China says a group of experts from the World Health Organisation is due to arrive this week for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. A one-sentence announcement from the National Health Commission said on Monday the experts would arrive on Thursday and meet with Chinese counterparts,

Schools in Greece reopened on Monday after more than two months of remote learning, as the digital platform for appointments for the inoculation of citizens over the age of 85 also opens today. Special measures will be applied to primary schools,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been given a new title, "general secretary" of the ruling Workers' Party, in what appears to a symbolic move aimed at

Rescue teams were pulling residents from the first landslide in West Java three hours earlier when another torrent of mud buried them.

Indonesian navy divers scouring the sea bed are closing in on data recorders from a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago with 62 people

Lu Siwei, a Chinese human rights lawyer, had assisted activist Quinn Moon, who is part of the "Hong Kong 12" caught fleeing to Taiwan in August.

A group of Turkish dissidents sailed in the Greek island of Crete on Sunday and reportedly applied for political asylum. The boat carrying four men, two women and their children sailed into the bay of Sitia,

Inji, world's oldest orang-utan at Oregon Zoo in the US dies at the ripe old age of 61. But not before leaving behind many a followers and her memories. Inji was euthanized at Oregon Zoo in the US on Saturday following a battle against ill-health.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced another round of lockdowns across the nation from Wednesday till Jan. 26 amid spikes in COVID-19 infections.

The grim milestone comes as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants.