ANKARA
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments in Turkey, around the world, and the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments in Turkey, coronavirus pandemic and other news
Turkey has administered more than 119.2 million coronavirus vaccine doses since it launched an immunization drive in January, according to official figures.
More than 56.01 million people have been given a first dose and over 49.97 million have been fully vaccinated, according to the Health Ministry.
Turkey has also given third booster shots to over 11.85 million people.
The ministry recorded 23,810 new infections, 218 deaths and 28,749 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
At least nine people with suspected links to the Daesh/ISIS terror organization were apprehended in Turkey, according to security sources.
Turkey launched a new terror operation in the east, the Interior Ministry announced.
The eastern Erzurum province was hit by a magnitude-5.1 earthquake, the nation’s disaster authority reported.
Other global developments
Three civilians were killed and 10 injured as the YPG/PKK terror group fired multiple rockets at the northern Syrian city of Afrin.
Iran called new US sanctions targeting six individuals and one entity for alleged meddling in the 2020 US presidential elections a “continuation of Trump’s failed maximum pressure policy.”
NATO urged Russia to refrain from escalating tensions on the border with Ukraine.
NATO urged Germany’s prospective new coalition government to back the alliance’s nuclear deterrence strategy.
The UN underlined the need for proof about the whereabouts of a missing Chinese tennis star, who alleges she suffered sexual assault from a powerful former official.
The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement decried the British intention to label it a "terrorist organization."
At least eight people were killed and 13 wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia’s South West State.
Austria will impose a national lockdown beginning Monday due to surges in coronavirus cases.
Russia again registered a record number of daily coronavirus fatalities as the virus claimed 1,254 lives, pushing the death toll to 261,589.
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, in addition to American firm Moderna, received approval in the US for a COVID-19 booster shot for adults.
The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will meet in Brussels in December for talks to defuse escalating tensions amid recurring border clashes, according to the European Union.
