GENEVA - The Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally, posing a "very high" global risk of infection surges that...

TOKYO/SYDNEY - Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, will close its borders to all foreigners, while Australia's plans to re-open to skilled...

MANILA - The Philippines on Sunday (Nov 28) further tightened border controls to keep out the new Omicron variant of the...

JAKARTA - Indonesia will ban the entry of travellers who have been in eight African countries and extend quarantine times for...

TORONTO - Two cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, first detected in Southern Africa last week, have been confirmed...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian former prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the current king's half-brother, who spent his later years in the...

JERUSALEM - Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country, making it the...

FRANKFURT - BioNTech said on Friday it expects more data on a worrying new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa...

GENEVA — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday (Nov 26) classified the B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa as a SARS-CoV-2...

BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) residents will need to have Covid-19 vaccine booster jabs if they want to travel to another...