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China is now the biggest economy to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly as part of the COVAX initiative. (AFP)

China joins COVAX initiative for fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

China is also holding separate talks with the WHO to have its locally produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed for...

9 Oct 2020 1:24 PM IST

Sri Lankan health officials take swab samples from employees of the Colombo municipal council to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Authorities in Sri Lanka on Wednesday widened a curfew and warned of legal action against those evading treatment for COVID-19 after reporting an escalating cluster centered around a garment factory in the capitals suburbs. (AP)

Sri Lanka widens curfew, bans gatherings as virus surges

The Indian Ocean island nation had just reported its first community infection in two months on Sunday

7 Oct 2020 2:42 PM IST

Jadhav is a retired Indian Navy officer who was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism after a closed trial in April 2017. (Photo: File)

India failed to appoint lawyer to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak...

Islamabad High Court had last month set a new deadline for India to appoint a legal representative for Jadhav

7 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

Survey shows negative views of China rising sharply in advanced democracies

Survey shows negative views of China rising sharply in advanced...

One of the most important factors with regard to China-'s reputation abroad has been the coronavirus

7 Oct 2020 9:12 AM IST

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and Harsh V Shringla, Foreign Secretary along with Saurabh Kumar called on State Counsellor H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (Via Indian Embassy in Myanmar)

India gifts 3,000 vials of Remdesivir to -'friendly neighbour-'...

General Naravane and Shringla-'s two-day visit to Myanmar assumes significance as it comes in the midst of the...

5 Oct 2020 3:22 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a test for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. (AFP Photo)

FATF all set to decide on Pakistan-'s grey list status

To wriggle out of the grey list, Pakistan had recently imposed sanctions on 88 terror groups and their leaders,...

5 Oct 2020 1:17 PM IST

Peoples Pioneer Partys (PPP) candidate Myo Min Tun (L) wearing a face shield as he campaigns in a market in Mandalay, ahead of the November 8 general election. - Outraged over ongoing discrimination in Myanmar, Myo Min Tun decided to stand as the first openly gay election candidate in a country where same-sex relations are illegal. (AFP)

I don-'t want to lie: Myanmar sees first openly gay election candidate

Same-sex relations are still illegal in Myanmar - even if space is opening up for the LGBT+ community in the...

5 Oct 2020 11:00 AM IST

Pakistan former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. (AFP)

Pakistan-'s Nawaz Sharif mulling political comeback after year-long...

Sharif has been living in London since last November after the Lahore HC granted him permission to go abroad for four...

19 Sept 2020 2:54 PM IST

Lanzhous health commission said Friday that sheep, cattle and pigs were most commonly involved in the spread of the bacteria. (Representationla Image: AFP)

Thousands test positive for bacterial disease after China lab leak

Brucellosis, a disease often caused by contact with infected animals or animal products, can bring about fevers, joint...

18 Sept 2020 3:23 PM IST

This handout photograph taken on February 1, 2020 and released by Zhang Hai, shows medical workers preparing to take away the body of Zhang Lifa, the father of Zhang Hai, after he died from the COVID-19 coronavirus in a hospital in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province. - Some families accuse the Wuhan and Hubei provincial governments of concealing the outbreak when it first emerged there late last year, failing to alert the public, and bungling the response, allowing Covid-19 to explode out of control. (AFP)

Families of virus victims accuse China of blocking COVID lawsuits

Lawsuits are abruptly rejected, while many face pressure from authorities not to file, and lawyers are being warned...

17 Sept 2020 1:05 PM IST

Chinas approach runs counter to that of many Western countries, where experts have warned against authorizing the emergency use of vaccines that have not completed testing. (AP)

Vaccine race: China inoculates thousands before trials are completed

Vaccine safety came into sharp focus last week when AstraZeneca paused late-stage clinical trials of its COVID-19...

16 Sept 2020 10:04 AM IST

US special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad (Photo: AP)

US special envoy for Afghan talks Zalmay Khalilzad in India today

The visit takes place at a time when the Afghanistan government and Taliban have formally sat on the negotiating table...

15 Sept 2020 3:22 PM IST