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Bombay high court on Monday allowed all flight operators to allow passengers to occupy middle seats in flights. (AFP Photo)

COVID-19: Philippines to lift travel ban on India, 9 other countries

Passengers coming from these countries shall comply with the appropriate entry, testing, and quarantine protocols

4 Sep 2021 8:28 AM GMT

Japans Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a cabinet meeting at his official residence in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan Prime Minister Suga to step down this month: party

Suga announced his intention to resign at an emergency meeting of senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party

3 Sep 2021 5:18 AM GMT

A Taliban fighter stands on an armoured vehicle with a Taliban flag during a parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. (Photo:AFP)

India: Want Taliban to keep terror off Afghanistan

India said its primary concern was that Afghan soil should not be used for terror against India

2 Sep 2021 7:54 PM GMT

Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. (Photo: AFP)

Taliban set to announce government, Akhundzada to be top leader

Top religious leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada to be Afghanistan's supreme authority

2 Sep 2021 7:34 PM GMT

Taliban fighters stand guard outside the airport after Thursdays deadly attacks, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Taliban seals off Kabul airport, stops people as evacuation process...

US President Joe Biden has warned that another terror attack at Kabul airport is 'highly likely in the next 24-36 hours'

29 Aug 2021 6:37 AM GMT

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

US, Afghan officials: At least 72 killed in airport attack

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday

27 Aug 2021 2:20 AM GMT

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Suicide bombers kill dozens of civilians, 10 U.S. troops at Kabul...

There was no complete death toll of Afghan civilians but video images uploaded by Afghan journalists showed bodies of...

26 Aug 2021 11:17 PM GMT

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State...

The U.S. embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid travelling to the airport

26 Aug 2021 9:10 AM GMT

In this image provided by the Department of Defense, two paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct security while a C-130 Hercules takes off during a evacuation operation in Kabul, Aug. 25, 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

What is the Islamic State threat in Afghanistan?

President Biden said there is 'an acute and growing risk' of an attack at airport by the group's regional chapter -...

26 Aug 2021 5:11 AM GMT

Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1; Taliban mass near Panjshir

The Taliban have pledged amnesty to those who worked with the U.S., NATO and the toppled Afghan govt, but many still...

23 Aug 2021 8:27 AM GMT

The government has ordered around 16 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc vaccines for this year but as yet only around 4 million of them have arrived. (Bloomberg)

Taiwan rolls out first domestic shots to bypass vaccine woes

President Tsai Ing-wen was among the first on Monday to get the vaccine developed by Taipei-based Medigen Vaccine...

23 Aug 2021 6:23 AM GMT

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a mass vaccine for the novel coronavirus may be over a year away. (AP Photo)

Britain to convene G7 meeting on Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on...

22 Aug 2021 7:42 PM GMT