In what could alter the course of the Covid-19 pandemic that is still creating mayhem across the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the country has registered the world's first Covid-19 vaccine that "forms stable cell and antibody immunity". ....

Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted the nation on the eve of the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami to be celebrated on Tuesday, which has been announced a public holiday. ....

All state-owned schools across Sri Lanka re-opened on Monday after being shut for over a month amid the coronavirus pandemic which has infected more than 2,800 people in the island nation. ....

The death toll from the two explosions that rocked the Port of Beirut last week has increased to 200, the Lebanese capital city's Governor Marwan Abboud said on Monday. ....

Australia on Monday recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. ....

Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch district, continuing its series of ceasefire violations. ....

For the fifth consecutive day, there was not a single new COVID-19 case in New Zealand on Monday, while the number of active infections in the country stood at 21, all in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, according to the Ministry of Health. ....

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has warned Americans against seeing coronavirus tests as unreliable after he received a false positive result. ....

At least 64 people were killed across Pakistan due to the heavy monsoon rains currently lashing the country, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). ....

Leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party Mahinda Rajapaksa took oath as the nation's new Prime Minister on Sunday after his party secured a landslide victory in the recently concluded parliamentary election. ....