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EU: Turkey expelling 10 ambassadors will not intimidate, sign of authoritarian drift
Date: 2021-10-23 22:09:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:75 - ID:9233123
BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (MENA) - European Parliament President David Sassoli said on Saturday Turkey’s expulsion of the ambassadors of the US and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala is a sign of an ....
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Romania tightens COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge
Date: 2021-10-23 22:06:09 GMT - Romania - World - SN:74 - ID:9233122
BUCHAREST, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Romanian government will reintroduce a night curfew and make health passes mandatory for entry to most public venues from Monday, as well as sending school children on vacation for two weeks, as it seeks to stem a ....
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2 more missing trekkers found dead, death toll reaches 7
Date: 2021-10-23 21:02:43 GMT - India - World - SN:67 - ID:9233084
NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (MENA) - Two more members of an 11-strong trekking team, which had gone missing have been found dead, taking the death toll to seven, while a search was underway for the remaining two, officials said here as quoted by NDTV ....
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15 terrorist killed in 2 separate raids in Balochistan province
Date: 2021-10-23 20:51:03 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:65 - ID:9233075
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (MENA) - Nine terrorists were killed during a raid at their hideout in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, a police official said on Saturday. The police forces of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted the ....
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan to discuss trans-Afghan railway next month
Date: 2021-10-23 19:19:47 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:59 - ID:9232946
TASHKENT, Cairo 23 (MENA) - Senior Pakistani and Uzbek officials will meet with representatives of the interim government of Afghanistan in the first half of November in Tashkent to discuss the construction of the Trans-Afghan railway, Uzbek Deputy ....
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Blinken, Guterres discuss developments in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-10-23 06:26:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9231700
WSHINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to discuss topics of global importance, including the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the US State Department said in a statement. In ....
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US kills senior al Qaeda leader in Syria airstrike
Date: 2021-10-23 05:59:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9231674
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - An airstrike in northwest Syria Friday killed senior al Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar, according to the US Central Command. The military said it has "no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 242,971,075
Date: 2021-10-23 05:58:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9231673
WAHSINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - As many as 242,971,075 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 4,937,546 people have died from the virus ....
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Russia, Bolivia against meddling in affairs of Latin American countries — Lavrov
Date: 2021-10-22 22:10:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:9231622
MOSCOW, Oct 22 (MENA) - Russia and Bolivia favored the immediate cessation of interference into the internal affairs of Latin American countries, including Cuba and Venezuela, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying on Friday at ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 242.4 million
Date: 2021-10-22 22:10:03 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:65 - ID:9231623
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - As many as 242,482,541 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said Friday. It added that 4,929,545 people have died from the virus ....