BEIJING: China passed a law Saturday to limit the pressure on children from homework and after-school tutoring, state media said, as the country reforms...
KABUL: A roadside bombing targeting a Taliban vehicle in eastern Afghanistan killed at least two civilians on Saturday, including a child, Taliban and health...
WASHINGTON: China has been an aggressor against India along the Himalayan border, a top American diplomat nominated by President Joe Biden as his next...
New York: Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the January 6 Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump...
Washington: US President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Donald Armin Blome as his next envoy to Pakistan, the White House has announced.
Blome,...
DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed her home minister to initiate immediate action against those who incited violence using religion as...
ORANGS: Bill Clinton is doing fine and will be released soon from a Southern California hospital where he's being treated for an infection, President...
Washington: The head of the US International Development Finance Corporation would be visiting India later this month as part of the Quad's efforts to...
KABUL: Suicide bombers assaulted a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday prayers, killing at least 37 people...
WASHINGTON: The White House will announce on Friday it will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals from more than 30 countries, effective...
BEIJING: China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned against what it called possible "political manipulation" of a renewed probe by the World Health Organization into...
BANGKOK: After sending a record number of military aircraft to harass Taiwan over China's National Day holiday, Beijing has toned down the saber rattling...
Existing drugs used to treat diabetes, obesity and ageing can potentially be used to treat COVID-19, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education...
Noting that the Covid pandemic has severely affected the mental health of children, healthcare experts have said that anxiety of socialisation can be a...
Two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are 90 percent effective against hospitalisation from the disease for all variants, including Delta, for at least...
Only 7 percent of Indian adults are currently hesitant to get inoculated against COVID-19, the lowest vaccine hesitancy level in the country so far,...
Convalescent plasma therapy is "futile" as a treatment for most critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a study published on Tuesday. The findings, published...
MOSCOW: Russia will invite the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan scheduled for October 20 in Moscow, the Kremlin's envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov,...
Washington, Two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are 90 per cent effective against hospitalisation from the disease for all variants, including Delta, for...
One in seven cancer patients around the world missed out on potentially life-saving operations during COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a study that used data...
Drug firm Cadila Healthcare on Tuesday said it has received permission from the Indian drug regulator for conducting phase III trials for its two-dose...