Jakarta [Indonesia], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,389 within one day to 1,392,945, with the death toll adding by 210 to 37,757, the country's health ministry said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Ahead of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) head of states meet, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today. The conversation lasted for forty minutes.
Canberra [Australia], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt was admitted to hospital due to suspected infection, according to the federal government on Tuesday.
Tripoli [Libya], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 100 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week.
Accra [Ghana], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will focus on the COVID-19 fight and economic recovery as his second term in office kicked off, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said here on Monday.
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Two brothers of US-based Journalist Eset Sulaiman have been detained by the authorities in China's Xinjiang as part of an intimidation campaign aimed at preventing him from reporting on rights abuses, according to Radio Free Asia.
Ankara [Turkey], March 8 (ANI): Turkey has abandoned its public criticism of China's Uyghur policies in recent years, and the Turkish government has begun cracking down on Uyghurs activists at home.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed the 500 mark in Sri Lanka after five more deaths were reported on Sunday, official statistics from the Health Ministry showed Monday.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil reported an accumulative 11,019,344 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday amid a second wave of the outbreak of the disease, the Brazilian Ministry of Health said.
Santiago [Chile], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile announced on Sunday the third consecutive day of more than 5,000 daily cases of COVID-19, with 5,280 cases, bringing the total to 855,785, the Ministry of Health reported.
Kuwait City [Kuwait], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Kuwait reported on Sunday 1,144 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 200,572.
Islamabad [Pakistan] March 7 (ANI): Four Pakistan Taliban terrorists, including three terrorist commanders, were killed in two separate security forces operations in Pakistan's northwestern tribal districts of North Waziristan and South Waziristan, Xinhua reported citing an army statement.