Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing... Read More

Fans can start registering to buy Qatar World Cup tickets on Wednesday with prices for visitors starting at around $70, one-third cheaper than the tournament... Read More

India has reported new coronavirus infections at an eight-month high as a government scientist warns it will take weeks before data on hospitalisations... Read More

It may take as much as two weeks to fully restore communications in Tonga after a massive volcanic blast that triggered a tsunami.Some of the islands'... Read More

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Wednesday in Ukraine in a show of support as fears grow of a Russian invasion, according to an AFP correspondent... Read More

Authorities in Hong Kong have swooped in on a pet shop, seizing a number of hamsters to be euthanised following a Covid outbreak.Crowds gathered outside... Read More

Two earthquakes struck a remote, mountainous area of western Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said on... Read More

Indonesia has named its new capital Nusantara, as lawmakers approve the shift from Jakarta to Kalimantan -- a jungle-covered area on the east of Borneo... Read More

Ash cloaking a runway has hampered relief efforts to Tonga, as the scale of the damage from a volcanic eruption and a tsunami becomes clear.New Zealand... Read More

The Indonesian parliament passed a Bill on the country’s planned new capital in eastern Kalimantan on Tuesday (Jan 18).This means that the construction... Read More

Forty-three migrants including three infants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco, Spanish organisation Caminando... Read More

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi insurgents said Monday it had launched air strikes targeting the rebel-held capital Sanaa following a deadly... Read More

There are reports of ‘significant damage’ in parts of the Pacific island nation of Tonga following Saturday’s massive volcanic eruption... Read More

According to news agencies, the drone attack targeting an oil facility in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) killed three people. The attack... Read More

At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said.The victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed... Read More

Three fuel trucks exploded and a fire broke out near Abu Dhabi airport on Monday in what Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said was an attack deep inside... Read More

Nepal has started administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to front-line workers as infections surge in the country.Patan Academy of Health... Read More

Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on Monday, requiring travellers to report their... Read More

Mainland China's birth rate dropped to a record low of 7.52 per 1,000 people in 2021, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday, accelerating... Read More

North Korea has fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in its fourth weapons test this month, South Korea’s military said,... Read More