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NEW DELHI: Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state imposed a fresh lockdown in the state capital of Chennai and its suburbs on Friday in wake...

RIO DE JANEIRO: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has reached 1,032,913 on Friday after the country registered a new record number of 54,771...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on policing amid calls for action against police brutality and racism. It comes...

TOKYO: A clinical trail of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 developed by a medical startup will start on June 30 in Japan, Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura...

North Korea's army will restart military exercises on the South Korean border in demilitarized areas that were previously used by both nations for...

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh recorded the biggest daily jump of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The total deaths crossed 10,000-mark in India, reaching...

Beijing's municipal government on Wednesday imposed citywide movement restrictions in an attempt to curb a fresh outbreak of coronavirus, Chinese state...

Amman: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific are joining the International Civil Aviation...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that show dexamethasone, a corticosteroid,...

Oxford: A low-cost drug developed in the UK has reduced deaths from COVID-19 patients on ventilators, by a third in that country, scientists from Oxford...