Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): It has been made clear to Taliban that if they attack US personnel or disrupt the process of evacuation of American citizens still in Afghanistan, the response will be swift and forceful, US President Joe Biden said ...

HANOI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 8,652 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 8,644 local infections and eight imported cases, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the total tally to 283,696, with 6,14...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Monday launched a national campaign against the coronavirus under the theme "Responsible Together to Prevent COVID-19 Transmission." The campaign aimed at reminding and encouraging all people to strictly ab...

In the 19th century, the phrase "The Great Game" was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and neighbouring central and south Asia territories, between the British and Russian empires.Neither side prevailed in what beca...

The fast-spreading delta variant has thrown into turmoil factories and ports in Asian countries that were once among the most successful containing the virus.In China, the world's third-busiest container port was partly shut recently, while in Southe...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in Laos has risen to 10,092 on Sunday after 198 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to Lao Ministry of Health. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communic...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivered a televised address on Saturday in a bid to rally troops defending Kabul as the Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around the capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations.Ghani...

Afghan Taliban has tightened their hold around Kabul just as refugees flooded the capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations.Initially, the US discussed the deployment of 3 000 troops to Afghanistan to help to evacuate US embass...

The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the insurgents' relentless offensive flooded the capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations.With the country's second- and th...