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New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a relief package worth more than $250 billion (INR 20 trillion) to help revitalise his...

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

CAPE TOWN: South Africa on Tuesday reported 698 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the highest surge in a 24-hour cycle since the country reported its first case in...

NEW DELHI: The passenger train service resumed partially in India Tuesday after 51 days, officials said. The services will resume initially with 15 pairs...

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...

BRUSSELS: France and Spain on Monday cautiously joined the ranks of European nations loosening coronavirus restrictions, while the fear of a second-wave...

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

PARIS: The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in France rose by 70 to 26,380, the lowest daily toll in nearly two months, while the number of patients...

NEW DELHI: India's federal health ministry Monday morning said 97 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 4,213 positive cases, were reported since...