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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Monday, July 20, 2020. The rocket is carrying ANASIS II, a national security satellite for South Korea. (AP)

South Korea's first-ever military satellite launched

The ANASIS-II is intended to enhance the South's ability to defend itself against the nuclear-armed North Korea, which...

21 July 2020 12:41 PM IST

People wearing face masks walk in a street near the Tokyo Tower. (AFP)

Kissing etiquette: Japan nightlife sets its virus rules

Strategic testing in nightlife districts of Tokyo has revealed rising cases of coronavirus, predominantly among people...

20 July 2020 6:55 PM IST

Taiwans AH-1W attack helicopters launch flares during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP)

Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat

The live-fire demonstrations were largely held to exhibit Taiwan's ability to defend in case of any Chinese invasion

16 July 2020 2:00 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Mongolian teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected marmot

The bubonic plague, known as 'Black Death' in the Middle Ages, is a highly infectious and often fatal disease spread...

16 July 2020 8:38 AM IST

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks during a press conference at the Metropolitan Government Office Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Tokyo.(AP)

Tokyo's coronavirus resurgence alerts health experts

The resurgence of the virus in Tokyo could add to the growing pressure on policymakers to shore up the world's No.3...

15 July 2020 3:48 PM IST

Pedestrians walk past a government public notice banner for the National Security Law in Hong Kong. (AFP)

China vows retaliation after Trump ends preferential status for Hong...

'Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs and no foreign country has the right to interfere,' China's...

15 July 2020 12:35 PM IST

Image shows (back row L to R) Agnes Chow, Anthony Wong, Tiffany Yuen, Denise Ho, Lester Shum, (front row L to R) Eddie Chu, Joshua Wong and Gregory Wong posing while campaigning during a primary election in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Young activists, localists top Hong Kong's unofficial pro-democracy...

Leader Carrie Lam warned that the election could be considered subverting state power under the city's new national...

15 July 2020 11:41 AM IST

Merlion park in Singapore. (AFP)

Singapore deports 10 Indians, bars their re-entry for violating...

The Indian nationals, holding student or work passes, were caught having a social gathering at a rented apartment on May...

13 July 2020 4:12 PM IST

A Mumbai Municipal Corp. worker fumigates a street in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. While 2019 was the worst year on record for global dengue cases, experts fear an even bigger surge is possible because their efforts to combat it were hampered by restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Dengue prevention efforts worldwide stifled by coronavirus pandemic

With healthcare systems crumbling in countries around the world, experts say they aren't sure how world would be able to...

13 July 2020 9:36 AM IST

Health workers conduct a swab test on civilians, some of 28 living in the compounds of the Indonesian armys Officer Candidate School in Bandung.(AFP)

Indonesia military academy hit by virus outbreak

Of the 1,280 confirmed infections, 991 were cadets and the rest were staff and their family members

12 July 2020 6:12 PM IST

People queue up to vote in Hong Kong Saturday, July 11, 2020, in an unofficial primary for pro-democracy candidates ahead of legislative elections in September. (AP)

Hong Kongers pour in to vote in unofficial election held by...

The pro-democracy elections were held despite government warnings that it may be in breach of new security law imposed...

12 July 2020 2:07 PM IST

Participants wave British and U.S. flags during a rally demanding electoral democracy and call for boycott of the Chinese Communist Party and all businesses seen to support it in Hong Kong. (AP)

UK and China fight over Hong Kong security law

Britain's decision to offer refuge to millions in Hong Kong, UK's former colony, was met with a stern telling-off by...

12 July 2020 1:00 PM IST