South Asia
Virus misinformation fuels panic in Asia
False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, ...Virus lockdowns stifle Eid celebrations as infections rise
Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers ...Pakistan International Airlines domestic flight crashes, leaves at least 100 dead
A domestic Pakistan International Airlines flight with 107 people on board crashed Friday near the southern port city of Karachi, Abdul Sattar ...India reports biggest 24-hour rise in virus cases as lockdown eases
India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country’s biggest jump in 24 hours, as New Delhi ...Afghan cyclist in ‘door-to-door’ campaign to curb virus
Afghan cyclist Idrees Syawash is determined to help curb the spread of the coronavirus so he pedals across rural areas encouraging people ...Coronavirus infections top 5 million worldwide
Global infections from the novel coronavirus surpassed five million on Thursday as the pandemic played out unevenly across the planet, with China ...US faces severe economic downturn as virus tolls fall in hardest-hit Europe
The world’s biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on ...Some traffic returns to roads as India eases virus lockdown
People trickled outdoors and thin traffic returned to roads in some Indian states on Monday, a day after the federal government extended ...‘May Allah remove the virus’: Pandemic a grim addition to Afghanistan’s woes
Delkhah Sultani scrubs laundry outside her home in Kabul as her young daughter watches on. She says she once got paid around ...Coronavirus deaths surpass 300,000 worldwide
The global death toll from the coronavirus has reached more than 300,000, as nearly 85,000 people in the US have died following ...














