Beirut [Lebanon], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon's Health Ministry announced on Thursday 7,247 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily number since the outbreak of the disease in the country.
Hong Kong, January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong on Thursday reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 12,832, data from the Center for Health Protection showed.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Thursday confirmed 533 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,264,669, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia will ban entry for foreign travelers from France starting Friday following rising Omicron variant infections in the European country, according to the latest regulation on travel restriction released Thursday by the Indonesian COVID-19 T
Tokyo [Japan], January 6 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Thursday signed a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and strengthen security cooperation while expressing serious concerns over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacif
Beijing [China], January 6 (ANI): China has expressed hopes restoration of the public order and prompt stabilisation in rising unrest in Kazakhstan as the Central Asian nation witnessed massive unrest on Wednesday leading to the resignation of the cabinet, reported Xinhua.
Beijing [China], January 6 (ANI): China on Wednesday suspended international passenger flights for the city of Xi'an due to the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
Seoul [South Korea], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 4,126 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 653,792.
Ankara [Turkey], January 6 (ANI): Uyghurs in Turkey filed a criminal case with a Turkish prosecutor against Chinese officials for committing genocide in Xinjiang province.
Wellington [New Zealand], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 11,022.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, just over 48 hours after he was admitted due to intestinal obstruction.
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday.