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  • Pakistan reports 3,800 new coronavirus infections, 66 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-30 06:45:14 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:9137770

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 66 more coronavirus deaths and 3,800 new cases that emerged during the last 24 hours, showed the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday morning. According to the ....

  • India reports 42,909 new COVID-19 infections

    Date: 2021-08-30 06:36:04 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:9137761

    NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (MENA) - India saw a single-day rise of 42,909 new COVID-19 infections, which took the total tally of cases to 32,737,939, the Times of India reported. Meanwhile, active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive ....

  • Washington to host virtual ministerial meeting on Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-08-30 06:22:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9137748

    WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - Foreign ministers from several countries will meet virtually Monday to discuss their next steps in Afghanistan, the U.S. State Department said, as the airlift evacuation out of the country enters its final days, according ....

  • Blinken, his Chinese counterpart confer on situation in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-08-30 05:44:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9137682

    WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Saturday spoke with People's Republic of China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi regarding 'freedom to travel' for Afghans and foreign nationals, ABC News ....

  • Greece registers 1,582 new coronavirus cases, 37 fatalities

    Date: 2021-08-29 23:02:44 GMT - Greece - World - SN:80 - ID:9137637

    ATHENS, Aug 25 (MENA) - Greek health authorities said on Sunday that 1,582 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload in Greece to 581,315. Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 13,636 after recording 37 fresh ....

  • SAS issues chilling warning to Daesh as British troops volunteer to stay in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-08-29 20:52:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:9137560

    LONDON, Aug 29 (MENA) – An SAS squadron has volunteered to stay in Afghanistan to fight Daesh-K, Express reported. After the UK completed its evacuation program, it pulled its 1,000 troops out of Afghanistan’s airport in Kabul. However, up ....

  • France reports over 13,630 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-29 20:47:24 GMT - France - World - SN:76 - ID:9137547

    PARIS, Aug 29 (MENA) - As many as 13,630 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in France over the past 24 hours, the French health department announced Sunday. Meanwhile, 53 coronavirus patients have succumbed to the virus over the same period, ....

  • Biden present as bodies of 13 American troops killed in Kabul attack return to US soil

    Date: 2021-08-29 19:35:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:9137447

    WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden is attending a military base as the bodies of 13 American troops killed in Thursday's suicide bombing in Kabul return to American soil, Sky News reported. The president and First Lady Jill Biden ....

  • Death toll from munitions depot blasts in Kazakhstan up to 14

    Date: 2021-08-29 19:11:14 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:69 - ID:9137405

    NUR-SULTAN, Aug 29 (MENA) - The death toll from the fire and subsequent explosions at a munitions depot in Kazakhstan has risen to 14, TASS reported. "The death toll from the explosion in the Zhambyl region has reached 14. The defense ministry’s ....

  • 2 Pakistani soldiers killed in cross-border attack from Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-08-29 19:07:06 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:66 - ID:9137408

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (MENA) – Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in a cross-border attack by militants from Afghanistan into Pakistan's northwest Bajaur district. The terrorists opened fire at a military check post located at the border in ....

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