Asia Pacific
China joins COVAX initiative for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
China said on Friday it has joined a global COVID-19 vaccine initiative co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the biggest ...Karabakh fighting turns residents into ‘vagabond’ refugees
“We’ve become vagabonds,” says Knarik Movsisyan, one among the tens of thousands forced to flee fighting between Armenian separatists and the Azerbaijani ...Protesters and vigilantes scuffle in Kyrgyz capital as political crisis festers
Anti-government protesters scuffled with vigilante groups in Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishek overnight, after authorities in the Central Asian nation annulled parliamentary election ...Taiwan says military under pressure from China as missions mount
Taiwan’s military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year, the island’s defence ...Nearly 40 nations demand China respect Uighur human rights
The US, Japan and many EU nations joined a call on Tuesday urging China to respect the human rights of minority Uighurs, ...Armenians, Azeris accuse each other of striking civilian areas
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the ...Armenia says facing ‘decisive moment’ as Karabakh fighting intensifies
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces were engaged in fierce clashes Saturday as fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region intensified, with Armenia reporting heavy ...Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes rage as Macron denounces ‘jihadist’ deployment
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have intensified their shelling as French President Emmanuel Macron said jihadist militants had been deployed to Nagorny Karabakh ...Shelling wreaks destruction in small Karabakh town of Martuni
Bursts of artillery rang out Thursday in the small town of Martuni in the separatist Nagorny Karabakh region, where shelling has torn ...Armenia and Azerbaijan vow to keep fighting as deaths mount
Armenia and Azerbaijan vowed to keep fighting and rejected international calls for negotiations Wednesday as clashes over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region ...














