Asia

India's Parliament announced late on Tuesday that a government bill likely to ban private cryptocurrenciesand create a framework for a central bank-backed...

Peng Shuai, the 35-year-old Chinese tennis professional, said she was "safe and well" following speculation about her apparent disappearance, the...

Canberra : Australia on Monday further relaxed its travel rules as it allows fully vaccinated eligible visa holders to enter the country without the need to...

Singapore: Last week, Singapore added another five countries to their Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme which allows vaccinated leisure travellers to...

Kabul: The UN humanitarians have warned that "Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders whose needs continue to...

Washington: A new report has claimed that a female vendor at the Huanan Market in the Chinese city of Wuhan was the first known case of COVID-19 instead of...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has temporarily suspended its investigation into suspected rights abuses committed under Philippine President Rodrigo...

Beijing: International concern over the disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai grew on Friday, while China continued to deny knowledge of the...

Manila: The Philippine foreign ministry has said that Chinese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannons at boats delivering supplies to Philippine military...

Dhaka: Critics say that the stark increase in poverty in the country is due to a lack of government response to the economic crisis brought by the pandemic...