Power was gradually being restored to major cities across Pakistan yesterday after it was hit by a massive electricity blackout, officials said. The

It is the world’s most pressing scientific puzzle, but experts warn there may never be conclusive answers over the source of the coronavirus, after an investigative effort marked from the start by disarray, Chinese secrecy and international rancour.

The US, Britain, Australia and Canada released a statement Saturday underscoring “serious concern” over the mass arrest of Hong Kong democracy figures under a new security law, part of a mounting crackdown by Beijing.

The UK has helped to raise $1 billion for the coronavirus COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) through match-funding other donors, which will help distribute one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 92 developing countries, including Bangladesh, this year.

Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday, the vice president becoming the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was lifting restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s presidency.

“Bye bye family. We’re heading home for now,” Ratih Windania posted on Instagram from Jakarta’s airport with pictures of three laughing children and two emojis blowing kisses.

Britain has now given around 2 million people a Covid-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday ahead of a ramp-up in the roll-out of the shots on Monday.

A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by “three years of supervised release” for his role in trafficking Bangladeshis into the United States via Mexico.

Foreign ministers from the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia condemned last week’s arrest of over 50 democracy activists in Hong Kong in a joint statement on Sunday, calling on China to respect the freedom of the people on the island.

Landslides caused by heavy rain in western Indonesia killed 11 and injured 18, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said on Sunday.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said on Sunday that it was responding with urgency to a breach of one of its data systems.

Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and suspected pieces of the plane were retrieved.

Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on the disputed Himalayan frontier of Ladakh where the world’s two most populous countries fought a

atar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border yesterday, Qatari sources told AFP, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a three and a

Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border yesterday, Qatari sources told AFP, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a three and

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more advanced nuclear weapons and said the United States is “our biggest enemy,” state media said yesterday, presenting a stark challenge to President-elect Joe Biden just days before he takes office.

India yesterday said it will start vaccinating 1.3 billion people from January 16 as the United States logged a record new daily virus caseload and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

The US Justice Department announced Friday that it has charged 15 people involved in the assault on Congress, including one man accused of possessing bombs.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans want Republican President Donald Trump to be immediately removed from office after he encouraged a protest this week that escalated into a deadly riot inside the US Capitol, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.