Turkey Registers 66,237 Daily COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Jan 9 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported 66,237 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,916,725, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 141 to 83,529, while 34,592 more people recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry…

Turkey “Neutralised” 12 YPG Members After Three Soldiers Killed: Ministry

ANKARA, Jan 9 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s security forces killed at least 12 members of Syria’s Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), after three Turkish soldiers died in an explosion, the country’s defence ministry said. “After the IED (improvised explosive device) attack, in which three of our heroic comrades were martyred, on…

China, Maldives On Shared Path To Hope, Prosperity, Happiness: Wang Yi

MALE, Jan 9 (NNN-PSM) – Visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said here yesterday that, China-Maldives relations, through 50 years of joint efforts, have become a model of friendly exchanges and win-win cooperation. Wang told a joint press conference with Maldivian Foreign Minister, Abdulla Shahid, that China,…

India Announces Election Schedule For Five States Amid COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (NNN-PTI) – Elections will be held in five states between Feb 10 and Mar 7, in up to seven phases, India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sushil Chandra, said yesterday. Elections are to be held in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. He…

Kazakhstan’s Former National Security Chief Detained For Treason Amid Unrest

NUR-SULTAN, Jan 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Karim Masimov, former chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, has been detained on suspicion of high treason, the committee announced yesterday. Masimov and unnamed others were placed in a temporary detention centre on Thursday, and the committee has launched a pre-trial investigation, it…

16 Killed In Bus Crash In North-Eastern Egypt’s Sinai

CAIRO, Jan 9 (NNN-MENA) – At least 16 people were killed and 18 others wounded, early yesterday, in a bus crash, on the international highway in the Sinai Peninsula, in north-eastern Egypt, the country’s Health Ministry said, in a statement. “Due to a fog that reduced visibility, a bus hit…

16 Tourists Killed After Being Stranded In Snow In N. Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 9 (NNN-APP) – At least 16 tourists were killed after their vehicles were stranded in snow, in Pakistan’s north Murree area, the country’s interior minister said, yesterday. In a video message, Interior Minister, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, said that, thousands of vehicles got stranded on the way back from…

Brunei Reports 27 New COVID-19 Cases, Total At 15,577

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 8 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 15,577. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the newly-recorded cases included 24 local infections and three import cases. As of Jan 6, 94.6 percent of Brunei’s population have received at…

16 Die Of Harsh Weather-Related Incidents In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (NNN-APP) – Incidents related to harsh weather across Pakistan have killed at least 16 people and injured several others since last night, local media reported today. Local media quoting official sources reported that, a roof of a house collapsed due to heavy snowfall in the Dargudroo village…

Child Dies, Five Injured In E. Afghan Roof Collapse Incident

MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Jan 8 (NNN-ANA) – A five-year-old child was killed and five people injured, in a rainfall-related incident in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman, last night, a local source confirmed today. “The incident occurred at mid-night when the roof of a muddy house collapsed, in a slum area in…