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  • Former Afghan security official: 'There was no trust' in the US when leaders fled

    Date: 2021-12-20 06:27:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9327341

    WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The national security adviser under former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that all trust in the U.S. was "gone" by the time the Taliban overthrew the democratically elected government and took ....

  • Pakistan, Somalia discuss cooperation in security, economic domains

    Date: 2021-12-20 06:25:26 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:5 - ID:9327368

    MOGADISH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Pakistan and Somalia have discussed means of cooperation in the fields of economy, science, technology, defense and diplomacy. This came during a meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi with his ....

  • Putin says 32 terrorist attacks foiled in Russia in 2021

    Date: 2021-12-20 05:14:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:1 - ID:9327315

    MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - Russia’s security agencies managed to achieve a decline in the terrorist threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that 32 terrorist attacks have been prevented over an 11-month period this year, Tass News Agency ....

  • 2 new Omicron cases in India push up total cases to 145

    Date: 2021-12-19 15:49:51 GMT - India - World - SN:73 - ID:9326784

    NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (MENA) - India's Omicron Covid count rose to 145 on Sunday after a 45-year-old NRI and a teenage boy, who recently arrived in Gujarat from the United Kingdom, tested positive for the variant, NDTV reported. In Gujarat, the ....

  • UK reports 12,133 additional Omicron cases

    Date: 2021-12-19 15:42:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:9326778

    LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - The UK recorded 12,133 more cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Sunday, a 21 per cent jump on the day before, Independent reported. The total number of Omicron cases is now at 37,101. Some 10,059 cases of the ....

  • 2 killed, 5 injured in Pakistan suicide attack

    Date: 2021-12-19 15:14:07 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:69 - ID:9326674

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) -- A bomb suicide attack hit a vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least two people and injuring five others, the local Dawn reported. The vehicle was carrying workers of Awami National ....

  • Report: Rising number of blood cancer patients dying of Covid in England, Wales

    Date: 2021-12-19 14:44:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:9326516

    LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - British ministers have been accused of failing to protect the most vulnerable people from rising Covid cases after it emerged that people with blood cancer now account for a higher proportion of coronavirus deaths than ....

  • London Mayor: Inevitable we will have more Covid restrictions

    Date: 2021-12-19 13:37:56 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:9326435

    LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - New Covid-19 restrictions are inevitable as without them Britain will see public services such as the National Health Service (NHS) on the verge of collapse, London Mayor Sadiq Khan told BBC Television on Sunday. Khan ....

  • Pakistan pledges $30 mln to Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-12-19 13:15:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:50 - ID:9326340

    ISLAM ABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Pakistan has pledged USD 100 million for Afghanistan to help the Asian country face the worsening humanitarian situation since the Taliban took over in August, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Speaking at the ....

  • Kamala Harris says US administration did not anticipate Omicron variant

    Date: 2021-12-19 12:03:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:9326237

    LOS ANGELES, Dec 19 (MENA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris said that the administration failed to anticipate the variants that have prolonged and worsened the COVID-19 pandemic and that she underestimated the role misinformation would play in ....

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