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  • Russia reports record 820 COVID-19 deaths, 19,630 new cases

    Date: 2021-08-26 10:16:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:9131653

    MOSCOW, Aug 26 (MENA) - Russia on Thursday reported a record 820 coronavirus-related deaths amid a surge of cases blamed on the Delta variant and the slow rate of vaccinations. The government's coronavirus task force also reported 19,630 new ....

  • UK troops help 11,000 leave Afghanistan as evacuation deadline approaches

    Date: 2021-08-26 10:00:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:9131297

    LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - More than 11,000 people have now been evacuated from Afghanistan by UK troops, Belfast Telegraph reported. New figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) showed that 11,474 people had been able to leave the country since ....

  • British minister warns of 'very serious' terrorist threat at Kabul airport

    Date: 2021-08-26 08:50:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:9131306

    LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - A "very lethal attack" could happen at Kabul airport in a matter of hours, Armed Forces Minister James Heappey has said. Heappey told Sky News the "grim reality" is that intelligence has got "ever more certain" that an ....

  • Australia warns citizens to stay away from Kabul airport amid terror threat

    Date: 2021-08-26 08:02:51 GMT - Australia - World - SN:17 - ID:9131241

    CANBERRA, Aug 26 (MENA) - There is a high threat of a terrorist attack near the airport in Kabul, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne said on Thursday, as Canberra urged its citizens and those with a visa for Australia to leave the ....

  • India reports 46,164 new cases in last 24 hours

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:50:31 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:9131133

    NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (MENA) - India on Thursday reported 46,164 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the highest in nearly two months. With this, the overall tally of Covid-19 cases in the country has gone up to 32,512,366, according to ....

  • 6,358 more COVID-19 cases reported in Kazakhstan, total at 761,249

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:47:20 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:15 - ID:9131140

    NUR SULTAN, Aug 26 (MENA) - Kazakhstan has added 6,358 cases of the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, Kazinform news agency reported. Almaty city is the only area to report the four-digit number of fresh daily COVID-19 cases – 1,605. ....

  • Pakistan reports 4,553 new cases, 85 deaths amid Covid surge

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:43:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:9131137

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (MENA) - Amid the recent uptick in coronavirus cases owing to the fourth wave of the pandemic, Pakistan has recorded 85 new deaths and 4,553 new infections on Thursday, the Daily Pakistan reported. According to the latest ....

  • Ukraine reports 1,581 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:41:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:9131151

    KIEV, Aug 26 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 1,581 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 2,278,171, Ukrinform news agency quoted the Ukrainian Health Ministry as saying. "Some 1,581 new ....

  • Johns Hopkins: Coronavirus cases hit 213,866,744 worldwide

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:38:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9131239

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - As many as 213,866,744 people have been reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Thursday. It added that 4,463,127 have died from the virus worldwide. ....

  • US warns Americans of threat at Kabul airport: ‘Leave immediately’

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:37:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:9131162

    KABUL, Aug 26 (MENA) - The US Embassy warned Americans to stay away from the Kabul airport and told anyone outside the perimeter to “leave immediately,” citing unnamed security threats, The Seattle Times reported. Thousands of Afghan nationals ....

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