Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, local police confirmed.
Brasilia [Brazil], May 12 (Xinhua/ANI): Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reached 425,540 on Tuesday, after the Ministry of Health reported 2,311 more deaths from the pandemic in one day.
New York [US], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday's attack against a temporary position of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which resulted in the death of one Malawian blue helmet.
Suva [Fiji], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Fiji region at 092110 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,891 taking the count to 1,718,575, with the death toll rising by 206 to 47,218, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
Manila [Philippines], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday 6,846 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,108,826.
Tripoli [Libya], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Libyan Navy on Sunday denied shooting at an Italian fisherman off the Libyan coast during an operation against four boats from Sicily.
New York [US], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed deep concern over the continuing violence in East Jerusalem.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil reported on Sunday 1,024 more deaths from the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the national death toll to 422,340, according to the Ministry of Health.
Muscat [Oman], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omani Health Ministry announced 2,006 new COVID-19 infections during the past three days, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the sultanate to 201,350, official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported Sunday.
Abuja [Nigeria], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police confirmed on Sunday a gunmen attack on a police station on Saturday in the southern state of Akwa Ibom, killing six persons, including five police officers and a civilian.
Bangkok [Thailand], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua):Thailand confirmed 2,101 new COVID-19 cases and 17 more fatalities on Sunday amid the country's most severe coronavirus outbreak, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).