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Russia would be banned for four years from the Olympic and Paralympic Summer and Winter Games. That rules an official Russian team out of Tokyo 2020 and the Beijing Winter Olympics of 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron scare in China's Tianjin close to Beijing ahead of Winter...

Thousands of people commute between Tianjin and Beijing as it takes hardly 30 minutes by the high-speed train

9 Jan 2022 4:34 PM IST

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP)

N Korea says hypersonic missile tested to modernise weaponry

Wednesday's test indicates that the country will press ahead with plans to build powerful, sophisticated missiles

6 Jan 2022 11:02 AM IST

South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

The latest launch came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his military capability

5 Jan 2022 11:20 AM IST

Finance Minister Rajapaksa. (AP Photo)

Sri Lanka announces USD 1 billion economic relief package; says won't...

People owning land below one acre would be given 10,000 rupees (USD 49) subsidy to cultivate food crops, Rajapaksa said

4 Jan 2022 7:04 PM IST

Anti-China protest in Kathmandu over land encroachment. (Photo: ANI)

Nepal tight-lipped over Chinese encroachment of its territory in...

In September last year, a seven-member committee was formed by the Nepal government to study the Nepal-China border

3 Jan 2022 4:56 PM IST

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (ANI file photo)

Former Afghan President Ghani listed among 'most corrupt' people of...

OCCRP said Ghani deserved an award because he 'deserted his people leaving them to misery and death'

29 Dec 2021 11:45 AM IST

This photo taken on December 25, 2021 shows residents undergoing a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xian in Chinas northern Shaanxi province. (AFP)

China expands lockdowns as COVID cases climb

China has followed a 'zero-Covid' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns

28 Dec 2021 1:30 PM IST

The new law will come into effect from January 1, 2022. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lanka makes defence ministry's NOC mandatory for foreigners...

Registrar General WMMB Weerasekera, in a circular dated October 18, said that the decision has been taken due to...

27 Dec 2021 12:36 PM IST

The fire also left over 200 others with burn injuries. (Photo: Twitter)

40 people dead after fire breaks out aboard packed ferry in Bangladesh

The fire broke out around 3:00 am (local time) on Friday in the engine room of the Barguna-bound MV Abhijan-10 launch

24 Dec 2021 11:45 AM IST

Health workers process COVID-19 PCR tests at an outdoor testing site aside the Long Island Sound in Stamford, Connecticut. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron likely to be dominant strain globally in 2022: Singapore...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the world to pull together to end the COVID-19 pandemic next year

24 Dec 2021 10:09 AM IST

A medical worker guides people as they wait for their coronavirus test at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as omicron looms

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said a record 109 people died in the last 24-hour period

23 Dec 2021 11:54 AM IST

The Navy arrested the fishermen in seas Southeast of the Delft Island in Jaffna on Saturday. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 43 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Arrangements are being made to hand them over to relevant authorities for legal action after conducting Rapid Antigen...

19 Dec 2021 12:49 PM IST