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Most people will be asked to first use rapid test kits available at public health offices, testing stations and pharmacies and receive PCR when those tests are positive. (AP Photo)

S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high

Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR tests

26 Jan 2022 11:48 AM

The released fishermen, arrested for illegally entering into the Pakistani waters and fishing without permission, were escorted to Lahore by road by the Edhi Foundation. (PTI file photo)

Pak to hand over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah border

The fishermen, kept in Karachi's Landhi Jail, were released on Sunday on humanitarian grounds

24 Jan 2022 11:32 AM

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of animal-to-human transmission is low, whilst low authorities have cited the need to protect public health. (Representational Image: ANI)

Nine hamster samples test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong

A total of 2,581 small animals were seized from local pet stores during the past week, Hong Kong Free Press said citing government figures

23 Jan 2022 12:37 PM

Workers and residents stand near a nuclei test station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

China media say foreign parcels suspected in new COVID infections

China has repeatedly emphasized the danger of infection from packaging, despite only trace amounts of the virus being found on such items

18 Jan 2022 1:14 PM

Men stand next to a tank at a storage facility of oil giant ADNOC in the Msaffah industrial district in the Emiarti capital Abu Dhabi (AFP)

Two Indians, one Pakistani killed in UAE drone attack

The suspected audacious terror attack sent shock waves through the region

18 Jan 2022 7:12 AM

Last year, Chinese authorities extended the policy further to allow couples to have three children. (AFP file image)

China's birth rate at record low in 2021: official

Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy

17 Jan 2022 11:21 AM

This photo provided on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, by the North Korean government shows a missile test from railway in North Pyongan Province, North Korea (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts new sanctions

The launches come at a delicate time in the region, with North Korea's sole major ally China set to host the Winter Olympics next month

17 Jan 2022 10:38 AM

A worker wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus walks past a display of the Winter Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon, left, and Winter Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen near the Olympic Green in Beijing. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

With the success of the Games and China’s national dignity at stake, Beijing is doubling down on its 'zero-tolerance' COVID-19 policy

13 Jan 2022 12:55 PM

A woman receives a booster shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a third dose vaccination campaign at a South Tangerang Regional General Hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia starts COVID boosters for elderly, others at risk

The government hopes to provide 21 million booster shots in January to people who received their second jabs at least six months ago

12 Jan 2022 10:54 AM

People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 11, 2022, after North Korea fired a "suspected ballistic missile" into the sea, South Korea's military said, less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing a hypersonic missile. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

North Korea fires second suspected missile in less than a week

The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met to discuss last week's test of what Pyongyang called a hypersonic missile

11 Jan 2022 10:58 AM

Myanmar's Suu Kyi convicted on new charges, jailed for four years

Suu Kyi was found guilty of two charges related to illegally importing and owning walkie-talkies and one of breaking coronavirus rules

10 Jan 2022 11:03 AM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) with GCC Secretary General Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf. (File photo/Chinese Foreign Ministry)

Gulf ministers visit China amid energy fears

Recent unrest in oil and gas-rich Kazakhstan has raised concerns in China, which has long invested heavily in Kazakh's energy industry

10 Jan 2022 10:21 AM

This prompted the local officials to resort to mass testing of all the 14 million people before its spread to Beijing as the capital city is set to host the much-advertised Winter Olympics from February 4. (AFP Photo)

Omicron scare in China's Tianjin close to Beijing ahead of Winter Olympics

Thousands of people commute between Tianjin and Beijing as it takes hardly 30 minutes by the high-speed train

09 Jan 2022 4:34 PM

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP)

N Korea says hypersonic missile tested to modernise weaponry

Wednesday's test indicates that the country will press ahead with plans to build powerful, sophisticated missiles

06 Jan 2022 11:02 AM

South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

The latest launch came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his military capability

05 Jan 2022 11:20 AM

Sri Lanka announces USD 1 billion economic relief package; says won't default on debt

People owning land below one acre would be given 10,000 rupees (USD 49) subsidy to cultivate food crops, Rajapaksa said

04 Jan 2022 7:04 PM

Anti-China protest in Kathmandu over land encroachment. (Photo: ANI)

Nepal tight-lipped over Chinese encroachment of its territory in border areas

In September last year, a seven-member committee was formed by the Nepal government to study the Nepal-China border

03 Jan 2022 4:56 PM

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (ANI file photo)

Former Afghan President Ghani listed among 'most corrupt' people of 2021

OCCRP said Ghani deserved an award because he 'deserted his people leaving them to misery and death'

29 Dec 2021 11:45 AM

This photo taken on December 25, 2021 shows residents undergoing a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xi'an in China's northern Shaanxi province. (AFP)

China expands lockdowns as COVID cases climb

China has followed a 'zero-Covid' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns

28 Dec 2021 1:30 PM

The new law will come into effect from January 1, 2022. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lanka makes defence ministry's NOC mandatory for foreigners marrying locals

Registrar General WMMB Weerasekera, in a circular dated October 18, said that the decision has been taken due to national security reasons

27 Dec 2021 12:36 PM

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