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Sweden, Finland proposed talks with Turkey over joining NATO: FM
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden and Finland proposed to work with Turkey on the "security guarantees" that Ankara has demanded over their plans to join NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday.
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Myanmar reports 4 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 613,140, according to the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
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1 killed, 5 injured in Indonesian oil refinery fire
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and five others wounded as an oil refinery operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said.
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Somali lawmakers vote to elect new president
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali lawmakers are voting on Sunday to pick the country's tenth president, finally ending the long-delayed electoral process.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans protest outside UN compound in Geneva
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): Ahead of Michelle Bachelet's visit, the UN's high commissioner for human rights in China's Xinjiang, about 20 Uyghurs, Tibetans and international human rights groups protested outside the United Nations compound in Geneva.
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Iran serious in Vienna talks, but not trusting 'enemy': nuclear negotiator
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator stressed on Sunday that although the Islamic republic is serious in the Vienna talks, it is determined not to trust "the enemy," according to Iran's Foreign Ministry.
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Malaysia reports 2,373 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,373 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,475,873, according to the health ministry.
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Thousands gather for pro-abortion rights rally in Los Angeles
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Los Angeles [US], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Thousands of people took to the streets in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to protect abortion rights amid the controversy triggered by news that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
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Palestine warns against allowing Israeli settlers to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Palestine on Saturday warned of the consequences of allowing Israeli settlers to visit the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the old city of Jerusalem during the "Second Jewish Passover" on Sunday.
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9 killed in road accident in Algeria
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed and two others were injured when two vehicles collided in the eastern province of El Oued near the border with Tunisia on Friday, the official Algeria Press Service said on Saturday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 11.54 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,545,490 as of Saturday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Iran's Navy thwarts pirate attack on cargo ship in Gulf of Aden
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Navy has thwarted a pirate attack on an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, Iranian Press TV reported on Saturday.
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