A new COVID-19 variant, JN.1, is driving a fresh wave of infections across Asia, raising concerns among health experts and governments. As a subvariant of Omicron, JN.1 is known for spreading ...

(AP) Health authorities in densely-populated Hong Kong and Singapore have warned that Covid-19 cases are spiking, as a resurgent wave spreads through Asia. China is on track to see a Covid wave ...

Covid cases surge across Asia, with spikes in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, and Thailand Covid making a quiet comeback in Asia — Experts reveal what’s driving the surge Pixabay Covid-19 is once ...

In Nikkei Asia News Roundup's latest episode ... including stories on the Philippine elections and the conflict between India and Pakistan. The episode consists of: A selection of news headlines ...

Conflict and Climate Drive Record Global Hunger ... especially in Southern Africa, Southern Asia, and the Horn of Africa. The number of people facing famine-like conditions more than doubled ...

Each month, ACLED’s Asia Pacific Team collects information ... Mining remains a major source of conflict in Papua, a region that produces about 2 percent of the world’s gold.

South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman warned that the ... President Donald Trump also wants to see a de-escalation of the conflict, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Friday.

The explosions in Amritsar - the first heard there in the three-day-old conflict between the nuclear ... India and Pakistan has been fraught with tension since they gained independence from ...

By Hari Kumar Reporting from New Delhi As the conflict between India and Pakistan has escalated, with its impact felt well beyond the border in the disputed region of Kashmir, this is the tensest ...

But what makes the conflict over Kashmir and any potential escalation dangerous is that both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers. According to SIPRI estimates, each have around 170 nuclear warheads.

The deepening conflict between India and Pakistan may threaten food security across Asia, officials and analysts have warned, with import-dependent countries raising concerns over rice supplies if ...