A COVID-19 vaccine developed by a unit of China's Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products largely retained its neutralising effect against the Delta variant but there was...

China's foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong said new US sanctions on Chinese officials and its updated business advisory on the city are "extremely rude"...

Indonesia is bracing for its COVID-19 outbreak to get worse after a near vertical climb in cases, a senior minister said on Thursday (Jul 15),...

AstraZeneca has asked Thailand to extend the timeline for the delivery of 61 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by five months, a deputy minister...

South Korea reported 1,600 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday (Jul 15), a slight drop from the record number the previous day, as it battles to...

Three more Thai islands opened to vaccinated foreign tourists on Thursday (Jul 15) despite a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant.The...

Japan's economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, tasked with leading the government's COVID-19 pandemic response, defended his job on Wednesday (Jul 14) after criticism of his handling...

A total of 204 workers at a vaccination centre in the Malaysian state of Selangor have tested positive for COVID-19, Malaysia's national coordinating minister for...

Over the last year, a Malaysian health ministry contract doctor, who wanted to be identified only as Dr Yeo, spent most of his working hours...

Malaysia reported a record 11,079 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (Jul 13), a sharp increase from already high infection levels in the past week.  This is...

The United States has "deep concerns" about the situation in Myanmar following February's coup, and is urging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to...

At least 70 people were killed in lightning strikes in several Indian states on Sunday as massive thunderstorms battered parts of the country ahead of...

Malaysia reported 8,574 new COVID-19 cases on Monday (Jul 12), a slight decrease from the record numbers registered in the past days.More than half the...

More than 10 million people were placed under fresh COVID-19 restrictions and a curfew in the Thai capital Monday (Jul 12), as the country battled...

As the Taliban and government battle for control of Afghanistan, residents of areas seized recently by the insurgents are already experiencing life under the repressive...

South Korea reported 1,150 new coronavirus cases for Monday (Jul 12), the day it implemented the toughest curbs it can apply on residents and business...

The Biden administration on Sunday (Jul 11) upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea.The administration...

Singapore has sent a second shipment of emergency oxygen supplies and equipment to Indonesia amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. A Republic of Singapore Navy ship,...

Taiwan's Foxconn and TSMC said on Monday (Jul 12) they had reached deals to buy 10 million doses of Germany's BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, putting the...

South Korea reported 1,100 new coronavirus cases for Sunday (Jul 11), the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday, as the country's...

South Korea reported 1,324 new coronavirus cases as of midnight on Saturday (Jul 10), the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday.The...

A Taliban official said on Friday that the insurgents have seized of 85 per cent of territory in Afghanistan.This claim was dismissed by experts, even...

An upsurge in new coronavirus variants and poor access to vaccines in developing countries threaten the global economic recovery, finance ministers of the world's 20...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to bring their relations to a "new stage" as the two countries...

South Korea posted its highest-ever number of new daily COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said...

China's Communist Party has abandoned its tradition of working from the shadows in Hong Kong as authorities pursue a sweeping crackdown on critics and remould...

Pakistan's top body overseeing the pandemic response recommended on Friday (Jul 9) that anyone who did not hold a COVID-19 vaccination certificate should not be...

Bangkok and nine provinces will go into lockdown from Monday (Jul 12) as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Thailand, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation...

Myanmar authorities announced stay-at-home measures in parts of commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday (Jul 7), as the country reported its highest daily coronavirus caseload in...

Nine million people in Ho Chi Minh City have been ordered into lockdown, state media said Wednesday (Jul 7), as the commercial hub struggles to...

Thailand’s popular resort island Phuket reported its first COVID-19 case from overseas on Wednesday (Jul 7) after reopening to international tourism last week.The patient is...

South Korea on Thursday (Jul 8) reported its highest ever one-day number of new COVID-19 infections, as officials consider tightening social distancing restrictions.The 1,275 cases...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (Jul 6) urged political parties worldwide to oppose any country that engages in "technology blockades", an allusion to the...

The United Nations rights chief warned on Tuesday (Jul 6) that the dire situation in Myanmar since its February coup was driving the country towards...

South Korea reported more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count since late December, Prime Minister Kim Boo-yum...

The Philippines will send black boxes of a Lockheed C-130 aircraft that crashed at the weekend to the United States to seek expert help in...

Russia strongly supports the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) five-point position on resolving the crisis in Myanmar and conveyed a similar message to the...

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi seemed in good health as she appeared in court Monday (Jul 5), her lawyer said, as her trial...

A special parliament meeting will be held from Jul 26 to pave the way for a hybrid parliament sitting, Malaysia's Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. In...

Rescuers were holding out hope of finding at least 64 people buried under the mud and wreckage of a Japanese holiday city that was hit...

Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military government at a town in the centre...

Indonesia has ordered oxygen makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from COVID-19 patients, the government said on Sunday (Jul 4), following more than...

A massive explosion at a factory on the outskirts of Bangkok early on Monday (Jul 5) shook an airport terminal serving Thailand's capital, injured at...

Japanese rescuers combed through crumbled houses and buried roads on Monday (Jul 5), two days after landslides tore through a resort town, fighting time and...

Rescuers in a Japanese town hit by a deadly landslide climbed onto cracked roofs and searched cars thrown onto engulfed buildings on Sunday (Jul 4),...

One million donated doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech will arrive in Malaysia on Monday (Jul 5), White House officials said,...

COVID-19 restrictions will be eased in five Malaysian states on Jul 5, as they transition into phase 2 of the national recovery plan, said Senior...

India's official death toll from the coronavirus topped 400,000 on Friday (Jul 2), though experts say the actual number of dead could have reached 1...

The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee will resume work later this month on Democratic-led legislation intended to boost competitiveness with China and push...

A US judge on Friday (Jul 2) said a South Korean man wanted on embezzlement charges related to a 2014 ferry sinking that killed 304 people,...

The United States will ship 4 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia as it battles a coronavirus outbreak, the US national security adviser...

Police were out in force across Hong Kong on Thursday (Jul 1), ready to stamp down on any sign of dissent as China's Communist Party...

Indonesian president Joko Widodo said on Thursday (Jul 1) that tougher social restrictions would be in place from Jul 3 until Jul 20 to stem...

Myanmar authorities released more than 2,000 anti-coup protesters from prisons across the country on Wednesday (Jun 30), including local journalists jailed after reporting critically on...

Thailand on Thursday (Jul 1) reported a daily record of 57 deaths from the coronavirus, the second day in a row of record-high fatalities as...

Hong Kong authorities have arrested 117 people under a national security law imposed one year ago, charging more than 60, mostly democratic politicians, activists, journalists...

China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday (Jun 30) by the World Health Organization (WHO) following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un replaced several senior officials after a "grave incident" in the country's efforts to defend itself against the coronavirus pandemic,...

Indonesian rescuers were searching for 11 people still missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Bali in rough seas, killing at least...

Indonesia's government will wait until COVID-19 cases fall significantly before opening Bali to foreign tourists, the country's tourism minister said in an interview.The coronavirus pandemic...

President Rodrigo Duterte has prolonged restrictions on movement and businesses in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces until mid-July, and retained stricter COVID-19 curbs in...

A further 410,000 doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Taiwan on Wednesday, Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen said on Tuesday...

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled a new economic stimulus package worth RM150 billion (US$36.2 billion) on Monday (Jun 28), in an attempt to mitigate...

Singapore and Malaysian police have jointly dismantled a transnational Internet love scam syndicate based in Malaysia, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Sunday (Jun...

The US territory of Guam will offer visitors a COVID-19 vaccine with their tropical holiday in a bid to restart its struggling tourism industry. Dubbed "Air...

Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh's capital on Sunday (Jun 27) on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic...

Behind roadblocks and hundreds of police in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Friday (Jun 25), fireworks resembling the national flag bloomed over the city...

Indonesia and America have broken ground on a new US$3.5 million maritime training centre in the strategic area of Batam, in the Riau Islands, Indonesia's...

Philippine former president Benigno Aquino was laid to rest in a Manila cemetery on Saturday (Jun 26) beside his parents, two of the country's democracy...

Taiwan reported its first domestically transmitted case of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus on Saturday (Jun 26), tightening controls in a southern...

Indonesia recorded its biggest daily upsurge in COVID-19 cases on Saturday (Jun 26) with 21,095 cases, taking the national tally to 2,093,962, according to data...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China remains deeply committed to US peacekeeping efforts, where a lot more than 2,400 Chinese troops and police are serving...

China on Friday (Jun 25) approved the promotion of Hong Kong's security secretary John Lee to chief secretary, while police chief Chris Tang will take...

Scientists announced on Friday (Jun 25) that a skull learned in northeast China represents a newly learned human species they have named Homo longi, or...

A mammoth trek across southern China by a herd of elephants which has captivated the world with their playful antics has thrown a spotlight on...

Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar said on Wednesday (Jun 23) that he has given consent for the state assembly to reconvene on Aug 12.A statement...

Hong Kongers queued Thursday (Jun 24) for the ultimate edition of the city's beloved pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily after it had been forced to close...

In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the US evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission and were at risk...

India on Tuesday (Jun 22) declared a fresh coronavirus variant to be of concern, and said practically two dozen cases have been detected in three...

The first trial under Hong Kong's new national security law commences on Wednesday (Jun 23) with out a jury, a landmark moment for the financial...

India reported on Wednesday (Jun 23) 50,848 new COVID-19 infections over the past a day, health ministry data showed.The nation's total infections now stand at...

Hong Kong police arrested on Wednesday (Jun 23) a columnist of Apple Daily newspaper on suspicion of conspiring to collude with a foreign country or...

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a junta court again Tuesday (Jun 22) on trial for sedition and for flouting COVID-19 restrictions...

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (Jun 21) thanked her supporters for defying the junta to celebrate her 76th birthday with flower...

An elephant broke right into a house in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin in the first hours of Sunday (Jun 20), which consists...

A Cambodian court has charged four environmental activists with insulting the king and plotting against the federal government, an official said on Monday (Jun 21),...

Thousands of Japanese companies commenced distributing COVID-19 vaccines to employees and their own families on Monday (Jun 21) within an employer-led drive reaching a lot...

Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani and the top of the country's peace process will meet US President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday (Jun...

The United States' new top envoy for North Korea said on Monday (Jun 21) he looks forward to a "positive response soon" on dialogue from...

India exposed free vaccinations to all or any adults so that they can bolster its inoculation drive on Monday (Jun 21), as Prime Minister Narendra...

Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut "in just a matter of days" after authorities froze the company's assets under a...

The US representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire while transporting chemicals off the administrative centre Colombo has...

An Indonesian fugitive on Interpol's red notice list was repatriated from Singapore to his home country on Saturday (Jun 19).Adelin Lis has been wanted in...

Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday (Jun 19) rejected a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an arms embargo against the Southeast Asian nation and condemning...

Taiwanese staff working at the island's representative office in Hong Kong will start leaving the Chinese-run city from Sunday (Jun 20), a senior official said,...

India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines, wants to resume exports of coronavirus jabs but cannot do so until its domestic needs are met, the...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reinforced the ruling Workers' Party discipline and appointed new members of its powerful politburo, state media KCNA reported...

Two executives from Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper appeared in court on Saturday (Jun 19) on charges of collusion and were denied bail after authorities...

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers within their hair on Saturday (Jun 19) to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi,...

A goalkeeper from Myanmar's national team who raised an anti-coup salute throughout a match outside Tokyo has refused to fly home and can seek asylum...

Japan said on Thursday (Jun 17) it'll make a vaccine passport available from next month for Japanese travellers, as governments all over the world experiment...

The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off on Thursday (Jun 17) for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark part...

A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the US should be the priority within the next phase of investigations in to the origin of COVID-19 after a...

Vietnam has imposed an anti-dumping levy of 47.64 % on some sugar products from Thailand for five years to displace a short-term tax introduced in...

China will not tolerate foreign forces intervening in Taiwan issues and must make strong responses to such acts of "collusion", the federal government said on...

South Korean authorities are failing to properly tackle the country's widespread digital sex crimes against women, which have a devastating effect on victims, a Human...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country's economy improved this season but called for measures to tackle the "tense" food situation due...

The Russian skipper of a container ship that caught fire and burned for almost two weeks before sinking off Sri Lanka's coast has been arrested...

A huge red banner welcomed a lot more than 11,000 students in Wuhan for a massive graduation ceremony more than a year after metropolis was...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will "never cooperate" with an International Criminal Court probe in to the country's deadly drug war, his spokesman said on Tuesday...

The UN improperly collected and shared data from more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, passing it on to Myanmar, the country they fled, Human...

An Indonesian city is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to its people with an evergrowing fleet of inoculation buses, as the country faces a spike in infections...

Since his son was identified as having HIV during a mass outbreak in Pakistan among babies and children, hard-up Shahzado Shar has often been forced...

Malaysia-born science journalist Ed Yong has won a Pulitzer Prize for his explanatory reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.Yong, who is located in Washington, DC, is...

Myanmar's junta-controlled media on Monday (Jun 14) accused an ethnic armed group of killing 25 construction workers in the east of the united states after...

South Korea will exempt some travellers who've received their COVID-19 vaccine shots overseas from its mandatory two-week quarantine starting Jul 1, health authorities said on...

At least 12 people were killed and practically 140 others injured whenever a gas line explosion ripped through a residential compound in central China's Hubei...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was place to depart Friday (Jun 11) for the Band of Seven summit on Britain where talk of countering China...

Indonesia is preparing to receive a large number of deportees from Malaysia, a good government official said on Friday (Jun 11), amid a crackdown there...

The United Nations rights chief said on Friday (Jun 11) that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a "human...

Indian start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its economical COVID-19 residence test kit - the country's first - will help the massive South Asian nation...

The quantity of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia returned to above the 6,000 mark on Wednesday (Jun 9), said Malaysia’s health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah.The...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said found on Wednesday (Jun 9) following a royal audience that he has pleaded for the king never to extend...

South Korea is considering strategies to vaccinate workers at key businesses including chip and consumer electronics firms to avoid disruptions to production, an official at...

Police found in China arrested a lot more than 1,100 persons suspected of using cryptocurrencies to launder against the law proceeds from telephone and Internet...

As an express coach hurtled through farmland in Pakistan and smashed in to the carriages of another program that had derailed a few minutes earlier,...

Japan is leaning towards allowing household spectators in the Tokyo Olympics despite the COVID-19 pandemic, press reported on Wednesday (Jun 9), with organisers planning to...

The United States will target China with a fresh "strike force" to combat unfair trade practices, the Biden administration said on Tuesday, since it rolled...

Ninety-8 crewmen of the Royal Malaysian Navy ship KD Mahawangsa own tried positive for COVID-19, Malaysia's Ministry of Defence confirmed on Tuesday (Jun 8).Senior Minister...

Norman Riaz was first lying on his bunkbed aboard the Millat Exhibit and using his mobile phone since it sped through the Pakistan countryside just...

South Korea injected 857,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday Jun 7), setting a daily record found in its inoculation drive that took its vaccination fee...

The “very slow” progress being made to resolve the ongoing crisis in Myanmar is disappointing, said Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Mon (Jun...

Hong Kong will continue steadily to invite overseas judges to its courts and the city's legal system is always "hard as a rock", LEADER Carrie...

Japanese automaker Toyota has already reached a settlement with the category of an engineer whose suicide was ruled a job-related death due to harassment from...

All foreign staff at a plant of important Taiwanese chip packager King Yuan Electronic devices in Taiwan's northern city of Miaoli will be quarantined as...

Malaysia reported 6,241 new COVID-19 instances on Sunday (Jun 6) due to the number of patients found in the intensive care unit hit an archive...

A dark box from a container ship sinking off Sri Lanka was recovered but a dive on Sunday (Jun 6) to check for oil leaks...

Taiwan on Sunday (Jun 6) lifted it has the toughest water constraints for three parts of the island that had seen items cut for two...

Thailand is concerned at the violence in lots of elements of Myanmar and really wants to see the execution of measures agreed by Southeast Asian...

A lot more than 7,000 dosages of COVID-19 vaccine have already been removed in Japan due to mishandling, the Yomiuri newspaper said along Sunday (Jun...

All schools on Malaysia will perform home-based teaching and learning for the new school term start mid-June.In a press meeting on Sunday (Jun 6), Minister...

China on Saturday (Jun 5) berated the US and EU consulates found in Hong Kong for displaying candles to commemorate the June Tiananmen crackdown, slamming...

When health employee Neelam Kumari knocks in doorways in Indian villages the occupants quite often run out the trunk, terrified that she really wants to...

Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations held talks with Myanmar's junta on Friday (Jun 4), using its top standard reiterating he'd only allow...

China has approved crisis utilization of Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine in persons aged between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state Television set...

An associate of the Southern Korean air force has been arrested on charges of sexually harassing and injuring a female colleague, which resulted in her...

Hong Kongers are seeking innovative ways to commemorate the victims of China's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown after authorities banned an twelve-monthly vigil and vowed to...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to call simple election after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Game titles, a media report said, showing his...

India's government said on Thursday (Jun 3) it offers inked a deal with household vaccine maker Biological-E for 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for 15...

Hong Kong's June 4th Museum, focused on commemorating the victims of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, said on Wednesday (Jun...