Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodia has recorded 15 more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, bringing the total number of Omicron variant cases in the Southeast Asian country to 31.
Lima [Peru], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Peru confirmed 22 new cases of Omicron, bringing the total number of infected people with the COVID-19 variant to 71, Health Minister Hernando Cevallos reported Sunday.
Amman [Jordan], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Jordanian Health Ministry registered 295 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Sunday, bringing the total infections of the new variant to 328 across the kingdom, state-run Petra news agency reported.
New York [US], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday mourned the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, calling him a towering world figure for peace.
South Sandwich Islands [UK], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South Sandwich Islands region at 17:59:24 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Ankara [Turkey], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Sunday reported 20,138 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,307,124, according to its Health Ministry.
Kampala [Uganda], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday said it is investigating an incident where a piece of ordnance exploded injuring five people.
Baghdad [Iraq], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior Iraqi government official and head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission in Iraq discussed on Sunday NATO's support for Iraqi forces and ways to enhance stability in the region.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people who died in the massive floods in Malaysia has risen to 47 as of Sunday, authorities said.
Gaza [Palestine], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Hamas-run health ministry announced on Sunday that it has recorded the first Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Manila [Philippines], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 433 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,838,640.
Wellington [New Zealand], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand detected seven new cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in international arrivals over two days, taking the country's total Omicron cases to 45, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday.