(BBC) - Friday prayers are to be held at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia building for the first time since the celebrated museum was turned back into a mosque. "Muslims are excited, everyone…

South Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 400,000 while a report says the new global hot spot is seeing a “huge discrepancy” between confirmed COVID-19 deaths and an unusually high…

China threatened on Thursday to withdraw its recognition of British National Overseas passports held by residents of Hong Kong, in retaliation for the former colonial ruler’s policy of easing…

(AFP) - US coronavirus cases were approaching 4 million on Thursday, with over 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world, according to a Reuters tally. Infections in…

(Vientiane Times) - Many people in Laos are taking advantage of the current rise in gold prices to sell gold jewellery for profit, President of the Lao Gem and Jewellery Traders’ Association, Mr…

(CNA) - The closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston is the latest salvo in a battle between the United States and China for economic and technological supremacy that is shaping up as a new…

(Reuters) - Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to…

(Bloomberg) - The U.S. accused two Chinese hackers of working for Beijing to steal or try to steal terabytes of data, including coronavirus research, from Western companies in 11 nations -- the…

(AFP) - Scientists have known for several months the new coronavirus can become suspended in microdroplets expelled by patients when they speak and breathe, but until now there was no proof that…

(AFP) - Britain on Monday risked worsening strained ties with China, as it suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in protest at a controversial new security law in the territory.…

(The Star) - China’s latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. One of the 17 new cases reported on Monday was in the ancient Silk Road city…

(Jakarta Post) - A potential Covid-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived in Indonesia on Sunday (July 19). Foreign Ministry acting spokesperson…

Governments around the world are scrambling to save companies battered by coronavirus lockdowns but the world is nevertheless facing a massive surge in bankruptcies by a third, a study conducted…

(FMT) - Beijing’s ambassador to London has warned Britain against stationing a new aircraft carrier in the Pacific, arguing it would be a “very dangerous move” in a newspaper interview published…

(CNN) - China's Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, said America must make a "fundamental choice" about whether it can live peacefully with a "modernized, strong, prosperous" China.…

The checks at some wealth managers have involved combing through comments made by clients and their associates in public and in media, and social media posts in the recent past (Reuters) -…

In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a state-owned Chinese company is boasting that its employees, including top executives, received experimental shots even before the government…

(The Star) - A prominent scientist, believed to be a Malaysian, has been charged with wire fraud in the United States. The US Justice Department believes Prof Simon Ang Saw Teong, 63, of…

(Bernama) - When Covid-19 first started to send cataclysmic waves through the global equity market, glove maker counters were among those that had bucked the trend and skyrocketed due to a sudden…

(AFP) - The new coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally showed Sunday. A total of 600,523 deaths were recorded globally out of 14,233,355 cases, a count…

(Xinhua) - A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Thursday said the United States is the "biggest human rights violator" in the world and its accusations about Xinjiang-related human rights…

(FMT) - Taiwan officials in Hong Kong have been told their visas will not be renewed if they don’t sign a document supporting Beijing’s claim to Taiwan under its “one China” policy, a person with…

(AFP) - The dominant risk to the US economic recovery is a resurgence of Covid-19 cases that would force renewed business shutdowns, the International Monetary Fund warned yesterday. The US…

(Malay Mail) - Top Glove Corporation Bhd’s shares declined to a low of RM19.70 today, wiping out RM3.2 billion or about 10 per cent of its market value due to a US detention order on the group’s…

(Reuters) - US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Wednesday called the White House effort to discredit him “bizarre” and urged an end to the divisiveness over the country’s response to the…

(The Star) - Western governments on July 16 accused hackers believed to be part of Russian intelligence of trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine, calling out the…

(Reuters) - The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting more than 77,000 new cases as the number of deaths in a 24-hour period rose by nearly…

(Reuters) - LUCKNOW: A lower-caste Dalit couple in India attempted suicide after police beat them and destroyed their crops, triggering calls on Thursday for an end to brutal evictions of poor…

(Reuters) - China said on Wednesday (Jul 15) it was not afraid of any sanctions the United States might impose over the situation in the South China Sea, and accused Washington of stirring up…

(Reuters) - World shares strode to four-month highs on Wednesday as hopes for a coronavirus vaccine offset rising U.S.-China tensions and also helped lift the euro and oil prices on improved…