Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): Muslim Uyghurs of Xinjiang who fled China amid discrimination, imprisonment, torture, enforced sterilization, and persecution has still not been granted asylum and they said that the world has abandoned them.
Tokyo [Japan], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 163 km southeast of Hirara, Japan at 15:45:13 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Zagreb [Croatia], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Croatia recorded 7,315 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily number since the start of the pandemic, and 50 related deaths, the national COVID-19 response team said in a statement on Wednesday.
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): A US report issued on Tuesday (local time) said that Chinese attacks on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang had escalated and most likely included "forced sterilization, sexual violence, enslavement, torture, and forcible transfer."
Hanoi [Vietnam], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 7,930 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 7,918 locally transmitted and 12 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
Freetown [Sierra Leone], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people killed in a fuel tanker explosion in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has risen to 130, a senior official said Wednesday.
Manila [Philippines], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,646 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total tally to 28,09,311.
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia registered 950 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 370,491, the country's health ministry said on Wednesday.
Tripoli [Libya], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 65 illegal migrants were rescued at sea and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
Akita [Japan], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Avian flu has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Akita prefecture, northeastern Japan, with around 143,000 birds of the farm to be culled, the prefectural government said Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported another 5,403 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 2,517,173, according to the health ministry.