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Pakistan International Airlines suspends flights to Kabul
Date: 2021-08-16 09:12:50 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:37 - ID:9113738
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (MENA) - Pakistan’s state-run airline said it has halted all flights to Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul because of the “uncertain security situation” there, ABC News reported Monday. Spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said that Pakistan ....
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21,157 new Coronavirus cases, 182 deaths in Thailand
Date: 2021-08-16 08:51:49 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:35 - ID:9113614
BANGKOK, Aug 16 (MENA) - As many as 21,157 new cases and 182 new coronavirus-related deaths were reported Monday in Thailand by the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Since April 1, in the latest and most severe wave of the virus in ....
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Bangladesh not worried but monitoring situation in Afghanistan: FM
Date: 2021-08-16 08:42:04 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:34 - ID:9113682
DHAKA, Aug 16 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is closely observing the situation Afghanistan, the fellow member state of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), the Dhaka Tribune newspaper ....
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Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency through mid-September, report says
Date: 2021-08-16 07:52:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:9113616
TOKYO, Aug 16 (MENA) - The government is set to extend its state of emergency in regions including Tokyo to the middle of September as well as adding several other regions, the Japan Times reported on Monday. The current state of emergency is due ....
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Ukraine evacuates almost 80 people from Afghanistan – Zelensky
Date: 2021-08-16 07:45:56 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:28 - ID:9113621
KIEV, Aug 16 (MENA) - As the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital, 80 people, including eight Ukrainians, were evacuated from Kabul by a Ukrainian plane on Monday. That’s according to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrinform News ....
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US State Department: More than 60 countries to facilitate safe departure of Afghans, foreigners
Date: 2021-08-16 07:43:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9113543
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - State Department Spokesman Ned Price said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke separately with his counterparts in Australia, France, Germany and Norway about developments, including the security situation in ....
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British forces returning to Afghanistan 'not on the cards', says defense secretary
Date: 2021-08-16 07:40:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:9113535
LONDON, Aug 16 (MENA) - British forces returning to Afghanistan "not on the cards", said UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. In statements to Sky News on Monday, Wallace said it was not yet the right time to decide on whether to recognize the ....
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1st Czech flight evacuates personnel from Kabul
Date: 2021-08-16 07:39:40 GMT - Czech - World - SN:25 - ID:9113612
PRAGUE, Aug 16 (MENA) - The first Czech evacuation flight has taken off from Kabul’s international airport and landed in Prague, The Washington Post reported Monday. Prime Minister Andrej Babis said 46 people were on board Monday’s ....
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Afghanistan’s president is not in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Foreign Ministry says
Date: 2021-08-16 07:38:43 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:24 - ID:9113534
NUR SULTAN, Aug 16 (MENA) - Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani is not in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Foreign Ministry Spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov told TASS on Monday. "Ghani is not in Kazakhstan," he said, when asked if the Afghan president might be in ....
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Malaysian cabinet tenders its resignation to king, says Khairy
Date: 2021-08-16 07:36:57 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:23 - ID:9113545
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (MENA) - Malaysian Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has posted an Instagram story on his verified account, saying that the Malaysian cabinet has tendered its resignation to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, ....
