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In this file photo taken, morning commuters wearing face masks, amidst concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, ride past in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)

Vietnam detects new Indian-UK Covid-19 variant said to be 'very...

The Southeast Asian country had previously detected seven virus variants

30 May 2021 10:25 AM IST

A health worker waits to screen passengers at Incheon international airport. (Photo: File/AFP)

South Koreans no longer need masks outdoors if vaccinated against...

The move is a bid to encourage older residents to get vaccinated

26 May 2021 12:20 PM IST

This handout from the Royal Thai Army taken and released on March 30, 2021 shows an injured Myanmar refugee being transported via an ambulance to a hospital in Mae Sam Lap, after crossing the Salween river from the Myanmar side while fleeing from air strikes in Myanmars eastern Karen state. (Handout / ROYAL THAI ARMY / AFP)

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

Around 3,000 people fled through the jungle to seek safety across the border in Thailand after the weekend strikes

31 March 2021 11:15 AM IST

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last months military coup. (AP)

Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar air strikes

The Security Council is likely to hold closed consultations on the escalating situation in Myanmar, UN diplomats said...

29 March 2021 11:35 AM IST

A police officer stands guard near a church where an explosion went off in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP)

Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people

The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion, police said, just as...

28 March 2021 2:19 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and other dignitaries on his arrival at the National Day programme of Bangladesh, in Dhaka. (PTI)

I was jailed for Bangladesh: Prime Minister Modi

The high-profile visit of PM Modi began on a stormy note, with four supporters of hardline Islamist group...

27 March 2021 9:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Friday, March 26, 2021. (PTI)

PM Modi arrives in Bangladesh on his first foreign trip since COVID-19...

Modi is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus

26 March 2021 12:36 PM IST

An anti-coup protester discharges a fire extinguisher to counter the impact of the tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 8, 2021. Large protests have occurred daily across many cities and towns in Myanmar. (AP)

Myanmar protesters defy curfew; media outlets ordered shut

Large-scale protests have occurred daily in many cities and towns since Myanmar's military seized power

9 March 2021 12:16 PM IST

The budget hike was announced by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the countrys Parliament, the National Peoples Congress. (AP)

China hikes defence budget to USD 209 billion, 6.8 per cent increase

China's annual defence budget maintains a single-digit growth for a sixth consecutive year, state-run Xinhua news agency...

5 March 2021 12:14 PM IST

Anti-coup protesters with makeshift shields stand in Yangon, Myanmar on March 3, 2021. (AP)

UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition

The increasingly deadly violence could galvanise the international community, which has responded fitfully so far

4 March 2021 10:41 AM IST

Buddhist monks lead an anti-coup protest march in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb. 27, 2021. CRPH in the placards stand for Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. (AP)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court after deadly crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to streets regularly over the past month to oppose the coup

1 March 2021 11:31 AM IST

Members of World Health Organization team depart from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital after a field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Saturday, January 30, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan

The highly politicised mission had been beset by delays, with China refusing access until mid-January

30 Jan 2021 12:07 PM IST