India starts booster shots for vulnerable amid omicron surge

Healthcare and front-line workers along with people above age 60 with health problems are lining up at vaccination centers across India to receive booster shots as infections linked to the omicron variant surge

Cold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort

Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm

Lessons forgotten: Election rallies feed Indian virus surge

Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through India, prompting the federal government and states to swiftly reintroduce a string of restrictions, including limits on gatherings

Virus Outbreak India Deja Vu

Sri Lanka vaccinates children as doctors warn of COVID surge

Sri Lankan health authorities have begun vaccinating children aged 12 to 15, as the island nation’s top medical specialists warned of a wave of COVID-19 infections in the coming weeks driven by the omicron variant

Iran holds mass funeral for '80s war dead amid nuclear talks

Thousands of mourners are pouring into the streets of Iranian cities for the mass funeral of 250 victims of the Iran-Iraq war — remains recently recovered in a testament to the brutal conflict’s scale and enduring legacy after 35 years

World's fair in Dubai warns of possible closures over virus

The multibillion-dollar world’s fair in Dubai has warned that some venues on site may shut down as coronavirus cases rapidly rise in the United Arab Emirates

Bustling bars, surging business: Dubai sees a post-vax boom

The globalized city-state of Dubai appears to be in the midst of a boom season

AP PHOTOS: Whirling dervish ritual honors Sufi mystic poet

Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar and Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi

State TV: Recalled Iranian diplomat to Yemen dies of COVID

Iran is reporting that its top diplomat to Yemen has died after contracting the coronavirus