South Asia
Indians rush for vaccines as coronavirus toll tops 200,000
Indians struggled to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend as the country’s toll from the ...India to receive first batch of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine on May 1
India will receive a first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 on May 1, the head of the Russian Direct ...US, Britain rush supplies to virus-stricken India
The US and Britain rushed ventilators and vaccine materials to India Monday as the country battles a catastrophic, record-breaking coronavirus wave that ...India hospital fire kills 13 amid Covid oxygen crisis
A fire broke out in a hospital in western India early Friday, killing 13 COVID-19 patients, as an extreme surge in infections ...Indian coronavirus cases surge again as health system founders
India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it ...Biden announces end of U.S. troop deployment to Afghanistan
President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday he plans to end the longest U.S. war and that it is “time for American troops ...US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day ...Indian states seek widening of vaccinations as second surge overtakes first wave
Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions ...Bangladesh ferry accident kills at least 26
A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank on Sunday in the Shitalakhsya River south of ...India temporarily halts Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine exports
India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India ...














