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A man waits for a bus on a polluted day in Beijing. Qingdao has already locked down Qingdao Chest Hospital as well as the emergency department of its central hospital. (AFP)

China-'s Qingdao orders city-wide COVID-19 testing following new...

Daily COVID-19 infections in mainland China has fallen drastically from peaks early this year, but the country remains...

12 Oct 2020 10:43 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)

China has deployed 60K soldiers on India-'s northern border: Pompeo

Pompeo met minister S Jaishankar in Tokyo and they underscored the need to work together to advance, peace and security...

11 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

Students shout slogans to protest against an alleged gang-rape and stripping and torturing of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali during a demonstration in Dhaka. (AFP)

Bangladesh considering death penalty for rapists as protests flare

Saturdayâ€™s demonstrations were sparked by a video of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman for almost half an...

10 Oct 2020 2:32 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: File)

Pak court asks Sharif to appear before it to avoid being declared...

Sharif has been living in London since November last year after he was allowed to go there for a period of eight weeks...

10 Oct 2020 2:20 PM IST

Tourists pose for photos along a stretch of the Badaling Great Wall of China on the outskirts of Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Chinese tourists took 425 million domestic trips in the first half of the eight-day National Day holiday, generating $45.9 billion in tourism revenue, according to Chinas ministry of culture and tourism. The holiday this year, which coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, will be a litmus test of whether Chinas tourism industry can bounce back after being battered by COVID-19. (AP)

Chinaâ€™s revenge tourism to boost economy picks up over Golden Week

Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October...

9 Oct 2020 1:34 PM IST

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