(FMT) - An Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the west of masterminding a secret atomic weapons programme was assassinated near Tehran on Friday, Iranian state media reported. Mohsen…

(Xinhua) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday ordered the armed forces to strengthen training under real combat conditions and raise their capability of winning wars. Xi, also general…

(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for president-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov 3…

(CNA) - China criticised Pope Francis on Tuesday (Nov 24) over a passage in his new book in which he mentions suffering by China’s Uighur Muslim minority group. Foreign ministry spokesperson…

(Al Jazeera) - Police in Thailand have summoned leaders of the months-long anti-government protests to face charges of insulting the monarchy and cordoned off parts of Bangkok, ahead of a planned…

(CNA) - Brazilian great Pele led global tributes to Diego Maradona, whose death was announced on Wednesday (Nov 25), saying one day they would "play soccer together in the sky". Renowned for…

Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against “period poverty”. (Al Jazeera) - The measure makes tampons and…

(FMT) - Singapore, which has reported a total of 58,183 Covid-19 cases, closed its last Covid-19 cluster – a migrant workers’ dormitory – yesterday. Its ministry of health said there had been…

(Reuters) - Thailand's claim to have seized almost US$1 billion in contraband ketamine this month was wrong and tests have so far not shown up any drugs, the justice minister said on Tuesday (Nov…

(FMT) - Hopes of an effective vaccine against coronavirus becoming available rose again on Monday with AstraZeneca and Oxford University claiming success with their product, becoming the third…

(Al Jazeera) - United States President-elect Joe Biden has been formally given the go-ahead by a federal agency to begin his transition to the presidency, shortly after the battleground state of…

(CNA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to end an England-wide lockdown as scheduled on Dec 2 and to announce a return to regional restrictions as statistics show coronavirus infections…

(Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was remanded in custody on Monday after pleading guilty to charges of organising and inciting an unauthorised assembly near the police…

(SCMP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the country is open to signing more free-trade agreements with other nations, as Beijing seeks to boost its regional influence amid uncertainty about…

(CNA) - A COVID-19 antibody therapy used to treat President Donald Trump was approved by the US drug regulator on Saturday (Nov 21) for people who aren't yet hospitalised by the disease but are at…

(CNA) - China has extended debt relief to developing countries worth a combined US$2.1 billion under the G20 framework, the highest among the group's members in terms of the amount deferred, the…

(The Jakarta Post) - The governments of Indonesia and the United States (US) have inked a memorandum of understanding on infrastructure and trade funding worth of US$750 million. The deal signed…

(Reuters) - Sweden should rethink its decision not to recommend the use of face masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus amid a second wave of infections, the Royal Academy of…

(AFP) - India’s coronavirus cases passed nine million on Friday, as the world’s second-worst-hit country saw hospitals in the capital New Delhi under pressure and graveyards fill up. India has…

(Bloomberg) - Taiwan’s broadcast regulator has ordered the closure of one of the island’s most ardently pro-China cable news networks following a months long battle over journalistic standards and…

(CNA) - Thousands of democracy activists marched on Thailand's police headquarters in downtown Bangkok Wednesday (Nov 18) on a second day of protest, after six people were shot during violent…

(Reuters) - Sinovac Biotech's SVA.O experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from…

(Reuters) - The US Chamber of Commerce said on Monday it was concerned the United States was being left behind after 15 Asia-Pacific economies on Sunday formed the world's largest free-trade bloc,…

(The Star) - Science's steady march to find a vaccine capable of ending the coronavirus pandemic may come at the expense of another species: sharks. Shark researchers in Miami, Florida, the…

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states, as the U.S. drugmaker seeks to address distribution challenges facing its…

(SCMP) - Trapped under a mountain of crippling debt, Cambodian farmer Roeurn Reth fears she will have to sell her land to repay microfinance loans that have ballooned due to pandemic-spurred job…

(BBC) - The impact of a new Covid vaccine will kick in significantly over summer and life should be back to normal by next winter, one of its creators has said. Prof Ugur Sahin, BioNTech…

(CNA) - Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies are set to conclude talks on Sunday (Nov 15) and sign what could become the world's largest free trade agreement, covering nearly a third of the global…

(SCMP) - China has congratulated Joe Biden on being elected the next US president – a week after the Democratic candidate declared he had secured enough Electoral College votes to enter the White…