World - South Asia

India, with the world's longest lockdown, is set to largely lift containment measures in June, except in high-risk zones. The novel coronavirus has infected...

The home ministry ordered state governments and local authorities to identify "containment zones", or areas that should remain under lockdown. Restrictions on international air...

The outbreak "is severely affecting the two main sources of Bangladesh's external earnings, exports of ready-made garments and remittances." "Together with the measures to...

Asia’s third-largest economy expanded by just 3.1 percent in the January-March period, which coincided with the first week of a months-long shutdown. The finance...

Police have so far arrested 20 people over the attack, including a local government official accused of participating. She had been killed after she...

But the move created "a lot of confusion" and contributed to deadly treatment delays, Khatik told AFP. A lack of transport due to the...

That figure is the highest Iran has announced for a single day since April 2. So far the government has reimposed a lockdown on...

Concerns are rising about how the country of 1.3 billion will handle the surge with roughly 6,000 new infections being detected daily this week. NEW...

It will then be lifted until Thursday, when it will be imposed again for two days to coincide with a Buddhist holiday. Under lockdown...

Both were digging defences and Chinese trucks have been moving equipment into the area, the officials said, raising concerns of a long faceoff. But...