Tokyo [Japan], August 21 (ANI): Amid a sharp spike in the COVID cases in Japan, the country's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tested positive Sunday for the novel coronavirus, media reports said citing the premier's office.
New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): India has no plan to import wheat as it has ample stocks to meet the domestic requirements, Department of Food & Public Distribution on Sunday clarified after a media report said India was likely to start importing the staple foodgrain.
Moscow [Russia], August 21 (ANI): After the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's close aide killed in a car explosion in Moscow, several reports have pointed out that Aleksander Dugin himself could have been the target of the explosion in place of his daughter Daria Dugina.
Moscow [Russia], August 21 (ANI): Daria Dugina, daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a close aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, may have been killed in a car explosion in Moscow, media reports said.
Mogadishu [Somalia], August 21 (ANI): Nearly 30 hours after Al-Shabaab terrorists stormed Hayat Hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the siege that left dozens of people dead has ended, media reports said on Saturday citing government forces.
Mogadishu [Somalia], August 21 (ANI): The number of deaths from the attack of al-Shabaab terrorists on Hayat Hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has risen to 30, media reports said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The national capital reported 1,109 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 11.23 per cent, according to a bulletin by Delhi Health Department on Saturday.
London [UK], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): All reports of positive discrimination in the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) will be investigated, the Minister of State at the UK Ministry of Defence, James Heappey, said on Saturday.
Quetta [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): As torrential rains and flash floods continue to wreak havoc in Balochistan, a major gas pipeline in the province has been washed away suspending gas supply to many cities, media reports said.
Quetta [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party leader Nargis Baloch was shot dead by unknown men riding a motorbike near Balochistan University in Quetta, media reports said.
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 20 (ANI): As the Russia-Ukraine war has entered its 178th day, Moscow, in fresh accusations has said that Kyiv is poisoning some of its soldiers in Ukraine, media reports said.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Determined to pursue education even after the Taliban has put roadblocks, girls from secondary schools continued their education on personal levels, at home and with their classmates, media reports said.