Baghdad [Iraq], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Four Iraqi soldiers were killed on Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in the northern province of Kirkuk, a provincial security source said.
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair a virtual summit on Tuesday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries, said the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Manila [Philippines], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 24,938 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,442,056.
Hong Kong, January 24 (ANI): 2022 is very important for China. Next month it hosts the Beijing Winter Olympics, while later is the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th Party Congress. The latter will shape the constitution of China's communist leadership and the country's policy prioritie
Taipei [Taiwan], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan on Monday reported 51 new COVID-19 cases, among which 15 are local infections and 36 are imported, the island's disease monitoring agency told a press briefing.
Xi'an [China], January 24 (ANI): The city of Xi'an in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi on Monday lifted the lockdown imposed in late December due to a coronavirus outbreak, the local government said, reported Sputnik.
Tripoli [Libya], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah stressed on Sunday his rejection of any armed conflict in the country.
Cape Town [South Africa], January 23 (ANI): Team India head coach Rahul Dravid said that all-rounder Deepak Chahar has shown his quality in the limited opportunities he has gotten, and the side would like to give him more of a consistent run in the playing XI.
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five people from the same family have been killed by unidentified assailants in Tanzania's central region of Dodoma, police said on Sunday.
Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia reported 63,205 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count since the pandemic hit the country, taking the national tally to 11,108,191, the official monitoring and response centre said on Sunday.
Manila [Philippines], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 29,828 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,417,216.
Manila [Philippines], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.