Ankara [Turkey], January 11 (ANI): Despite being a signatory to the '1997 - Chemical Weapons Convention', several media reports reveal how Ankara is using a banned weapon in the middle east region, including the use of prohibited chemical weapons against fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (
Tianjin [China], January 11 (ANI): The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has reported 49 locally confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
North Nicosia [Northern Cyprus], January 11 (ANI): Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude occurred 137 kilometres West of North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus on Tuesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
Athens [Greece], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted northern Greece's Florina Sunday evening, according to the Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
Kunduz [Afghanistan], January 10 (ANI): Political violence in recent years has forced schools in Afghanistan's Northern Province of Kunduz to be closed.
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department on Sunday predicted that the western disturbance is likely to hit the eastern region of India from January 11, issuing yellow and orange warnings of rainfall.
Xi'an [China], January 9 (ANI): Police in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province have arrested dozens of people for spreading "rumors" online after the authorities banned the city's 13 million residents from posting negative reports from coronavirus lockdown.
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Indian Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted that the western disturbances are likely to leave the northern region of the country on January 8 or 9, leading to improvement of weather conditions.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 4 (ANI): China is expanding its footprint in Sri Lanka, particularly in an area which it had hitherto neglected as it views the Island nation as a geostrategic hub for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the Indian Ocean.
Tunis [Tunisia], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): A military helicopter crashed in northern Tunisia on Monday afternoon, killing both pilots, the African country's Defense Ministry said.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday announced the closure of all general baths of women in northern Balkh-bordering Uzbekistan- province.
Sahel [Burkina Faso], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eleven soldiers were injured in Burkina Faso's northern Sourou Province when armed individuals attacked local military and gendarmerie positions, the national RTB broadcaster reports.