DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported a daily spike of 3,908 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the highest single-day number recorded since July last year, bringing its total tally to 595,714.

The daily spike was compared to 4,019 registered on July 2, 2020. (Bangladesh-COVID-19)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan imposed a complete ban on public gatherings nationwide on Sunday in strengthened efforts to counter its third wave of COVID-19, according to a statement from the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC).

All kinds of gatherings, indoor or outdoor, will be banned with immediate effect, said the statement, adding that the ban covers all social, cultural, political, sports and other events. (Pakistan-Gathering-Ban)

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JAKARTA -- Two suicide bombers, one man and a woman, in the blast outside a cathedral church in Indonesia were killed on Sunday, Spokesman of Provincial Police Office Senior Commissioner E. Zulpan told local media.

The number of injured people from the blast rose to 19. The explosion happened at the cathedral church complex in South Sulawesi's Makassar city, when the church was about to start the third mass congregation. (Indonesia-Church-Bomb Blast)

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MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan -- Three police officers were killed and two civilians were wounded in two separate roadside bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Sunday, authorities confirmed.

In eastern Laghman province, three police officers of Afghan National Police (ANP) were killed when a police armored vehicle was struck by a Taliban roadside bomb in Omarzai, a locality on the outskirts of provincial capital Mehtarlam city at mid-day, a provincial police source told Xinhua anonymously. (Afghanistan-Roadside Bomb)

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HONG KONG -- Teresa Cheng, secretary for justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, on Sunday called for joint efforts to condemn and stop doxxing activities.

In an online article, Cheng said during the social unrest in 2019, a sizable number of netizens weaponized personal data and engaged themselves in doxxing activities against police officers and those with different political views, adding that some police officers and their families even received threatening letters. (Hong Kong-Doxxing) Enditem

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