An Indian woman wait to give swab samples for coronavirus COVID-19 Rapid Antigen detection testing in a mobile testing clinic in New Delhi, India, 11 August 2020. Photo: EPA
12 August 2020
India's official coronavirus case tally hit two million on Friday, doubling in three...
CoronaVac is already being tested on 9,000 health workers in Brazil. Photo: AFP
11 August 2020
Indonesia on Tuesday launched human trials of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine with...
Jimmy Lai (C), media tycoon and founder of Apple Daily, is escorted by police after he was arrested at his home in Hong Kong, China, 10 August 2020.  Photo: EPA
11 August 2020
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested Monday and led in handcuffs...
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash into the air during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 10 August 2020. Photo: EPA
10 August 2020
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, belching a massive column of ash and smoke 5,...
(File) Sri Lankan General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara looks on at the Rukmalgama Temple in Rukmalgama, about 20 kms from Colombo on May 23, 2019. Photo: AFP
10 August 2020
A radical Buddhist monk accused of instigating hate crimes against Muslims has won a seat...
The headquarters of scandal-hit German payments provider Wirecard in Aschheim, near Munich (Photo: AFP)
10 August 2020
A company director has been charged in Singapore with falsifying letters linked to...
A view of the wreckage of the of an Air India Express Boeing 737 after it crashed at Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode, India, 08 August 2020. Photo: EPA
09 August 2020
Indian authorities had practised for years for a jet overshooting the "table-top" runway...
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Photo: EPA
09 August 2020
China on Saturday slammed the United States for imposing "barbarous" sanctions in...
 Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 07 August 2020. Photo: EPA
08 August 2020
Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad, 95, said Friday he was setting up a new political party as...
Sri Lankan security personnel stand guard outside the ballot counting center the day after the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 06 August 2020. Photo: EPA
08 August 2020
Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers secured a two-thirds majority in a parliamentary...
A view of Victoria park as people gather for a candlelit vigil to commemorate the 1989 Beijing Tiananmen Square Massacre anniversary in Hong Kong, China, 04 June 2020. Photo: EPA
07 August 2020
Twenty-five Hong Kong democracy activists were charged Thursday with taking part in a...
Indonesia's economy has been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic (AFP Photo/BAY ISMOYO)
05 August 2020
Indonesia's coronavirus-hit economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time...

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