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KATHMANDU: The Nepali government on Saturday decided to extend the ongoing suspension of both domestic and international flights on its sky till May 15, as...

Utter silence from the authorities in Pyongyang is fueling speculation surrounding the well-being of Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator. Media reports...

SINGAPORE: Singapore will extend its COVID-19 "circuit breaker" period by four weeks to June 1 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Prime...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that although the country is managing to slow the spread of COVID-19, its peak is yet to...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will move from COVID-19 Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 at 11:59 p.m. on April 27, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday. The...

WUHAN: Wuhan, once the hardest-hit city by novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has been classified as a low-risk area of the outbreak as the city has met...

TOKYO: Japan's health ministry and local governments said Saturday that the number of COVID-19 infections nationwide had risen to 10,098 cases as of...

Health authorities in Wuhan said Friday that at least 50% more people had died from coronavirus in the Chinese city than previously disclosed. Global...

TOKYO: Coronavirus cases in Japan increased by 467 nationwide, including 127 new infections in Tokyo and 74 in Osaka, health ministry and local authorities...

Large fires that ripped through forest surrounding the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant have been extinguished, Ukrainian emergency officials said on...