Asia

Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities on Monday temporarily lifted a nationwide travel restriction which was imposed in May to allow essential work of...

Tehran: The news of Ebrahim Raisi's election win in Iran on Saturday sparked mixed reactions from the international community.

Beijing : Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and part of a city is under lockdown in Southern China as the province of Guangdong witnesses a rise in...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Saturday that the city administration is canceling all public viewing events in the Japanese capital to prevent the risk...

Vietnam has introduced new guidelines that codify ethics for social media companies and the public, according to the state's news agency and other local...

The UN General Assembly on Friday condemned Myanmar's military coup and called for a stop to the flow of weapons to the Southeast Asian country.

Kabul: The US embassy in Kabul has been forced into immediate lockdown due to a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan.The rising infection has also...

Beijing, China: Eight people have been detained in connection with the gas explosion that killed 25 in China's Hubei province, local media reported.The...

Washington : Chinese vice-minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei, reportedly defected to the United States and gave the information about the Wuhan...

Jiuquan: China on Thursday successfully launched the crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, which is expected to send three astronauts to its space station core...