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Death toll of airstrike on Houthi-controlled prison in Yemen rises to 77
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Aden [Yemen], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Yemen's Houthi group reported on Friday that the death toll in an airstrike launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on a temporary prison in Yemen has risen to 77.
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Taiwan reports 68 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan reported 68 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, 23 of which are locally-transmitted confirmed cases, while the other 45 are imported, the island's disease-monitoring agency said.
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France to ease COVID-19 restrictions in February
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday evening that the government will proceed to ease certain COVID-19 related restrictions in February.
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IS militants attack Kurdish prison in NE Syria: report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked a Kurdish-run prison in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah in an attempt to free IS inmates, a war monitor reported.
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Myanmar's Omicron cases rise to 146 with 28 new infections
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of Omicron cases has risen to 146 after 28 new cases were reported in Myanmar, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
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Indonesia reports 2,116 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 2,116 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since Aug. 7 last year, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago.
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German COVID-19 infections hit record high amid Omicron wave
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's seven-day COVID-19 incidence rate exceeded 600 for the first time as 638.8 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants were recorded, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Thursday.
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Philippines logs 31,173 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 31,173 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,324,478.
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Malaysia reports 3,229 new COVID-19 infections, 13 new deaths
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,229 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 2,817,163, according to the health ministry.
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Greece receives French-made Rafale fighter jets
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The first six of a total of 24 French-made Rafale fighter jets Greece has ordered from French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation arrived in the country on Wednesday.
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Ukrainian president, US secretary of state discuss security situation arou
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met here on Wednesday to discuss the security situation around Ukraine, Zelensky's press service said.
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Omicron vaccine could be available in Netherlands by April: official
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A vaccine adapted to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 could be available in the Netherlands by the end of April, Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers wrote on Wednesday in a letter to the parliament.
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