India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced plans for a national campaign to vaccinate children aged 15-18 against the coronavirus.
In a live broadcast, Modi said the vaccine programme would...
Worshippers in the Indian city Hyerabad celebrated Christmas by attending an outdoor midnight Mass on Saturday.
They packed in for the service which was held as new cases of the omicron variant continues to...
Filipino Catholics were relieved to be able to return to churches on Christmas on Saturday as the country celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. In Manila, limited numbers of worshippers were allowed to attend Mass...
A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in southern Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 39 people dead and 72 injured, as passengers jumped off the vessel and swam to the shore, officials said...
Recent flash floods in Malaysia left vulnerable foreign migrant workers feeling shocked and abandoned, Indonesian workers told Friday. Malaysia houses a large number for foreign migrant workers from nearby...
Japan announced on Friday that it decided not to send a government delegation to the Beijing Winter Games.
Instead, Japan Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita and Seiko Hashimoto, President of the...
South Korea says it will grant a special pardon to former President Park Geun-hye, who is serving a lengthy prison term for a series of corruption charges. The Justice Ministry said Friday that Park's pardon...
China on Thursday redoubled efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents in the northern city of Xi'an, following a spike in coronavirus cases.
The measure comes just...
Beijing Winter Olympics organizers "strongly suggest" athletes from abroad should receive COVID-19 booster shots before participating in the games as the new omicron variant takes hold across the world....
Myanmar scheduled to produce COVID-19 vaccine at the end of January by purchasing of Ready to fill Bulk from China. Myanmar and China signed RTF Bulk Purchase Agreement for production of COVID-19 vaccine on...