(Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce on Wednesday (Jul 8) his next moves to prevent a wave of job cuts from snowballing into a full-blown unemployment crisis in the…

(Reuters) - The border between Australia’s two most populous states will close from tomorrow for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city…

(FMT) - Chinese authorities on Monday detained a law professor who published essays criticising President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and his efforts to consolidate power, according…

(FMT) - Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city’s libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security…

Iranian authorities initially dismissed the incidents as accidents but now there are claims the country's enemies may be involved. (Sky News) - Iran has admitted that "significant damage" has…

Masks may be needed indoors, even in socially distant settings. (Today Online) - The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving…

(NST) - Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have urged Laos to better assess transboundary impacts, and strengthen proposed measures to reduce any negative effect as it moves ahead with the…

(NST) - Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus around the world have led to renewed, more localised lockdowns, such as in parts of Catalonia and in Melbourne on Saturday. Here is a recap: SPAIN:…

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump host the 2020 “Salute to America” on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2020. (AFP) - The United States marked an unusually somber…

(NST) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it is "concerned" about Chinese military exercises around a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea, noting the manoeuvres will "further destabilise" the…

(Malay Mail) - Hong Kongers are scrubbing their social media accounts, deleting chat histories and mugging up on cyber privacy as China’s newly imposed security law blankets the traditionally…

(Xinhua) - A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Britain said on Thursday (July 2) that China firmly opposes Britain's offer to provide more privileges for Hong Kong residents holding British…

(NST) - Russians overwhelmingly approved a package of constitutional changes in a nationwide vote, partial results showed on Wednesday, allowing President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend his…

(Business Insider) - Facebook shares dropped roughly 1% on Monday morning as more advertisers joined the boycott of the social network. The continued slide followed an 8.3% loss on Friday amid the…

(NST) - Britain and Germany said on Wednesday they had sufficient stocks of remdesivir, the first drug to be shown to be relatively effective in treating Covid-19, and of which the United States…

(Malay Mail) - Britain today extended Hong Kong residents a broader path to citizenship in response to China’s sweeping new security law for the former UK territory. Prime Minister Boris…

(Reuters) - A pro-democracy group led by Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong disbanded on Tuesday, hours after China’s parliament passed national security legislation for the Chinese-ruled city that…

(Reuters) - Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India's first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government's drug regulator as cases…

(NST) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was growing "more and more angry at China" over the spread of the coronavirus, as American health officials warned they were not in "total" control…

The US has effectively secured the world’s supply of one of only two drugs proven to help treat coronavirus. (Independent) - Remdesivir, which has previously been used to fight Ebola but has…

(SCMP) - India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns just weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash…

(NST) - China's military has approved a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine for use within its ranks that has been developed by its research unit and a biotech firm, the company said on Monday.…

Chinese authorities are carrying out forced sterilisations of Uighur and other ethnic minority women in an apparent campaign to curb the population, a study said on Monday (Jun 29), triggering…

China's parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong today, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony's way of life since it returned to Chinese…

The US killed General Soleimani and others in a January drone attack near Baghdad International Airport. (Al Jazeera) - Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US…

(The Edge) - When the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic sent shares plunging, you didn’t have to be a professional investor to spot a buying opportunity. In fact, it might be better if you weren’t.…

(Reuters) - Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations”…

(CNA) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will launch a plan this week to get Britain "moving again" after the coronavirus lockdown, when the government will set out measures to boost infrastructure…

(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost…

(CNBC) - In the last week, a steady stream of companies came out in support of the ”#StopHateForProfit” campaign, promising to pause advertising spend on Facebook to encourage the company to ramp…