuni Shrine. (AP)

Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology

Abe has increasingly sought to whitewash Japanâ€™s brutal past since taking office in December 2012

16 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Models wearing face masks prepare backstage prior to a mask fashion show at Gangnam district in Seoul. (AFP)

South Korea fears COVID-19 infections getting out of control

With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two...

15 Aug 2020 10:29 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. (via AFP)

North Korea lifts coronavirus lockdown, rejects virus aid

Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim-'s major economic goals by forcing the country into a...

14 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

A bus is submerged in floodwaters following heavy rains in Paju, South Korea. (AP)

North Korea nuclear reactor site damaged by flooding: US think-tank

Korean peninsula has been hammered by one of the longest rainy spells in recent history with floods and landslides...

13 Aug 2020 12:27 PM IST

People hold up copies of the Apple Daily as they protest for press freedom inside a mall in Hong Kong on August 11, 2020, a day after authorities conducted a search of the newspapers headquarters after the companys founder Jimmy Lai was arrested under the new national security law. (AFP)

Hong Kongers are mass buying Apple Daily newspaper to defend free...

The public show of support came a day after police arrested HK-'s pro-democracy newspaperâ€™s founder, and raided its...

12 Aug 2020 11:35 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, center, visits the National Health Command Center with Taiwanese Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

Fighter jets sent by China â€˜driven outâ€™: Taiwan Air Force

China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its terriroty, had promised unspecified retaliation to the US-' plan to...

10 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST