Tripoli [Libya], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday said that 92 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya.
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Monday reported 2,141 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 721,388, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
Ankara [Turkey], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Monday confirmed 28,678 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 8,061,666, according to its health ministry.
London [UK], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 40,077 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 9,097,311, according to official figures released Monday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 jolted Indonesia's western North Sumatra province early Tuesday, but it did not have the potential for a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
Singapore, November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore recorded 2,470 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 200,844, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.
Aden [Yemen] November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 25 people was killed in a missile attack by the Houthi militia against the strategic northeastern Yemeni province of Marib, a military official told Xinhua on Monday.
Tehran [Iran], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): For any form of talks with the United States, Washington should first take "practical" steps, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday.
New York [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global COVID-19 deaths exceeded 5 million.
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The US Supreme Court is set to hear two challenges on Monday to the highly controversial Texas state law banning near-all abortions.
Canberra [Australia], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's international border will reopen to fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore later this month.
Tokyo [Japan], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.