Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghan security personnel attacked a band of kidnappers in the northern Balkh province to try to rescue the two people they held, killing seven people including the five kidnappers, provincial official Mawlavi Zabiullah Nurani said Mon
Sydney [Australia], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Authorities of the Australian state of New South Wales said on Monday that greater freedoms promised at 80 percent rates of vaccination would not necessarily be granted to the unvaccinated.
Khartoum [Sudan], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and 13 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident in Gezira State in central Sudan, said Sudanese Police's Press Office in a statement.
Moscow [Russia], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four people were killed and five others injured as an L-410 aircraft made a hard landing in Russia's Irkutsk Region on Sunday.
London [UK], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 29,173 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 7,226,276, according to official figures released Sunday.
Gaza [Palestine], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli fighter jets early on Sunday attacked military posts and facilities that belong to the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, but no injuries were reported, according to security sources.
Seoul [South Korea], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,755 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 272,982.
Bogota [Colombia], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five soldiers were killed and six were wounded on Saturday in an attack by guerrillas from the National Liberation Army (ELN) in a rural area of the Colombian municipality of Arauquita in the department of Arauca.
Baghdad [Iraq], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): A police officer was killed in a roadside bomb explosion launched by terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) group on Saturday, while the security forces arrested two senior IS members in the country, the Iraqi military said.
Ankara [Turkey], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday confirmed 22,923 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,636,899, according to its health ministry.
London [UK], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 29,547 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 7,197,662, according to official figures released Saturday.
United Nations [US] September 11 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said engaging the Taliban and providing humanitarian aid to the Afghan people are crucial for avoiding both a humanitarian catastrophe and an economic meltdown.