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  • Over 1.7 million refugees left Ukraine; 406 civilian deaths: UN

    Date: 2022-03-07 20:27:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:111 - ID:9456312

    NEW YORK, March 7 (MENA) - More than 1.7 million refugees have left Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion late last month, according to the UN refugee agency. As of Sunday, roughly 1,735,000 refugees had fled Ukraine to seek shelter in a ....

  • Nigeria not to allow nationals to join war in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-07 20:26:41 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:110 - ID:9456315

    LAGOS, March 7 (MENA) - The Nigerian Federal Government has vowed to halt attempts by some Nigerians to join forces with Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia. A statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Foreign ....

  • 4,649 Ukrainian refugees now in Greece

    Date: 2022-03-07 19:27:26 GMT - Greece - World - SN:105 - ID:9456316

    ATHENS, March 7 (MENA) - A total of 4,649 Ukrainian refugees, of whom 30% are minors, have arrived in Greece since the start of the Russian invasion, Kathimerini quoted the Citizen Protection Ministry as saying on Monday. Police data showed that ....

  • Samsung says cyberattack caused no personal data breach

    Date: 2022-03-07 18:45:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:99 - ID:9456193

    SEOUL, March 7 (MENA) - Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that a recent cyberattack by a hacking group on its system did not cause major harm to its business and customers, Yonhap reported. In a statement posted on the company's internal forum, ....

  • UK PM Johnson says sanctions on Russian energy very much ‘on the table’

    Date: 2022-03-07 17:30:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:96 - ID:9456192

    LONDON, March 7 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday said that London and other Western governments are seriously considering ....

  • Ukraine: We work with int'l partners to enable Armed Forces to efficiently defend nation

    Date: 2022-03-07 15:07:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:70 - ID:9455742

    KIEV, March 7 (MENA) - Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov confirmed the government and international partners are working to enable the Armed Forces to defend the country more efficiently. Alluding to the reported big progress in the ....

  • Blinken says US has 'sacrosanct' commitment to NATO's Article 5

    Date: 2022-03-07 12:04:18 GMT - Lithuania - World - SN:48 - ID:9455369

    VILNIUS, March 7 (MENA) - The United States has a "sacrosanct" commitment to NATO's Article 5 guarantee of mutual defense between member-states, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was quoted by ABC News as saying during a visit to Lithuania on ....

  • Zelensky demands tougher international sanctions against Russia

    Date: 2022-03-07 11:27:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:45 - ID:9455310

    KIEV, March 7 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the introduction of a new package of sanctions against Russia, a boycott of Russian oil exports and imports to Russia, Ukrinform reported. In a video address, he said ....

  • Nearly 2,400 elements of Ukrainian military infrastructure destroyed over time of operation - Russian Defense Ministry

    Date: 2022-03-07 10:48:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9455235

    MOSCOW, March 7 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry has reported the destruction of nearly 2,400 Ukrainian military facilities, including 119 air defense systems, since the start of the operation in Ukraine, Interfax News Agency reported. "A ....

  • China says most of its citizens evacuated from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-07 10:44:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:37 - ID:9455172

    KIEV, March 7 (MENA) - China's embassy in Ukraine announced on Monday that most of the approximately 6,000 Chinese nationals previously in the country had been evacuated, as Russia stepped up the shelling of multiple cities, channelnewsasia ....

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