Yangon, April 1 (AP) Opponents of Myanmar's military government declared the country's 2008 constitution void and put forward an interim replacement charter late Wednesday in a major political challenge
Hong Kong, April 1 (AP) Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates were convicted Thursday on charges of organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that tr
Kathmandu, March 31 (IANS): Nepal has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to provide Covid-19 jabs to refugees through its national vaccination rollout.
According to the UN refugee agency in
Kiev, March 31 (IANS): Ukraine's Health Ministry received 689 reports of side effects after vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine during the first month of the vaccination program, authorities have said
Suva, March 31 (IANS): China on Tuesday donated 1 million Fijian dollars (about $490,000) to Fiji to support the island nation's reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the tropical cyclones Yasa and Ana
Seoul, March 31 (IANS): South Korea's corporate watchdog said on Wednesday that it has decided to refer the local unit of Apple and one of its executives to the prosecution for impeding the regulator's
YANGON, Myanmar, March 31 (AP) — Kachin guerrillas attacked a police outpost in northern Myanmar early Wednesday, local media reported, in an indication of the deepening involvement of ethnic minorit
Beijing, March 31 (IANS): China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 6.45 a.m. on Wednesday (Beijing time).
The satellite, Gaofen-1
Guangzhou, March 31 (IANS): Chinese researchers have developed a set of equipment that could inactivate coronavirus with electron beam irradiation.
The technology has passed an expert panel review and is set
Mae Sam Laep (Thailand), March 30 (AP) Violence in eastern Myanmar, including air raids that drove thousands of members of the Karen ethnic minority to seek shelter across the border in Thailand, deepened Tuesd
Dar es Salaam, March 30 (IANS): At least 45 people died in a stampede that occurred at a stadium in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam during a mourning for late President John Magufuli, local medi
Tokyo, March 30 (IANS): Japan's Health Ministry is trying to contain a scandal that irked the country after it came to light that its officials violated coronavirus regulations with an extended dinner in To
Kabul, March 30 (IANS): Three members of a polio vaccination team were killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistans Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday.
Provincial police chief Jumagul Hemat to
Brussels, March 30 (IANS): Twenty-five world leaders have supported a proposal from European Council President Charles Michel to draw up a new international treaty on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the Co
Maputo, March 30 (IANS): Ongoing clashes in Mozambique between members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group and security forces continued for the seventh day on Tuesday after the insurgents took a strategic c
Washington, March 30 (IANS): A US envoy warned that the Islamic State (IS) terror group still remains a significant security threat in Syria, Iraq and beyond, including Europe and North America.
In a stateme
Paris, March 30 (IANS): France has reopened its embassy in Libya after seven years, with the diplomatic representation tweeting "back to work".
Monday's reopening comes a week after President E
Washington, March 30 (AP) The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is restored in the Southeast Asian country after a February 1 coup followed by a violent c
Washington, Mar 29 (AP): The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is brought back to the Southeast Asian country after a bloody February 1 coup.
The milit
Washington, March 29 (IANS): A helicopter crash in the area of Knik Glacier in the US state of Alaska, has left five dead and one seriously injured, Alaska State Troopers said.
A team from Alaska Rescue Coor