People lineup for a COVID-19 test in Beijing, China, 09 August, 2022. Chinese authorities have closed Tibet's Potala Palace after COVID-19 cases were detected in Lhasa. Photo: EPA
29 October 2022
Hundreds of people in the Tibetan capital Lhasa have taken to the streets to protest...
The logo and building of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: EPA
29 October 2022
Tuberculosis case numbers increased last year for the first time in more than 20 years,...
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing attends the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 7, 2022. Sergei BOBYLYOV / TASS Host Photo Agency / AFP
29 October 2022
Myanmar's junta has warned a regional bloc working to defuse its political crisis that...
A handout photo made available by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel conducting a rescue operation in the flood-hit town of Parang, Maguindanao, Philippines, 28 October 2022. Photo: EPA
29 October 2022
Landslides and flooding killed at least 42 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm...
People watch the news at a station in Seoul, South Korea, 28 October 2022. Photo: EPA
28 October 2022
The world is holding its breath over the possibility that North Korea might undertake a...
Evangelical Pastor Garry Pang. Photo: Screengrab from YouTube
28 October 2022
A Hong Kong pastor and a housewife were both jailed on Thursday after they were convicted...
In this picture taken on March 22, 2022, a doctor goes through medical files at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic, which treats people with drug-resistant tuberculosis, in Mumbai. Photo: AFP
28 October 2022
Tuberculosis case numbers increased last year for the first time in more than 20 years,...
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks during a press briefing in Taipei, Taiwan, 26 August 2022. Photo: EPA
27 October 2022
Beijing will step up efforts to pick off Taiwan's last remaining allies after Xi Jinping...
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink speaks at a hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. The hearing was held for the committee to examine US Policy on Taiwan and the future of the country's diplomatic relationship. Photo: AFP
27 October 2022
The United States urged strong action on Myanmar as Southeast Asian ministers prepared to...
Jimmy Lai (2-R), 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
27 October 2022
The United States on Wednesday slammed the fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon...
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews gives a press conference during the 51th Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 22. Photo: AFP
27 October 2022
The international community has failed the people of Myanmar since a military junta took...
A handout photo made available by the Indonesian Ministry for Foreign Affair shows Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (3-L) and Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (2-R) attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' special meeting at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 October 2022. Photo: EPA
27 October 2022
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting today (...

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