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The World Health Organization on Monday applauded China's success in combating the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of a national meeting Tuesday morning in Beijing to commend role models in that fight....

Despite continuing run-up in cases, Asia's worst-hit country to relax curbs The ministry said 1,043 deaths were recorded over the latest 24-hour period across the country. Asia's worst-hit country has...

Benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange, KSE-100, is up nearly six percent from the beginning of August. The market has also enjoyed double-digit returns, rising nearly 50 percent after...

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said at a press conference on Friday that he will step down from his post due to health concerns. Abe said that...

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked into a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for what one of his aide's described as a "health checkup" although rumors have been...

RIYADH -- Officials and experts have stressed the deep-rooted China-Saudi Arabia ties at a recent video seminar held by the Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Public Library. Held to mark the...

NEW DELHI－When India banned TikTok, it closed a window to the wider world for legions of women outside the big cities that provided fun, fame and even fortune. TikTok is...

URUMQI－More than 20 years on, 43-year-old Yusup Keyum can recall the overwhelming smell that emanated from the hole in a frozen puddle in his village. "It reeked of rotten leaves...

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Tokyo hit a new daily record with 286 on Thursday, a day after the Japanese capital raised its COVID-19 alert to the highest level. Tokyo Governor...

Japan is considering naming Hideo Tarumi, a veteran diplomat known as a Chinese expert, as its new ambassador to China, local media reported on Wednesday. If he assumes the post,...