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  • Afghanistan: 18 security forces killed, injured in Kunduz attack

    Date: 2021-02-05 07:47:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8784605

    KABUL, Feb 5 (MENA) - Sixteen Afghan security forces were killed and two more wounded in a Taliban attack on their outpost in Khan Abad district in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday night, a security source said Friday. Two security ....

  • Tokyo confirms 577 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-05 07:46:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:8784597

    TOKYO, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 577 new cases of coronavirus infection in the capital on Friday, NHK news reported. The daily tally has remained below 1,000 for an eighth day in a row. The number of people who ....

  • South Korea registers 370 new coronavirus infections in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-05 07:18:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8784568

    SEOUL, Feb 5 (MENA) - South Korea surpassed a grim milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as its total COVID-19 caseload broke the 80,000 mark Friday, Yonhap News Agency reported. The country added 370 more COVID-19 cases, ....

  • Trump rejects impeachment managers' request for testimony at impeachment trial

    Date: 2021-02-05 07:11:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8784557

    WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - The House impeachment managers on Thursday requested Donald Trump testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, in a dramatic move to try to get the former President on the record about his conduct surrounding the ....

  • Coronavirus: Pakistan reports 1,302 fresh cases, 53 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-05 06:55:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:8784547

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 1,302 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 551,842, The Express Tribune newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll increased to 11,886 after 53 people ....

  • India reports over 12,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-05 06:44:37 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:8784544

    NEW DELHI, Feb 5 (MENA) - India has registered 12,408 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 10,802,591, the Union Health Ministry said Friday. The country also registered 120 deaths during the same period, upping ....

  • Biden calls for ending of war in Yemen

    Date: 2021-02-04 22:45:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:8784495

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The US has announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen, citing the role the bombing campaign has had in creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Al Hurra TV reported. The ....

  • Study: A quarter of people in France, Germany and the US may refuse Covid vaccine

    Date: 2021-02-04 22:20:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:8784487

    LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - Nearly four in ten people in France, more than 25% of those in the US and 23% in Germany say they definitely or probably will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a survey that underlines the challenge facing ....

  • Boris Johnson braces for Tory revolt on Covid roadmap

    Date: 2021-02-04 21:47:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:8784463

    LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised for a crunch vote over his roadmap out of lockdown - with fears of a widespread Tory revolt sparking chaos with his plans to reopen Britain, Express reported on Thursday. Scientists ....

  • Biden says "America is back" on his 1st major foreign policy speech

    Date: 2021-02-04 21:02:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:8784450

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered his first major foreign policy speech during a visit to the State Department where he signaled he would place diplomacy at the center of U.S. foreign policy. "America is ....

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