WASHINGTON -- U.S. health authorities have said that the country is buying nearly all the global supplies of Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment for the next three months, which could mean that no other country will be able to buy it in the period.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed Monday that it had secured more than 500,000 treatment courses of Remdesivir from the pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences -- which is all of the company's production for July and 90 percent of that for August and September -- for U.S. hospitals until September. (US-Remdesivir-Buying Up)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Troops of India and Pakistan Thursday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other's positions on Line of Control (LoC), dividing Kashmir, officials said.

The two sides exchanged fire on LoC in Shahpur and Kirni sectors of frontier Poonch district, about 180 km southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India-Pakistan-LoC)

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NEW DELHI -- India's Defense Ministry Thursday approved a proposal to acquire 33 new fighter jets, besides upgradation of 59 warplanes.

"Addressing the long felt need of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to increase its fighter squadrons, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the proposal for procurement of 21 MIG-29 along with upgradation of existing 59 MIG-29 aircraft and procurement of 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft," the ministry in a statement said. (India-Fighter Jets-Purchase)

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- A district official and his son were injured as a bomb blast struck a car in the eastern Jalalabad city on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said.

According to the official, a sticky bomb targeted a car at around 03:30 p.m. local time in Jalalabad city, injuring a senior official of Surkhrod district and his son. (Afghanistan-Bomb-Casualties) Enditem

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