BEIJING: China, which is actively pursuing vaccine diplomacy, said on Monday that it is "supportive" of India and South Africa's proposal for a temporary...
NEW YORK: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that once the devastating COVID-19 outbreak in India recedes, the Serum Institute of India will...
Kabul: He served as an interpreter alongside US soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter...
Beijing: China has said the “hasty” withdrawal of the US troops from war-torn Afghanistan has severely affected the peace process and the regional stability...
BEIJING: Chinese demographers say India will become the world's most populous country earlier than the United Nations' projection of 2027, surpassing China where a...
WASHINGTON: India made the "incorrect assumption" that it was finished with the COVID-19 pandemic and opened up prematurely that has left the country in...
DHAKA: China has warned Bangladesh against joining the US-led Quad alliance, saying that Dhaka's participation in the anti-Beijing "club" would result in "substantial damage"...
GENEVA: A Covid-19 variant spreading in India, which is facing an explosive outbreak, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being...
Reports suggest China probed weaponising coronaviruses five years before COVID-19 pandemic
London/Melbourne: Chinese military scientists allegedly investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic...
BEIJING: A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency...
Brussels: The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for...
LONDON: The world's largest cargo plane left Belfast in Northern Ireland, carrying three 18-tonne oxygen generators and 1,000 ventilators as part of the UK's...
NEW DELHI: The new coronavirus will no longer be circulating in Britain by August, the government's departing vaccine taskforce chief Clive Dix told the...
LONDON: India's relationship with China is going through a "very difficult phase" but recent discussions have yielded positive results in terms of easing the...
Geneva: Ambassadors from World Trade Organisation countries on Wednesday resumed discussions on trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines amid growing pressure...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homes as fierce fighting erupted between government forces and the
Taliban in a southern province...
WASHINGTON: Terming the situation in India "very desperate", America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has suggested the government marshal all its resources,...
NEW YORK: COVAX, the global alliance to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, urgently needs 20 million doses to cover interruptions in supply triggered...
UNITED NATIONS: The UN team in India is supporting authorities to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including combating misinformation, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General...
STOCKHOLM: Sweden plans to donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to India via the UN-backed COVAX, an initiative devised to give countries access...
KANDAHAR: As the US military began formally withdrawing from Afghanistan on Saturday, some residents in Kandahar -- the former bastion of the Taliban --...
BEIJING: China's Shandong aircraft carrier group has recently conducted routine annual exercises in the South China Sea, the People's Liberation Army said Sunday, after...