Rescuers were searching for more than a dozen patients and staff trapped beneath the rubble of the levelled Mamuju hospital
15 Jan 2021 11:00 AM
Japan was working with other nations, the WHO and other medical experts to analyze the new version of the virus
11 Jan 2021 11:37 AM
Authorities and the airline gave no immediate indication as to why the plane suddenly went down
09 Jan 2021 8:44 PM
The US had welcomed Lakhvi's arrest last week but said Pakistan should try him for the Mumbai attacks also
09 Jan 2021 4:11 AM
The nation has been held up as a model of how to combat the virus, but Friday saw a record 1,241 new infections
25 Dec 2020 1:11 PM
Takeda inked a deal with the Japanese government and US firm Moderna Therapeutics to import and distribute 50 million doses of its vaccine
20 Dec 2020 12:32 PM
Clashes broke out in late September between Azerbaijan and Armenia-backed separatists over control of Karabakh
08 Nov 2020 5:00 PM
Outside Kabul University Tuesday a small group of demonstrators gathered demanding a cease-fire
03 Nov 2020 3:52 PM
Wednesday marked the eighth straight day of demonstrations by a movement that was launched in March
22 Oct 2020 2:27 PM
In Tokyo alone there are 10 other underground reservoirs and three flood tunnels, and more flood-protection structures are being built
12 Oct 2020 12:03 PM
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly denounced Taipei for offering support to Hong Kong’s protests
12 Oct 2020 10:51 AM
Daily infections have fallen largely into the double-digit range in the past two weeks
11 Oct 2020 5:19 PM
Both sides accused one another of breaking the ceasefire almost immediately on Saturday
11 Oct 2020 5:10 PM
The parade featured North Korea’s ballistic missiles for the first time since Kim began meeting with international leaders, including Trump
11 Oct 2020 1:16 PM
Earlier the president had said he was ready to resign once a new cabinet was appointed - which could happen on Saturday
10 Oct 2020 10:51 AM
The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between the diplomats in Moscow, which were sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
10 Oct 2020 9:12 AM
China, which claims Taiwan and regards it as a wayward province, made its displeasure evident in an e-mail to journalists in India
09 Oct 2020 10:29 AM
Met with cautious optimism by financial analysts, the bill has sparked outcry, with labour unions, students and academics criticising it
08 Oct 2020 2:42 PM
External affairs minister S. Jaishankar met his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi for a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday
08 Oct 2020 1:06 PM
Padlocks, shackles and chains are used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the world's fourth most-populous nation
07 Oct 2020 9:47 AM