The episode is a new, serious step in a dangerous escalation of the war in the Middle ... Asia-Pacific, while the U.S. and Europe are preoccupied with the war in Ukraine and the Middle East.

There have been at least 159,022,000 reported infections and 1,442,000 reported deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in Asia and the Middle East so far. Of every 100 infections last reported ...

Many East Asia and Pacific countries have risen to upper-middle income status and have set the goal of reaching high-income status in the near to medium term. Because of their growing economies, vast ...