Tehran [Iran], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that documents for an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are almost ready, official IRNA news agency reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan on Sunday reported 1,927 new COVID-19 cases and 93 more deaths in 24 hours, raising the national counts to 103,921 and 4,215 respectively, the country's Public Health Ministry confirmed.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Special Operations Police Forces of the Afghan National Police (ANP) captured two suspected men linked with the Taliban outfit, the country's Interior Ministry confirmed on Sunday.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia registered 137 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 275,036 as of Saturday evening, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
Manila [Philippines], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Sunday 5,803 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,359,015.
Canberra [Australia], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Trade Minister has declared that the government is in "no rush" to re-open the international borders.
Havana [Cuba], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba registered on Saturday 1,472 new COVID-19 infections and 16 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 166,368 and death toll to 1,148.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina on Saturday reported 15,631 new COVID-19 infections and 495 more deaths from the disease, raising the total caseload to 4,258,394 and the national death toll to 88,742.
New York [US], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted 10 km ENE of Rizo de Oro, Mexico at 18.57 GMT on Saturday (local time), the US Geological Survey said.
Jerusalem [Israel], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Israeli Ministry of Health on Saturday reported a COVID-19 outbreak in two schools in the town of Binyamina, 60 km north of Tel Aviv.
Aden [Yemen], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Four newly-recruited Yemeni soldiers were killed and dozens others injured in a Houthi drone attack on a pro-government military base in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported another 5,911 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the national total to 691,115.