Asia

North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor: UN agency

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling"…

UAE says it will resume visas for tourists vaccinated against Covid

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates announced it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully…

Israel offers Covid vaccine booster to ages 12 and up

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israel Sunday widened access to a third coronavirus vaccine jab to anyone aged 12 and up,…

URGENT: Blast heard in Afghan capital Kabul: AFP journalists

A loud blast was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday by AFP journalists, hours after US officials warned…

Turkey’s Erdogan cool to Taliban securing Kabul airport

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poured cold water Sunday over a plan in which Turkey operates Kabul airport and the Taliban…

Crematorium priest, three others charged with rape, murder of nine-year-old Indian girl

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A priest and three other men have been charged with the gang rape and…

Japan detects more Moderna vaccine contamination

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was…

Anger after UK embassy ‘left Afghan staff details’ in Kabul

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- UK politicians on Friday slammed British diplomats for reportedly leaving Afghan staff's contact details…

UK evacuating last civilians from Kabul on Saturday

LONDON, United States (AFP) -- Britain said it will run its last evacuation flights from Kabul on Saturday before pulling…

Japan probes two deaths after jabs from tainted Moderna batch

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is investigating the death of two men who received jabs from batches of Moderna's…

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