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US withdrawal from Afghanistan should not result in deployment of troops to Asia, Moscow says
Date: 2021-07-02 16:19:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:9040799
MOSCOW, July 2 (MENA) - The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan should not lead to a redeployment of US and NATO military infrastructure to Central Asia, Russia's special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov told Sputnik ....
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Afghan troops foils terrorist attack on Herat-Kabul flight
Date: 2021-07-02 16:18:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:56 - ID:9040811
KABUL, July 2 (MENA) - Afghan security forces have foiled a terrorist attack plan on Herat-Kabul flight, the local Khaama Press reported Friday. A statement issued by the Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) said the body and National ....
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Talks with Taliban are making 'very little progress' as militant group gains momentum, says Afghan official
Date: 2021-07-02 14:11:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:42 - ID:9040573
KABUL, July 2 (MENA) - As US President Joe Biden prepares for the formal withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the man responsible for peace talks between the rampant Taliban and the official Afghan government is not entirely optimistic ....
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WFP resumes operations to reach 2 million people with emergency food assistance in Tigray
Date: 2021-07-02 13:44:42 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:9040560
GENEVA, July 2 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting halted the emergency response last week. However serious challenges are threatening the entire ....
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Last US, NATO troops leave Afghanistan’s Bagram air base after almost 20 years
Date: 2021-07-02 13:33:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:9040263
WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) - After nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al Qaeda perpetrators of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, two ....
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Iran records 13,836 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-02 12:04:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:30 - ID:9040376
TEHRAN, July 2 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 84,516 with 127 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, IRNA news agency reported quoting Iran's Health Ministry announced as ....
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Chinese mainland reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
Date: 2021-07-02 10:51:48 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:9040270
BEIJING, July 2 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 18 imported COVID-19 cases but no new locally transmitted cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday. Among the imported cases, eight were reported ....
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Poland confirms 96 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-02 09:48:50 GMT - Poland - World - SN:23 - ID:9040164
WARSAW, July 2 (MENA) - Poland on Friday registered 96 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country's total number of cases to 2,880,107, Radio Poland reported, quoting the health ministry as saying. Some 21 more deaths related to COVID-19 ....
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Russia records 23,218 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-07-02 09:27:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:9040130
MOSCOW, July 2 (MENA) - Russia recorded 23,218 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 5,561,360, Sputnik news agency reported, citing a statement by the federal response center on Friday. Moscow confirmed 6,893 daily ....
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Philippines reports 6,192 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-02 09:14:17 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:9040111
MANILA, July 2 (MENA) - The Philippines Department of Health reported on Friday 6,192 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,424,518. The death toll climbed to 24,973 after 177 ....