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1,000 Afghan destitute families receive food aid in...
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 10: A total of 1,000 Afghan destitute families, mostly orphaned and disabled folks, received food aid donated...
Singapore reports 4,795 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, October 10: Singapore reported 4,795 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 1,953,197.
Nepali president tests positive for COVID-19
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 10: Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital...
Feature: Myanmar's handmade lantern market sees low demand...
Yangon (Myanmar), October 9: With Myanmar's lighting festival around the corner, lantern makers in Yangon are seeing low demand for...
Malaysia reports 1,627 new COVID-19 infections, 4 more...
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), October 9: Malaysia reported 1,627 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to...
FBI report tells less about overall state of...
New York (US), October 9: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its 2021 Crime in the Nation Report, for...
Iran says U.S. sanctions hurt Iranians' health
Tehran (Iran), October 9: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Saturday Iranian officials and individuals had been indiscriminately...
Putin orders intensified measures to protect Crimea-related facilities
Moscow (Russia), October 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday to strengthen measures for protecting transport crossing...
U.S. military footage shows arrival of new rotational...
Seoul (South Korea), October 9: The U.S. military on Saturday released footage showing a Stryker armored fighting vehicle arriving in...
PM set to visit Chile, Uruguay, Argentina this...
Seoul (South Korea), October 9: Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is set to depart for Chile on Sunday for a three-nation...
New COVID-19 cases below 20,000 for 2nd day...
Seoul (South Korea), October 9: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday, as...
NSC condemns N. Korea's short-range ballistic missile launch
Seoul (South Korea), October 9: The presidential National Security Council (NSC) strongly condemned North Korea's launch of two short-range ballistic...
Flash floods hit parts of Cambodia, killing 4:...
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), October 9: Flash floods have been hitting parts of Cambodia, leaving at least four people dead, Prime...
Syria demands immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces
Damascus (Syria), October 9: The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday demanded the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria.
Kenya's forex reserves fall to 5-year low
Nairobi (Kenya), October 9: Kenya's foreign exchange reserves declined by 12.5 billion shillings (about 103 million U.S. dollars) this week...
Feature: Joint inspection teams work in concord to...
Istanbul (Turkey), October 9: A small boat carrying a multilateral inspection team approached the grain-laden vessel Moonlight from Ukraine that...
S. European countries urge to enhance migrant check...
Nicosia (Cyprus), October 9: Ministers of interior and immigration of Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta and Cyprus on Saturday called for...
Egypt textile expo reopens after COVID-19 outbreak, raising...
Cairo (Egypt), October 9: At a spacious hall in an exhibition center in Cairo, businesses from eight countries display in...
Tehran summons Danish envoy over attack on Iranian...
Tehran [Iran], October 8: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Denmark's ambassador to Iran to protest against an attack...
Iraqi security officer killed in car-bombing attack
Baghdad [Iraq], October 8: A security officer in Iraq's Kurdistan region was killed on Friday by the explosion of two...
Lithuania launches 1.3-bln-euro Rail Baltica tender
Vilnius [Lithuania], October 8:LTG Infra, the infrastructure subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways (LTG), has launched a procurement process worth 1.3 billion...
COVID-19 cases spike in Bavaria after Oktoberfest
Berlin [Germany], October 8: Since the start of the Oktoberfest celebrations in mid-September in the German state of Bavaria, the...
Russia's MC-21 aircraft conducts first flight with domestic...
Moscow [Russia], October 8: A prototype of the Russia's MC-21 passenger aircraft, previously tested with imported powerplants, has performed its...
Zelensky outlines key challenges for Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine],October 8: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky on Friday outlined the key challenges for Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia, the...
French politicians call for dialogues between TotalEnergies and...
Paris [France], October 8: Several French politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron, called on Friday for dialogues and responsibility between TotalEnergies...
3 killed in blast at petrol station in...
Dublin [Ireland],October 8: Three people have been killed on Friday in an explosion at a petrol station in Co Donegal,...
U.S. unemployment edges down to 3.5 pct in...
Washington [US], October 8: U.S. employers added 263,000 jobs in September amid a still tight labor market, with the unemployment...