Tehran [Iran], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Friday reported 1,178 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 62,04,224.
Singapore, January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 777 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally of the disease in the country to 283,991.
Beijing [China], January 7 (ANI): China is testing anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) in the desert in its western Xinjiang's Taklamakan desert but with the complete focus on the Pacific, said a report.
Beijing [China], January 7 (ANI): Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reported 57 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Friday.
Beijing [China], January 7 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that Beijing opposes external forces that prompt unrest in Kazakhstan, reported local media.
Moscow [Russia], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has registered 16,735 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 1,06,18,035, the official monitoring and response centre said Friday.
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 7 (ANI): China's multifaceted interests in Ukraine which include its strategic geographic location, inheritance of high-end Soviet defence systems and technology have led to the increased influence of Beijing in Kyiv.
Khartoum [Sudan], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Sudanese police announced two protesters were killed and 54 members of security forces injured in protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday.
Brasilia [Brazil], January 7 (ANI): Brazil has reported the first death from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the city of Aparecida de Goiania of Goias state, according to Xinhua News Agency on Thursday.
London [UK], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported another 179,756 COVID-19 cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 14,015,065, according to official figures released Thursday.
Dar es Salaam, January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 99 houses have been demolished by heavy rains and strong winds in two districts of Tanzania's southern region of Ruvuma, officials said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The decision by the United States to boycott the Beijing Olympics in February 2022 in the wake of the genocide and inhumane treatment of Muslims in China's Xinjiang province is a fair response in all respects because the humiliation, torture, and suffering