Tel Aviv [Israel], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Five people were killed and seven others injured after Israel attacked military sites in central Syria on Friday, state news agency SANA reported.
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Ahead of the UN team's much-anticipated visit to Xinjiang, the Chinese government has issued a new directive that forbids Uyghurs from discussing the network of internment camps.
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): A leaked list of thousands of detained Uyghurs has thrown a light on the miseries of the ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,410 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Thursday, bringing the national total to 4,470,471, according to the Health Ministry.
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Eleven people died and 31 others were rescued after a vessel capsized off the coast of Puerto Rico on Thursday, according to the US Coast Guard.
Ottawa [Canada], May 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada will deploy a Canadian Armed Forces general officer and six staff officers to NATO's Multinational Division North Headquarters based in Adazi of Latvia, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
Baku [Azerbaijan], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people, including a man and his two-month-old daughter, was killed in a road accident in Azerbaijan on Thursday, law-enforcement authorities said.
Vienna [Austria], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday revised its forecasts for this year's global economic growth and oil demand, citing COVID-19-induced restrictions and geopolitical tensions.
Copenhagen [Denmark], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday.
Xinjiang [China], May 12 (ANI): As many as 20 Uyghur teachers from a university in northwestern China's Xinjiang province have been arrested, a media report said.
Seoul [South Korea], May 12 (ANI/Global Economic): President Yoon Seok-yeol started his first day in office on the 10th. Yoon met with foreign envoys from Japan, China, UAE, and Singapore at Yongsan Presidential Office. Other countries also invited Yoon to visit.
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message to Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on his election as president of the Republic of the Philippines.