Asia

JAKARTA: Indonesia has scaled up detection on COVID-19 infections in the country as the number of cases leaped again in the last several days. The daily...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah urged the country's politicians on Monday to work towards stability and to avoid...

SYDNEY: Sydney began to ease some COVID-19 restrictions from Friday, allowing people to go to some beaches, pubs and eateries for recreational activities,...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday the nation should be prepared for a long battle against the coronavirus pandemic, warning that the...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand reported no new case of COVID-19 on Saturday, said a statement of the Ministry of Health, as the country is bracing the first...

Singapore: A Webinar was organized on Thursday jointly by the World Economic Forum – World Health Organization Western Pacific Region which brought key...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's capital Colombo resumed economic activities on Monday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that public and private sector...

MOSCOW: Russia will end its COVID-19-related restrictions nationwide from Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. Putin said he had signed a decree...

BANGKOK: The National Security Council (NSC) told the media on Monday that it is highly likely that Thailand's State of Emergency will end on May...

TOKYO: The Japanese government will decide on Thursday whether it will partially lift the nationwide state of emergency over the COVID-19 for some...