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Biden briefed on Kabul airport explosion
Date: 2021-08-26 16:13:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:9132319
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the explosion outside Kabul airport, a White House official said. Biden was in the Situation Room with his national security team for his daily Afghanistan briefing when the ....
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Pentagon confirms explosion near Kabul airport, number of US & civilian casualties
Date: 2021-08-26 16:07:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:9132363
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - An explosion has taken place outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Reports indicated that the blast left 13 people dead and about 40 others wounded. "We can confirm that the explosion near the Abbey Gate ....
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EU completes evacuation of diplomatic staff from Kabul, keeps 'core team' on the ground
Date: 2021-08-26 15:18:04 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:61 - ID:9132107
BRUSSELS, Aug 26 (MENA) - The European Union has evacuated the bulk of its diplomatic corps and local staff from Kabul but will keep a small "core team" on the ground to oversee the process until it's finally completed, the Commission confirmed on ....
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Tokyo Paralympics confirm 1st COVID-19 hospitalization
Date: 2021-08-26 10:54:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:9131625
TOKYO, Aug 26 (MENA) - A person involved in the Tokyo Paralympics has been hospitalized with COVID-19, the games organizing committee said Thursday, the first such case linked to the event, Kyodo reported. In confirming the hospitalization, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
