JALALABAD– Two women lost their lives and a teenage girl was seriously wounded, by an unexploded ordnance blast, in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official confirmed yesterday.“The incident occurred in a house in Warsak village, L…
KUALA LUMPUR— Some 97.8 per cent of the adult population in the country, or 22,893,234 individuals, have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of Wednesday.Based on the Health Ministry’s COVIDNOW portal, 99 per cent or 23,175,181 individuals of the a…
BANGKOK— Thailand plans to vaccinate 5.2 million students aged five to 11 against COVID-19.Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan o-cha has instructed the Education Ministry to explain the need for vaccination…
ULAN BATOR– Mongolia recorded 2,279 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national count to 401,761, the country’s health ministry said today.Meanwhile, the viral disease has so far claimed 2,006 lives, after three new deaths were rep…
SEOUL— The United States has granted South Korea a sanctions exemption, allowing the country to pay millions of dollars of overdue compensation to an Iranian investor over a 2010 dispute. Seoul’s foreign ministry said it had received a “specific
