Vietnam deploys armed forces to enforce total shutdown of Ho Chi Minh City & deliver food to many of its 13mn locked-down citizens
Vietnamese authorities have dispatched the armed forces to enforce the strict lockdown in Ho Chi…More
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Taliban says any attempt to extend foreign troops evacuation deadline beyond August 31 is clear violation
A Taliban spokesperson has dismissed the UK’s call to extend the August 31 deadline for…More
Iran prepared to send more fuel to Lebanon as Tehran can’t watch Lebanese people ‘suffer’
The Iranian government has spoken of its willingness to send more fuel to economically crippled…More
Evacuation launched after Greece’s Evia island is hit by second wildfire in two weeks
Some 46 firefighters have been deployed to the Greek island of Evia after a wildfire…More
Taiwan’s president gets first shot of homemade Covid-19 vaccine amid concerns over its rushed approval
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has been leading by example and got the first shot of…More
North Korea claims it’s developed its own PCR equipment to test for Covid as it continues to report zero-case tally
North Korea has developed its own polymerase chain reaction (PCR) equipment to test its population…More
China brings latest Covid outbreak under control, no new local infections for first time since July
Chinese health authorities have reported no new local Covid-19 infections for the first time since…More
US, German forces engage in gunfight with ‘unknown assailants’ at Kabul airport – Bundeswehr
At least one member of the Afghan security forces guarding Kabul’s airport has been killed…More
New Zealand extends nationwide lockdown as Covid outbreak tops 100 cases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended the nationwide lockdown until midnight Friday, after the country…More
‘Better to die with dignity, under Taliban’s bullet’: Afghan staff of US embassy feel betrayed after failed evacuation – reports
Afghan staffers of the abandoned US embassy in Kabul are reportedly losing faith in American…More