Yemen’s Pro-Gov’t Forces Gain New Military Progress In Houthi-Held Hodeidah

ADEN, Nov 22 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s pro-government forces continued on-ground military advances against the Houthi rebels, in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah yesterday, a military official said. “The joint pro-government forces gained a new military progress and captured a number of new areas from the Houthis, particularly…

Iraqi Shiite Cleric Condemns Pressures On Electoral Commission

BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s prominent Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, yesterday condemned all pressures on the country’s electoral commission, and interference in its work. “We condemn and denounce all the political and security pressures the commission has been subjected to, from the first day of its work until now,”…

Turkey Confirms 21,177 Daily COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Nov 22 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported 21,177 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 8,571,554, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus rose by 195 to 75,042, while 34,290 more people recovered, in the last 24 hours. A total of 350,163…

Singapore Reports 1,670 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Nov 22 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 1,670 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 252,188. Of the new cases, 1,577 were in the community, 80 were in migrant workers’ dormitories and 13 were imported cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement. A total…

Cambodia’s Water Festival Holiday Concludes With Over 900,000 Tourists Travelling Across Kingdom

PHNOM PENH, Nov 22 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s three-day Water Festival holiday came to an end, with some 910,000 people travelling to different tourist attractions, after most of the population vaccinated against COVID-19, Tourism Minister, Thong Khon said yesterday. Water Festival, one of the largest festivals in the nation, was marked…

Gunman Shot Dead After Killing One, Injuring Four In Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Nov 22 (NNN-PNN) – One person died and four others were wounded, in a shooting in East Jerusalem yesterday morning, with the gunman also shot dead, local police said. The incident took place outside the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in East Jerusalem’s Old City. The injured, two civilians and two…

Pakistan Reports 313 New COVID-19 Cases, Four More Deaths

ISLAMABAD, Nov 21 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan recorded 313 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 1,281,872, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), said today. A total of 28,659 people have died from COVID-19 in Pakistan, including four deaths newly reported, said…

Rising Tide Kills At Least 15 People In Myanmar

YANGON, Nov 21 (NNN-MNA) – At least 15 people were killed and some more missing, after a rising tide swept them away, in Myanmar’s south-eastern Mon state this morning, a local police officer said. “The tide swept away the pilgrims, who were walking along the sea waterway, to pay homage…

Mongolia Logs 509 New COVID-19 Infections

ULAN BATOR, Nov 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia reported 509 new local infections of COVID-19, over the past 24 hours, raising the national caseload to 378,575, according to a statement by the country’s health ministry today. More than half of the latest confirmed cases were detected in the capital, Ulan Bator,…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 34,510,413

NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,510,413 today, as 10,488 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 313 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to…