NAIROBI: Women and children fell to the ground, bloodied and trampled in a desperate surge for food being handed out...
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NEW DELHI: India's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime...
VIENNA: Thousands of shops across Austria will reopen on Tuesday (Apr 14) as it becomes one of the first countries...
SINGAPORE: After being at home for over 70 days, residents in Wuhan, the initial epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, are...
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (Apr 13) announced he was extending a virtual lockdown to curb the cornavirus...
LONDON: The British government warned on Monday (Apr 13) it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as...
NEW DELHI: Key industries are warning of social unrest unless India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes concessions when he announces any...
World Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed a solo Easter concert from an empty Milan Cathedral streamed live to millions of...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis prayed for tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims in an unprecedented livestream Easter Sunday (Apr 12)...
REUTERS: Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the US toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 21,300 deaths and more than...
Asia Myanmar's New Year festival of Thingyan is the country's biggest public holiday - normally a week of nation-wide celebration and...
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday (Apr 12) announced a relief package worth about US$1.7 billion to help farmers struggling because of...
NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend the world's biggest pandemic lockdown for two weeks, state ministers...
DHAKA: In South Asia's latest moves to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh has extended its nationwide lockdown by 11 days...