Asia

Thailand Mulls COVID-19 Vaccine Passports To Boost Tourism

BANGKOK, Mar 6 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand is considering COVID-19 vaccine passports and quarantine exemption, amid efforts to boost the ailing…

Japan Extends State Of Emergency In Tokyo Region By Two Weeks

TOKYO, Mar 6 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, extended the state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, covering…

China Provides COVID-19 Vaccines To Arab League

CAIRO, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – China provided a batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Arab League (AL) general secretariat…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Hits Western Indonesia

JAKARTA, Mar 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.8-magnitude quake jolted Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra today, the meteorology and geophysics…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 11,173,761

NEW DELHI, Mar 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 11,173,761 today, as 16,838 new cases were registered during…

Eight Militants Killed In Army Overnight Operation In Afghanistan

KABUL, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Eight Taliban militants were killed and four others wounded, when Afghan army commandos launched an…

US hopes Iran will ‘engage’ after Europeans drop nuclear censure plan

State Department spokesman Ned Price WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it hoped Iran would “engage” in…

Peru issues tsunami alert after NZ quake

LIMA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru issued a tsunami warning for its coast but no evacuation order Thursday, after a…

Clashes, Terrorist Attacks Leave 90 Dead In Afghanistan Over Past 24 Hours: Monitor Agency

KABUL, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 90 people were killed, in direct clashes and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, over…

Singapore Urges Citizens To Consider Leaving Myanmar

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, March 5 (NNN-Bernama) — The Singapore government has advised its citizens currently in Myanmar to consider…