News Archives for World - 2021-06-19

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Middle East

Amnesty calls for investigation into Iran's Raisi for crimes against humanity

The circumstances surrounding the fate of the victims and the whereabouts of their bodies are, to this day, systematically concealed by the Iranian authorities, amounting to ongoing crimes against humanity.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 08:34pm

South Asia

Indonesia to get Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from August

Pfizer vaccines will start arriving from August, with shipments of between 7.5 million to 12 million doses per month.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 07:47pm

Europe

Erdogan congraulates Iran's Raisi for election win

"Stating my belief that cooperation between our two countries will strengthen during your presidency, I am ready to work together with you," Erdogan said.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 07:44pm

USA

US triples vaccines for Taiwan with 2.5 million-dose shipment

We are not allocating these doses, or delivering these doses, based on political or economic conditions. We are donating these vaccines with the singular objective of saving lives.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 07:39pm

Europe

Putin promises Russians billions in spending ahead of polls

"The program of the party of the leader has to be the program of the people," the 68-year-old Kremlin chief said.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 07:28pm

Middle East

UAE congratulates Iran's Raisi for election victory

We wish for the Islamic Republic, and for our bilateral relations, stability, continuity and prosperity.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 07:22pm

Africa

Cambodian PM in quarantine, cancels meeting with UK's Raab

Raab was expected to visit Phnom Penh early next week, according to Cambodian officials.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 06:17pm

South Asia

Singapore sees early rush for Sinovac vaccine

Singapore has vaccinated almost half its 5.7 million population with at least one dose of the vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Both have shown efficacy rates of well over 90% against symptomatic disease in clinical trials, compared with Sinovac's 51%.

Updated 19 Jun, 2021 07:21pm

USA

Brazil set to pass half a million COVID-19 deaths

Brazil has registered 498,499 deaths from 17,801,462 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
"I think we are going to reach 700,000 or 800,000 deaths before we get to see the effects of vaccination," said Gonzalo Vecina.

Updated 19 Jun, 2021 07:26pm

Europe

Russia reports 17,906 new COVID-19 cases, 466 deaths

The government coronavirus task force confirmed 466 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 128,911.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 05:46pm

South Asia

Afghan president replaces security ministers as Taliban advance

Ghani also appointed General Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal as interior minister, the presidency said.
Mirzakwal has previously held several regional posts.

Updated 19 Jun, 2021 06:16pm

South Asia

India ask states to 'carefully calibrate' lockdown easing

States and territories "must ensure that the whole process is carefully calibrated," Home.
A system should be in place at the micro level to ensure that whenever cases are rising in a smaller place it gets checked there itself through local containment measures.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 05:38pm

Europe

Russia's Putin congratulates Iran's Raisi on presidential election win

Putin also expressed hopes for the "further development of a constructive bilateral cooperation", it quoted the source as saying.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 05:22pm

Middle East

Saudi air defences intercept eight armed drones

The coalition later in the day said seven drones fired towards the south of the kingdom were also intercepted.
The Houthis have frequently targeted Khamis Mushait and other Saudi cities along the frontier in the more than six-year-old Yemen war.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 05:19pm

Middle East

EU warns Lebanon's leaders of sanctions over 'home-made' crisis

"The crisis Lebanon is facing is a domestic crisis. It's a self-imposed crisis."
"It's not a crisis coming from abroad or from external factors. It's a home-made crisis, a crisis done by yourselves."

Published 19 Jun, 2021 05:08pm

Africa

Guinea declares end to Ebola outbreak that killed 12

"Based on the lessons learned from the 2014-16 outbreak and through rapid, coordinated response efforts... Guinea managed to control the outbreak and prevent its spread beyond its borders," WHO.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 04:50pm

Middle East

Ultraconservative cleric Raisi wins Iran presidential vote

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulates Raisi after victory in 13th presidential elections

Updated 19 Jun, 2021 06:17pm

Middle East

Amnesty calls for Iran's Raisi to be investigated over rights

Amnesty said Raisi was a member of the "Death Commission" that forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed in secret thousands of opposition prisoners in 1988.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 04:12pm

South Asia

India mourns as 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh dies of Covid aged 91

Singh won gold medals at the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games
His wife had also died from the virus earlier in the week

Published 19 Jun, 2021 04:01pm

USA

Brazil has 98,832 COVID cases, 2,495 deaths in 24 hours

The South American country has now registered 17,801,462 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 498,499, according to ministry data.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 03:28am