The Philippines is planning on testing nearly a tenth of the 109 million population by 2021, its health minister said on Monday. The Health Secretary said in a televised meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte that...
Chinese cinemas are standing by to receive movie goers with all-around epidemic prevention measures in place following the nation's further easing of coronavirus restrictions. The China Film Administration...
Thousands of protesters demanding sweeping political reforms gathered around Bangkok's Democracy Monument on Saturday. Even though epidemic prevention measures are in place, rally leaders say they are not...
People in parts of Bangladesh hit by monsoon rain floods did their best to get on with life in villages as they waited for the water to recede.
Officials said earlier in the week hundreds of thousands of people...
Chinese mainland reported six new imported COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. Of the six imported cases, three were reported in Shanghai Municipality, one in Shanxi...
Singapore plunged into recession in the second quarter as growth fell 41.2 percent quarter-on-quarter with the trade-dependent economy hammered by the coronavirus, preliminary data showed Tuesday. Year-on-year,...
Taliban militants clashed with security forces following a car bomb blast at a government compound in northern Afghanistan on Monday. The attack took place at a government facility in Samangan province's...
A flood-stranded pregnant woman, who was about to go into labor, was rescued from her flooded house in a south China city. The woman in south China's Autonomous Region, on Saturday called her doctors for help...
South Korean capital held a funeral ceremony of late Mayor Park Won-soon on Monday at the city hall. Only about 100 limited people including family members, officials and lawmakers were invited at the funeral due...
State media in China on Friday reported that 140 people have died or are missing amid ongoing flooding. The country's national observatory also issued an alert for more heavy rain in parts of the country...