Kabul [Afghanistan], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Afghan government has appointed two new key security ministers amid growing insurgency and conflicts in the war-torn country, the Administrative Office of the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): As many as 1,152 students knocked the doors of the Supreme Court by filing a joint petition, seeking direction to the CBSE for cancellation of CBSE's Class XII private compartment examination, and demanded parity with regular students.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 19 (ANI): Punjab has cancelled Class XII examinations in the light of COVID-19 pandemic, informed state Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Saturday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 1,384 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of patients infected with the disease to 101,906 in the country, a statement of the Public Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 3,057 new COVID-19 cases and 67 more deaths on Saturday, bringing the tally to 848,027 and the death toll to 13,466, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Kunduz [Afghanistan], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Taliban attack on northern Afghan Kunduz city Saturday has been repulsed and the terrorists fled away after suffering casualties, army spokesman in the northern region captain Abdul Razaq said.
Manila [Philippines], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday 6,959 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,353,220.
Seoul [South Korea], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 482 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 150,720.
Tunis [Tunisia], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Tunisian Health Ministry on Friday reported 2,292 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the North African country to 378,982.
Beijing [China], June 19 (ANI): In order to counter new foreign sanctions, China started with 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy to dissuade G7 member states from imposing new sanctions against Beijing under pressure from the US.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Overall COVID-19 deaths in Argentina have surpassed 88,000, according to a Health Ministry report released on Friday.
Lima [Peru], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 27 people were killed and several injured on Friday after an interprovincial bus overturned in the southern Peruvian region of Ayacucho, according to preliminary information provided by the police to local media.