Five militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) were killed in airstrikes in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the Iraqi military said.
South Korea reported 170,016 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 2,499,188, the health authorities said Thursday.
Malaysia reported 31,199 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 3,305,157, according to the health ministry.
Cambodia on Wednesday began inoculating children aged three and four against COVID-19 with China's Sinovac vaccine amid a surge in daily cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
