Asia

Widespread flooding in the south and east of Sri Lanka has forced thousands to leave their homes and killed at least 17 people, officials said on...

Moscow: Russia has banned individuals designated as "extremists" from running for public offices, a move condemned by the opposition as an effort to further...

Washington: A Chinese virologist, who was among the first to suggest the COVID-19 virus leaked from a Wuhan lab, said that US top coronavirus advisor...

Muscat: The World Health Organisation has confirmed that no new strain of the Coronavirus has been discovered in Vietnam."The World Health Organisation...

Tokyo: The Group of Seven (G7), consisting of the world's leading economies, is expected to pledge support to Japan's efforts in organizing and carrying out...

Ankara: In a bid to curb Covid-19 spread, Turkey has made mandatory 14 days of institutional quarantine for passengers from eight countries including...

Hanoi: Vietnam's 'very dangerous' new COVID-19 hybrid variant may be fuelling its worst outbreak so far as it is replicating quickly.On Saturday, the...

Berlin: According to genome databases, such as nextstrain.org, there are now more than 1,000 known variants of the SARS CoV-2 virus.

Kathmandu : Tsang Yin-Hung, a former teacher from Hong Kong, became the fastest woman to scale Mount Everest with a time of just under 26 hours.In an...

Manila: Philippines government has extended the ban on inbound travel from seven countries, including India, until June 15 to prevent transmission of the...