Hanoi [Vietnam], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 13,840 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 13,835 locally transmitted and five imported, according to the Ministry of Health.
Baghdad [Iraq], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six militants of the Islamic State (IS) group were killed when Iraqi warplanes carried out an airstrike on their hideout in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said on Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 6 (ANI): The Taliban's passport directorate in the Ministry of Interior Affairs stated that the issuance of Afghan passports has been resumed in 14 other provinces that bringing the total number of provinces to 31.
Beijing [China], December 6 (ANI): At least eight people died and five were injured after a fire broke out at the Mingtai Power Plant in China's northern Shanxi Province, local media reported on Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 6 (ANI): The passport-issuing process in Afghanistan is set to commence from Monday in 14 more provinces, taking the total to 32 at present.
Shijiazhuang [Beijing], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Six people were killed on Sunday morning when a minivan fell into a river in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 5 (ANI): A protest was held outside Pakistan High Commission in Colombo on Sunday by a large crowd, including a group of monks, against the killing of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot city of Pakistan's Punjab province.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI): Passport Department has been opened in 17 provinces in Afghanistan and will soon start them in the rest of the provinces, local media reported citing officials as saying.
Manila [Philippines], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): A 6.2-magnitude quake struck off North Sulawesi province in central parts of Indonesia on Sunday, with no potential for a tsunami.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): One person died and 41 suffered burn injuries as a result of the eruption of Mount Semeru in Indonesia, the Channel News Asia broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the deputy head of the Lumajang district.