Latest Asia News: Breaking News, Asia Headlines

Facebook Dismisses Request to Release Data of Myanmar Officials for Genocide Case

Myanmar authorities mention that they were battling an insurgency and deny carrying out systematic atrocities

Aug 6, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Philippines Ascertaining Facts Over Death of Former Wire Card Executive Christopher Bauer

On Thursday, Menardo Guevarra, Philippine Secretary of Justice, said that his office was trying to procure a death certificate of "Christopher Reinhard Bauer"

Aug 6, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Indian-Origin Cancer Researcher and Mother of Two Brutally Killed While on Her Jog in Dallas

Police have arrested a 29-year-old Bakari Moncrief, a burglar who is suspected of murdering Sarmistha Sen.

Aug 6, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Coronavirus LIVE Updates

Check all recent updates and global news related to the Coronavirus outbreak here:

Aug 6, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

Vietnam Turns Danang Stadium Into a Field Hospital Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Danang has confirmed more than 200 cases of the coronavirus since the virus reappeared there on July 25

Aug 6, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a grand military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the North Korean Army

North Korea Witnessing COVID-19 Pandemic? Country Quarantines Thousands Amid Coronavirus Fears

The country is providing food and other aid to a southern city locked down due to coronavirus fears, as per reports

Aug 6, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Coronavirus

AstraZeneca Signs First Coronavirus Supply Deal With Chinese Company

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times in more than 170 countries

Aug 6, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

US Warships Seize Iran-Bound Cargo Ship Carrying Coronavirus Medical Supplies from China

The consignment had zeolite needed for manufacturing oxygen concentrators that are used by coronavirus-infected patients

Aug 6, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Coronavirus

Not Coronavirus, SFTS Virus Is Spreading in China: 7 Dead, At Least 60 People Already Infected

Virus infection caused by tick bites, specifically by Haemaphysalis longicornis, can pass from human to human

Aug 6, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

China Coronavirus Cover-Up: Woman Seeks 2 Million Yuan Over Father's Death

The Chinese woman whose father died of COVID-19 in Wuhan says he was denied urgent treatment as part of a wider cover-up.

Aug 6, 2020

By Viraj Mahajan

China Asserts Greater Control in South China Sea with Surveillance System, Even in International Waters

Although China claims its Blue Ocean Information Network or the surveillance system is to monitor weather, environment and tsunami, it can be used for military purpose

Aug 6, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee