Myanmar reports 91 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], November 1: Myanmar confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 631,716, according to the...
Australia hosts meetings for world experts to join forces against avian, swine...
Canberra [Australia], November 1: World-leading experts on infectious animal diseases are gathered in Australia for World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) meetings.
UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Somali capital
United Nations, October 31: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns Saturday's terrorist attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, said his spokesman on Sunday.
Israeli PM visits Karish gas rig after reaching landmark deal with Lebanon
Jerusalem [Israel], October 31: Israeli Prime Minister YairLapid on Sunday visited the Karish gas rig in the Mediterranean for the first time since his country...
Palestinian shot after injuring 5 Israeli soldiers in West Bank car attack
Jerusalem [Israel], October 31: An Israeli police officer shot and "neutralized" a Palestinian man who rammed his car toward Israeli soldiers at a bus station...
Israel's coastline polluted with over 2 mln tonnes of microplastics: study
Jerusalem [Israel], October 31: Israeli Mediterranean beaches are polluted with more than 2 million tonnes of microplastics, according to a new study conducted by Tel...
Houthi attack on SW Yemeni city kills 1, injures 5
Sanaa [Yemen], October 31: A man was killed and five children were wounded on Sunday after Yemen's Houthi rebels fired artillery shells on the besieged...
Cholera could become "endemic" if Lebanon fails to curb spread: health minister
Beirut [Lebanon], October 31: Lebanese caretaker Health Minister FirassAbiad warned on Sunday that cholera could become "endemic" in Lebanon if the country fails to curb...
Arab FMs reach consensus on Arab Summit's agenda
Algiers [Algeria], October 31: A senior Arab League official said on Sunday that regional foreign ministers have approved main topics for discussion at the bloc's...
Palestinian carrying car-ramming attack in West Bank dies of wounds: health ministry
Ramallah [Palestine], October 31: The Palestinian who carried out a car-ramming attack on Sunday south of the West Bank city of Jericho died of his...
Russia reports 6,803 new COVID-19 cases
Moscow [Russia], October 31: Russia registered 6,803 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,423,725, the official monitoring and...
Swiss railway company claims record for world's longest passenger train
Bergun [Switzerland], October 31: The world's longest narrow gauge passenger train of Swiss Rhaetian Railway has entered the Guinness Book of Records.
Biden casts early vote in polarized midterm elections
Washington [US], October 31: U.S. President Joe Biden voted early in this year's polarized midterm elections on Saturday, casting his ballot alongside his 18-year-old granddaughter...
Myanmar reports 91 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], October 31: Myanmar confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's tally to 631,625, according to the...
Australian science agency launches next phase of koala monitoring
Canberra [Australia], October 31: Australia's national science agency has announced a new phase in its National Koala Monitoring program.
S.Korea's stampede death toll rises to 154
Seoul [South Korea], October 31: The casualty from a stampede, which occurred Saturday night at the Itaewon district of the South Korean capital Seoul during...
S.Korea reports 18,510 new COVID-19 cases
Seoul [South Korea], October 31: South Korea reported 18,510 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number...
Tropical storm Nalgae death toll in Philippines nearly 100, 63 missing
Manila [Philippines], October 31: At least 98 people have died in the severe tropical storm that battered the Philippines over the weekend, triggering flash floods...
New Zealand logs 20,522 new COVID-19 community cases over past week
Wellington [New Zealand], October 31: New Zealand recorded 20,522 new community cases of COVID-19 and 18 more deaths from the pandemic over the past week,...
Growing incarceration rate costing Australia billions: Assistant Treasurer
Canberra [Australia], October 31: Australia's growing prison population is costing the country billions of dollars every year.
S.Korean president's approval rating rises to 35.7 pct: poll
Seoul [South Korea], October 31: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating rose 2.8 percentage points over the week to 35.7 percent last week, a...
Malaysia reports 3,129 new COVID-19 infections, 2 more deaths
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 31: Malaysia reported 3,129 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 4,900,051, according to the health...
Border guards confiscate smuggled weapons in western Iran
Tehran [Iran], October 30: Iranian border guards confiscated a batch of smuggled weapons while smugglers were trying to move them into the country through the...
Iranian police busts fraud gang for study abroad scams
Tehran [Iran], October 30: Iranian police announced on Saturday they have arrested key members of a gang who had swindled millions of dollars from people...
Cyberattacks launched against Iran's infrastructure: adviser
Tehran [Iran], October 30: A total of 120 cyberattacks were launched against Iran's infrastructure in the past 15 days, an adviser to the head of...
Tanker explosion in Baghdad kills 8, injures 18
Baghdad [Iraq], October 30: A tanker truck explosion in northeastern Baghdad on Saturday killed at least eight people and wounded another 18, Iraqi security sources...
EU chief presents 71-mln-euro energy package in Sarajevo
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], October 30: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented a 71-million-euro (71 million U.S. dollars) energy package during a visit...