Shanxi [China], October 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people have been confirmed dead and another injured in a gas explosion in a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, according to local authorities on Tuesday.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Argentina has surpassed one million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
Manila [Philippines], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 356,618 after the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,379 new cases on Sunday.
Firoz Koah [Afghanistan], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 16 people were killed and 90 others wounded after a powerful explosion rocked outside a provincial police office in Firoz Koah, capital of Afghanistan's western Ghor province on Sunday, a local official confirmed.
Kunduz [Afghanistan], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven soldiers and five Taliban militants were killed during armed clashes in Imam Sahib district of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Saturday night, a local official confirmed on Sunday.
Manchester [UK], October 18 (ANI): Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Mason Greenwood was not fit and that was the reason for the forward not featuring in the Premier League clash against Newcastle.
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): Plastic being a major cause of environment pollution has now been confirmed as a threat to South Pacific seabirds, including albatrosses.
Lagos [Nigeria], October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian military confirmed Friday that an unknown number of Boko Haram fighters were killed in airstrikes around Tudun Wulgo and Tumbun Gini in the restive northeast state of Borno.
Paris [France], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): France's anti-terrorism state prosecutor, Jean-Francois Ricard, confirmed on Saturday media reports that nine people had been detained as part of the investigation into the beheading of a teacher near Paris.
Hong Kong, October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 17 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking Hong Kong's total tally to 5,237.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 17 (ANI): The death toll in the Pilibhit car-bus collision rose to eight on Saturday, District Magistrate Pulkit Khare confirmed.