MANAMA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran bounced back in World Cup Asian qualifier as it beat Hong Kong, China 3-1 in a Group C fixture on Thursday. Iran suffered two consecutive defeats before Thurs

HANOI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced on Friday that it has approved China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The approval was signed by Vietnam's dep

HANOI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent nearly 6 billion U.S. dollars in cloth imports in the first five months of this year, posting a surge of 33 percent year on year, according to the General St

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 4 (ANI): As part of the ongoing Operation 'Samudra Setu II' to support the nation's fight against COVID-19, the Indian Naval Ship Airavat on Thursday arriv

WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS - F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in tw

PHNOM PENH, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Ten villagers subsequently died in northwest Cambodia's Pursat province after drinking locally-made rice wine, which was suspicious of containing high levels of metha

PHNOM PENH, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Ministry of Health (MoH)'s secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine called on people to continue exercising caution as the Southeast Asian nation has s

Geneva [Swizerland], June 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspicious coronavirus variant detected in Vietnam is part of the existing Delta strain and not a new hybrid mutation, a World Health Organization official

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 250 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 231 locally transmitted and 19 imported, raising the total tally to 8,063, according to the country's Minist

Beijing [China], June 3 (ANI): China has said that it has conveyed to Malaysia that a flight of 16 Chinese military planes over hotly contested waters in the South China Sea was a "routine training" a

A coronavirus variant that Vietnamese authorities thought was a combination of the Indian and UK strains is not a new hybrid but part of the existing Indian strain, the World Health Organization's

VIENTIANE, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has temporarily banned the import and export of cattle, beef, and other bovine products to prevent the spread of an infectious skin disease.

Singapore, June 3 (ANI): Cambodia, China's closest ally in south-east Asia, looks to 'reset ties' with US amid a landmark visit to Phnom Penh by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Chris Barre

PHNOM PENH, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have joined forces to support preparedness for and response to COVID-19 and future health security thr

HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 241 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 229 locally transmitted and 12 imported ones, raising the total tally to 7,813, according to its Ministry o

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 2 (ANI): A US senior diplomat has flagged Washington's "serious concerns" about China's "military presence" at a naval base undergoing Beijing-backed expansion on Cambodia'

PHNOM PENH, June 2 (Xinhua) -- China's support for Cambodia's fight against COVID-19 is tremendous and crucial as the Southeast Asian nation ramps up its pace of vaccination amid a su

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be taking its toll on countries across Southeast Asia, but that hasn't stopped wildlife traffickers from trying to smuggle endangered and "exotic" species across

PHNOM PENH, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported a daily high of 750 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, pushing the national case tally to 31,460, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.

More than a third of summer heat-related deaths are caused by climate change, say researchers who warn that rising global temperatures risk pushing the toll higher.Previous research on how c