Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], May 2 (ANI): Uyghur activists dismissed a documentary released by the state-owned China Global Television Network in mid-April in several languages, including English and Russian, in a bid to push Beijing's narrative of Xinjiang to global audiences.
Lisbon [Portugal], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Portuguese Government on Saturday extended travel restrictions to and from countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic until May 16.
Baghdad [Iraq], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 5,167 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide number to 1,070,366.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nepali government on Saturday reported a record spike in COVID-19 cases with the second wave of coronavirus hitting the Himalayan country.
Tokyo [Japan], May 1 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns of human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province, Japanese companies are planning to suspend business relations with partners that are found to be forcing Uyghur Muslims to work.
Santiago [Chile], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile again registered more than 7,000 new COVID-19 infections in one day, despite a weekly drop, with 7,199 cases, for a total of 1,198,245, the Health Ministry said on Friday, adding that there were also 106 more deaths, to total 26,353.
Ankara [Turkey], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Friday reported 31,891 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,673 symptomatic patients, raising the total number in the country to 4,820,591, according to its health ministry.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 30 civilians were killed and 70 others wounded as a car bomb blast rocked a crowded road outside a provincial hospital in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Friday, a local source confirmed.
Xinjiang [China], May 1 (ANI): Sanctions imposed by western countries over human rights violations in Xinjiang are no more than "a piece of waste paper" and their real purpose is to hamper Chinese companies internationally, the region's government said on Friday.
Kaduna [Nigeria], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 323 people were killed and 949 others kidnapped within three months in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, an official data released by the government on Friday indicated.
Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and offered cooperation in dealing with the situation created by COVID-19.