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Health workers arrive to collect at a drive-through testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in Islamabad. (AP)

Pakistan-'s virus deaths cross 2,000 mark

Prime Minister Imran Khan says the country is too poor to go into a full lockdown, which he warned would devastate a...

7 Jun 2020 1:40 PM IST

People wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus walk outside of a shopping mall at a pedestran shopping street in Beijing. (AP)

China has 1st non-imported infection in 2 weeks

China says it has largely stopped the spread of the virus at home, though it continues to have occasional localized...

7 Jun 2020 9:47 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI)

Imran Khan gets court notice for defamation filed by Nawaz Sharif-'s...

Khan had alleged that Shahbaz Sharif offered him USD 61 million to withdraw the Panama Papers case in Supreme Court...

6 Jun 2020 1:10 PM IST

Health officials in protective gear take a sample from a man at a screening and testing facility for COVID-19 in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP)

Pakistan reports record single-day spike in coronavirus deaths

Pakistan for the first time conducted over 20,000 tests in the past 24 hours

4 Jun 2020 1:41 PM IST

An employee disinfects and cleans the classroom of a kindergarten in China. (AFP)

Security guard injures Kindergarten students in knife attack in China

Local government in the Guangxi region's Cangwu county said 37 students and two adults suffered injuries of varying...

4 Jun 2020 1:01 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

No need for 'third party' intervention at Sino-China border: China

Chinese foreign ministry asserts that China's position on the border issue with India is -"consistent and clear-"

3 Jun 2020 4:14 PM IST

Indian soldiers keep watch at India-China border. (AFP)

US rebukes China for border 'aggression' with India

Pompeo says China's moving of troops to the LAC echoed similarly heavy-handed behaviour over the coronavirus, South...

3 Jun 2020 8:50 AM IST

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan defends lifting lockdown, urges nation to live with the virus

Imran Khan defends lifting lockdown, urges Pak to -"live with the...

Pakistan has rolled back almost all shutdown measures, primarily to avert an economic meltdown

2 Jun 2020 9:19 AM IST

Abid Hussain and Muhammad Tahir, two officials of the Pakistan high commission who have been apprehended by Indian law enforcement authorities for carrying out espionage activities in the country. (PTI)

Pakistan embassy officials leave India after spying charges

The two had been detained for -"indulging in espionage activities-" by the Indian government, and were given 24 hours to...

1 Jun 2020 3:26 PM IST

Nepalese students shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government inaugurating a new road through a disputed territory between India and Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal.(AP)

Nepal tables new bill to alter its map amidst border row with India

Nepal recently released the revised map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh,...

31 May 2020 3:42 PM IST

Representational Image. (PTI)

Twin earthquakes strike Nepal

The first tremble measuring 4.8 was felt in Dhading, 75 km west of capital Kathmandu, then another measuring 3.2 at the...

31 May 2020 2:31 PM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping. (AFP)

China also rejects Trump's offer to mediate border standoff

Chinese Foreign Ministry asserts the two countries did not want the -"intervention-" from a third party to resolve the...

29 May 2020 2:47 PM IST