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An uptick in the number of infections of the novel coronavirus in Tokyo is causing confusion and concern among health officials charged with bringing the...

DHAKA: At least 30 bodies were recovered after a ferry carrying scores of people sank in the river of Buriganga in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on...

Chinese health officials said on Sunday that Anxin county — about 150 kilometers (90 miles) from Beijing — will be "fully enclosed and...

HANOI: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday opened its 36th summit, which is chaired by Vietnam via video conference, focusing on...

MOSCOW: The COVID-19 pandemic is retreating in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said Friday at a meeting with the volunteer movement "We Are...

TOKYO: The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed on Wednesday 55 new COVID-19 cases in the capital, topping 50 for the first time in Tokyo since early...

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that he has advised President Halimah Yacob to dissolve the parliament and issue the...

MOSCOW: Russia tallied 7,176 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 606,881, the country's coronavirus response center said in a...

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that he has advised President Halimah Yacob to dissolve the parliament and issue the...

Sky-gazers along on a narrow band stretching from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East on Sunday witnessed a dramatic "ring of...