Starting next month, foreign nationals with existing long-term visas especially permanent residents will be allowed entry to the Philippines. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Is low testing behind Pakistan’s falling daily new cases?
PM Imran Khan's government says the drop in the daily number of new coronavirus cases in July is due to its "smart lockdown" strategy. But observers say the trend could be a result of misreporting and ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan PM Khan Urges ‘Simplicity’ To Slow Virus Over Eid
"Eid ul Azha must be celebrated with simplicity so as not to repeat what happened last Eid when SOPs (standard operating procedures) were ignored & our hospitals were choked", Khan tweeted, adding ... ( read original story ...)
In green jobs boost, communities get bigger role running Pakistan’s national parks
For 20 years, Khunjerab National Park was a point of tension between Pakistan's government - which established the park in 1975 as a sanctuary for rare species - and locals who had grazed their ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia struggles with rising coronavirus infections as tests become commercialised
Indonesia is grappling with a coronavirus catastrophe as it records upwards of 1,000 cases per day, a situation exacerbated by the commercialisation of tests and an early reopening of the economy. ( read original story ...)
The Greening of Indonesia-Gulf Relations
While deeply rooted in oil and gas, energy relations between the Gulf and Indonesia are increasingly moving toward renewables like solar. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: India’s Covid-19 cases surge past one million
India added a record number of Covid-19 cases - nearly 35,000 - in the last 24 hours, breaching the one million mark. It has the world's third-largest case load, after the US and Brazil - the only ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly Skirmish Was Part of a Larger Plan by China, India Believes
Documents obtained by U.S. News offer insight into the Indian government’s thinking on the deadly skirmish last month between forces in a contested region of the Himalayas. ( read original story ...)
India Surpasses 1 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases
India has been breaking its own record for new cases almost every day. Only the United States and Brazil have more confirmed cases, and India is slowly climbing toward Brazil's figures. ( read original story ...)
AP PHOTOS: India fights virus as cases cross 1 million
From high up in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir to the seemingly endless sprawl of beaches in Kanyakumari, the virus despair has stretched across the large swathes of India, overwhelming its hospitals ... ( read original story ...)