Tehran [Iran], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 7,298 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,503,753.
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged finance ministers of Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations to provide more financial support to boost the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tripoli [Libya], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said that more than 90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
Abuja [Nigeria], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were confirmed killed and three others injured in a highway accident in the Nigerian southern state of Cross River on Friday, an official said.
London [UK], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 15,144 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,013,799, according to official figures released Friday.
Kuwait City [Kuwait], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Kuwait reported on Friday 1,021 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 176,052.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,318 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the national total to 258,306.
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 9,869 within one day to 1,201,859, with the death toll adding by 275 to 32,656, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
Cape Town [South Africa], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent surpassed 3,715,923 cases as of Friday morning.
Sana'a [Yemen], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Yemen's Houthi rebels on Thursday night claimed responsibility for attacking a Saudi airbase with a ballistic missile.
Bissau [Guinea-Bissau], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Aristides Gomes is authorized to leave the country for medical treatment, Guinea-Bissau's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities said Thursday.
Nairobi [Kenya], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa has spiked as the continent grapples with local transmission of highly contagious strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.