Thousands of people braved a morning chill on a ceremonial boulevard in India's capital to watch a display of the country's military power and cultural diversity, but the colorful annual Republic Day spectacle was curtailed amid COVID-19
Iranian state television says three Iranian citizens have died after they were infected with omicron, the new, more easily spread variant of the coronavirus
Five people have been severely injured by a fire that erupted in Kuwait at a major oil refinery
Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants, after two more were found dead over the weekend
Tens of thousands of devout Hindus are taking a holy dip into the frigid waters of the Ganges River in northern India despite rising COVID-19 infections in the country
