Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan's], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree declaring January 10 a national day of mourning for the victims of recent unrest in the country.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): At least three people were killed when a passenger train hit a vehicle in Punjab province of Pakistan on Sunday, reported Xinhua.
Tianjin [China], January 9 (ANI): Authorities at North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbours Beijing, have started a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people were tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, reported Xinhua.
Xi'an [China], January 9 (ANI): Police in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province have arrested dozens of people for spreading "rumors" online after the authorities banned the city's 13 million residents from posting negative reports from coronavirus lockdown.
Madrid [Spain], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Spain's confirmed COVID-19 cases has passed the 7 million benchmark and the death toll is likely to reach 90,000 soon, according to the latest figures published by the Ministry of Health.
Aden (Yemen) January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five people were killed on Saturday in a landmine explosion in Yemen's southern province of Shabwa, a military official told Xinhua.
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,553 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 16,513 locally transmitted and 40 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 479 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,265,666, according to the Health Ministry.
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reported 46 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Saturday.
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is focusing on the military modernisation of the country to dominate the Indo-Pacific region amid the growing presence of the US with Quad and AUKUS alliances in the region and Washington's promises to stand with Taiwan against B
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 8 (ANI): Two terrorists were killed in a shootout with police in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Xinhua reported citing officials from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police as saying on Saturday.
Cairo [Egypt], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 16 people were killed and 18 others wounded early Saturday in a bus crash on the international highway in the Sinai Peninsula in north-eastern Egypt, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.