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German defense minister visits troops in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-02-26 15:48:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:54 - ID:8819456
KABUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - The German defense minister arrived in Afghanistan Friday for an unannounced visit to the country's troops there, ABC news reported. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that Germany is ready to "continue supporting Afghanistan ....
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Iran confirms 8,103 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-26 14:06:09 GMT - Iran - World - SN:47 - ID:8819426
TEHRAN, Feb 26 (MENA) - Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari said the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,615,184 after recording 8,103 new cases on Friday with the death toll standing at 59,899, IRNA news ....
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Afghanistan registers 11 new coronavirus cases, one death
Date: 2021-02-26 12:58:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:43 - ID:8819253
KABUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 11 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,385 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported one death and four recoveries from COVID-19 in the ....
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Seoul sounds alarm on humanitarian crisis in North Korea
Date: 2021-02-26 12:54:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:8819210
LONDON, Feb 26 (MENA) - South Korea has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis and meals shortages unfolding in North Korea as chief Kim Jong Un grapples with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the Financial Times reported. Lee ....
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Japan: State of emergency to be lifted in 6 prefectures
Date: 2021-02-26 12:48:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:41 - ID:8819259
TOKYO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said coronavirus conditions in six prefectures have improved enough to lift a state of emergency at the end of the month. But the declaration will remain in place for Tokyo and three ....
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Explosion destroys cafe, injures 3 people in Russia
Date: 2021-02-26 12:37:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:8819153
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - An explosion destroyed a café building and injured three people in a Russian city 400 kilometers east of Moscow, Interfax news agency quoted emergency officials as saying. The blast in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday morning ....
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New top Japanese envoy meets S. Korean vice FM amid protracted tensions
Date: 2021-02-26 11:55:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:37 - ID:8819204
SEOUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi met with First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun on Friday as he began his duty amid protracted tensions between the two countries over wartime issues, Yonhap news agency ....
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Czech coronavirus cases reach new high of 14,457
Date: 2021-02-26 11:53:30 GMT - Czech - World - SN:36 - ID:8819211
PRAGUE, Feb 26 (MENA) - The number of COVID-19 patients in a serious conditions reached a new high at 1,531 on Friday morning, according to data released by the Czech Health Ministry. The number of newly detected cases continues to rise, with ....
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3 people killed as gunmen attack slain journalist’s house western Afghanistan
Date: 2021-02-26 11:36:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:33 - ID:8819152
KABUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and five more were wounded in an attack by unidentified armed men in the western province of Ghor on Thursday night, Tolo News reported on Friday. The house that was attacked by gunmen ....
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Moscow condemns US airstrikes on Syria, demands respect for Arab republic's sovereignty
Date: 2021-02-26 11:31:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:8819155
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Russia "strongly condemns" the US' Thursday night attack along the Syrian-Iraqi border, Sputnik news agency reported, quoting Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying. "We strongly condemn such ....
