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A visitor (L) given hand sanitizer as he enters the Ryugyong Health Complex in Pyongyang. (AFP)

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North Korea's first coronavirus case tests inconclusive': WHO

The country had declared emergency and locked down its borers after a person was reported to have COVID-19 symptoms

5 Aug 2020 4:46 PM IST

Australian Al Jazeera journalist, reporter/senior producer Drew Ambrose, right, leaves the Bukit Aman police headquarters after being questioned by the Malaysian police over a documentary about the countrys arrests of undocumented migrants, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)

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Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera's office, seize computers

Al Jazeera said the raid was 'an attack on press freedom as a whole' and urged Malaysian authorities to cease the...

5 Aug 2020 10:21 AM IST

Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen speaking at the Taipei Guest House as part of her inauguration for her second term as in office, in Taipei. (AFP)

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US announces 'highest level' visit to Taiwan in decades, likely to...

US remains the leading arms supplier to the island but has historically been cautious in holding official contacts with...

5 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that U.S. has been escalating its actions against Chinese journalists. (AFP Photo)

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China vows to retaliate if Chinese journalists forced to leave US

The U.S. should immediately correct its mistake and stop its actions, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said

4 Aug 2020 4:01 PM IST

$Islamabad high court on Monday ordered the Pakistan government to give \another chance\ to recruit lawyer for former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)$ World

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Pakistan court allows India to recruit lawyer

The court ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to approach India and Jadhav again to make them a part of the hearing

4 Aug 2020 2:58 PM IST

Healthworkers in protective suits join a rally at the University of the Philippines against the 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (AP)

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Philippines returns to strict lockdown as virus surges

Medical groups had warned that the country was waging 'a losing battle' against the coronavirus amid an alarming surge...

3 Aug 2020 1:25 PM IST

Japan has so far escaped the worst of the epidemic, with around 35,200 infections and just over 1,000 deaths since the first case was detected in January. (Representational Image: AFP)

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Japan's Okinawa declares state of emergency after 'explosive spread'...

Japan has so far escaped the worst of the epidemic, with around 35,200 infections and just over 1,000 deaths so far

1 Aug 2020 12:59 PM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong. (AP)

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Hong Kong postpones elections by a year citing coronavirus

This comes as a huge blow to Hong Kong's democracy supporters as China welcomed the move as 'necessary, reasonable and...

31 July 2020 7:04 PM IST

The woman, who is a Singapore citizen, had arrived in Singapore from India on July 17. (Representational Image: AFP)

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India-returned woman tests positive for coronavirus in Singapore

Including four imported cases reported today, Singapore has a total of 51,809 coronavirus recorded till date

30 July 2020 4:23 PM IST

Riot police secure a shopping mall after prostesters gathered to mark one year since a group of white-clad men attacked pro-democracy protesters who were returning home from protests at the nearby Yuen Long train station, in Hong Kong. (AFP)

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Hong Kong police help #HKIndependence trend on Twitter by accident

Hong Kong's Twitter warriors were quick to pounce, many of them mocking the city's police force for helping to make the...

30 July 2020 1:50 PM IST

: Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI Photo

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145 Indian students stranded in Kyrgyzstan return home in AI special...

All 145 passengers instructed to stay in institutional quarantine for next one week in their hometowns as per central...

30 July 2020 11:06 AM IST

Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong. (AFP)

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4 arrested under Hong Kong security law for online posts

China, in justifying the new law, says issues such as separatism are a national security concern and, as such, fall...

30 July 2020 10:15 AM IST