Washington [US], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): US COVID-19 cases topped 36 million Tuesday, fueled by a steep increase in infections due to the unchecked spread of the Delta variant.
Algiers [Algeria], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed on Tuesday as they attempted to extinguish the wildfires raging in the northeastern provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia, the Algerian Defense Ministry said.
Johannesburg, [South Africa], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): South African former president Jacob Zuma's corruption and money laundering trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal was postponed to September 9 and 10 this year due to his hospitalization, said Judge Piet Koen Tuesday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The daily COVID-19 deaths in Bangladesh hit a record high of 264 on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 23,161, said the country's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Sydney [Australia], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) saw another disastrous day with a record daily high of 356 new local cases and four deaths on Tuesday.
Athens [Greece], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the raging wildfires in Greece has risen to two on Monday as devastating blazes continue to wreak havoc across the country.
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): The East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), also known as the Turkistan Islamic Movement is a grave national security threat to China, said a Canada-based think tank.
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): As the COVID-19 pandemic has boomeranged back Beijing's way, the spotlight is now fixed on President Xi Jinping government's response which will signal its readiness to be a global stakeholder.
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 4,954 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 904,874.
Tehran [Iran], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's new government welcomes a boost of ties with France based on common interests and mutual respect, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday in a telephone conversation with the French President Emmanuel Macron.
Nanning [China] August 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and five others injured after a boat capsized off the coast of Beihai City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Monday morning, local authorities said.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 11,463 new COVID-19 cases and 245 new deaths on Monday, making the tally at 1,365,158 and death toll at 22,897, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.