Pyongyang [North Korea], January 7 (ANI): North Korea will not take part in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over the activities of "hostile forces" and the COVID-19 pandemic, Russian news agency reported citing North Korean media on Friday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been appointed as the vice-chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, local media reported citing the party's confirmation.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], January 6 (ANI): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday claimed that "barely 700 people turned up at the rally site which forced the Prime Minister to retrace his steps" and later the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 6 (ANI): Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs), local media has reported citing the military's media affairs wing.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 5 (ANI): The second round of negotiations over the running of Afghanistan's airports has begun with a Qatar-Turkish company on Tuesday, local media reported citing Afghan officials as saying.
Dodoma [Tanzania], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): At least nine people were killed in a shipwreck off the Tanzanian coast near Pemba Island, with the boat said to be carrying around 30-40 people on the way to a funeral, media reported on Wednesday citing local police.
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab's Ferozepur was called off citing "major security lapse". The PM was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes due to the road being blocked by some protesters, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a state
Baghdad [Iraq], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Several missiles struck areas adjacent to the Baghdad International Airport, west of the Iraqi capital, with the place of the launch not yet identified, the country's Alsumaria broadcaster reported early on Wednesday, citing a source in Iraq's securit
Tokyo [Japan], January 5 (ANI): North Korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile, Kyodo News Agency reported citing the Japanese government on Wednesday.
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom has reported 218,724 COVID-19 cases in the latest 24-hour period, exceeding 200,000 daily cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic, Xinhua News Agency reported citing official figures on Tuesday.
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Denmark has registered 18 deaths linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus since it emerged in the country, media reported on Tuesday, citing data from the Statens Serum Institute.
Xi'an [China], January 4 (ANI): Xi'an, capital of China's Shaanxi province, has reported 95 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Monday, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Tuesday.