Rachni (Jharkhand) [India], November 19 (ANI): India pacer Harshal Patel expressed happiness after being included in the Playing XI for the clash against New Zealand in the second T20I of the three-match series on Friday.
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): An explosion at a local market in the southern Somali town of Bardale killed at least five people and wounded 12 others on Friday, officials said.
Juba [South Sudan], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): A delegation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has arrived in South Sudan to follow up on the implementation of a peace agreement that ended years of conflict between various factions of the country's ruling party.
Tehran [Iran], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Friday reported 5,784 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infection to 6,069,559.
Taipei [Taiwan], November 19 (ANI): Amid rising military threats from China, Taiwan on Thursday (local time) unveiled more than two dozen upgraded F-16 fighter jets - F-16V at the Chiayi base.
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Somalia and the United Nations have said they are scaling up humanitarian operations to support early action to help mitigate the impact of the worsening drought in the country.
Cairo [Egypt], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): At least seven persons were killed in a multi-car collision and blast in southeastern Egypt, the state-run Ahram website reported on Friday.
Seoul [South Korea], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 3,034 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 409,099.
Canberra [Australia], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for governments to "step back" out of people's lives and ease COVID-19 restrictions as the vaccination coverage improves amid the country's battle against the third wave of infections.
Beijing [China], November 19 (ANI): Fresh evidence has emerged against China showing surveillance, intimidation and harassment of members of the Uyghur Muslim minority community at concentration camps in China's Xinjiang region.
Hong Kong, November 18 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and 10 others were injured after a double-decker bus tipped onto its side on Thursday night in Hong Kong, local media reported.
Abuja [Nigeria], November 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from attacks by armed bandits on villages across two local government areas in Nigeria's northwestern state of Sokoto earlier this week has risen to 43, the office of the state governor said on Thursday.