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.
Beijing [China], January 5 (ANI): Cross-provincial travel hit a pause from China's Henan province after a surge was reported in the COVID-19 cases in the region. Authorities have also imposed partial lockdown and suspension of public venues have also been put in place to curb further viru
New York [US], January 5 (ANI): At a time when the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is worsening day by day due to the lack of concrete assistance, the United Nations has said that they have so far collected USD 1.5 billion to address the Afghan situation, a media report said.
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): Centre on Tuesday clarified that it has released 50 per cent of funds earmarked for States and Union Territories, and not 26.14 per cent as claimed in some media reports.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 4 (ANI): Dozens of Afghan media officials on Monday gathered in Kabul and expressed their concerns over financial problems and restrictions in accessing information from the Taliban, local media reported.
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday denied the media reports claiming the agency didn't find any evidence in 21 cases of rape and attempt to rape received by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
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.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 4 (ANI): Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday criticised the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, saying that no work has been done in the government health sector in the province, local media reported.
Beijing [China], January 4 (ANI): Thirty people have been injured in a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Ninglang in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday, local media reported citing authorities.
Guiyang [China], January 4 (ANI): The death toll from a landslide that hit Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Monday has climbed to 14, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Tuesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 4 (ANI): Taliban have engaged in armed conflict with the border guards of Uzbekistan in Khumab district of Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, local media reported citing a Taliban member in the province.