Baghdad [Iraq], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 12 people were killed in floods caused by torrential rain in northern Iraq, governor of Erbil province Omed Khoshnaw said Sunday.
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,110 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 16,093 locally transmitted and 17 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has recorded an increase in cases of violence including sexual assault, harassment, rape, kidnapping and domestic violence, according to the Punjab Gender Parity report 2019-20.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Two people were killed and five others were injured after a blast hit Bajaur district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, media reported citing police on Sunday.
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): Four were killed and eight left injured after a part of a ramp bridge in the city of Ezhou in central China's Hubei Province, collapsed on Saturday.
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Mangya City of northwest China's Qinghai Province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): Five people have been confirmed dead and two others injured, in a road accident on Saturday in Mengcheng County, east China's Anhui Province.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 16 (ANI): Following month-long protests in Gwadar, the residents of port city in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday called off their sit-in after negotiations with the government.
Manila [Phillipines], December 16 (ANI): Tens of thousands of people residing in the central and southern Philippines are being evacuated as typhoon Rai approaches the country, a media report said.