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Dhaka [Bangladesh]: As Bangladesh reported 1,710 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country's cumulative count of infections has surpassed 800,000...

Beijing: In a major shift, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Monday announced that it will allow all couples to have three children, ending a two-child...

A mortar shell struck a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan overnight, killing at least six people and wounding four others, a police spokesman said...

China's cargo spacecraft has docked with the country's new space station, carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Xinhua state news agency...

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong pro-democracy alliance on Saturday lost an appeal to hold an annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square...

Vietnam's Health Ministry on Saturday said it has detected a new variant of the coronavirus that is a mix of the virulent Indian and UK variants, and...

Hong Kong: Hundreds of demonstrators have staged a sit-in at the school of the 18-year-old student who was shot in the chest by Hong Kong police on Tuesday....

Tokyo [Japan], May 28 (ANI): The leaders of Japan and the European Union called for "peace and stability" across the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, marking the...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of people infected with COVID-19 in Sri Lanka reached 174,059 Thursday with 1,782 new cases...

Colombo: Relentless joint efforts of India-Sri Lanka in extinguishing the flames on board the X-Press Pearl ship has paid off on Friday."Relentless...