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  • India records 86,961 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-09-21 06:14:25 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:8596254

    NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (MENA) - India recorded 86,961 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), lowest in six days, and 1,130 deaths between Sunday and Monday morning, according to the Union health ministry on Monday. The country’s tally to rose ....

  • Mainland China reports 12 new Covid-19 cases; no local cases

    Date: 2020-09-21 06:09:02 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8596249

    BEIJING, Sept 21 (MENA) - No new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases were reported Sunday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Monday. There has been no local cases reported for the last 34 days. Meanwhile, 12 ....

  • New virus cases under 100 for 2nd day in South Korea

    Date: 2020-09-21 05:57:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:8596238

    SEOUL, Sept 21 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 100 for the second consecutive day Monday in what could be a sign of a slowdown in new infections, but the continued high number of untraceable cases and sporadic ....

  • Judge temporarily blocks US WeChat ban

    Date: 2020-09-20 18:36:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:8595930

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) – A federal judge has temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's executive order banning WeChat downloads in the United States, CNN reported on Sunday. In issuing the preliminary injunction, Judge Laurel Beeler ....

  • At least 26 killed, injured in two blasts in Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-09-20 08:31:33 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:8595146

    KABUL, Sept 20 (MENA) - At least one woman was killed and five people, including children, were wounded during a blast in Northern Province of Marzar-e-Sharif, local authorities confirmed. Adel Shah Adel, spokesman for the local police, said the ....

  • US has reimposed UN sanctions on Iran, Pompeo says

    Date: 2020-09-20 08:15:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8595142

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday evening that the US has reimposed UN sanctions against Iran, a move expected to be effectively ignored by global allies and adversaries alike, CNN reported. The latest move ....

  • India's Covid tally passes 5.4 mn

    Date: 2020-09-20 08:05:02 GMT - India - World - SN:19 - ID:8595113

    NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (MENA) - For the second consecutive day India has reported more coronavirus recoveries than new infections, shows the Health Ministry data released Sunday and indicating that 94,612 people have been cured in the last 24 ....

  • UNSC committed to Afghan Sovereignty:Kalilzad

    Date: 2020-09-20 07:43:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8595091

    KABUL, Sept 20 (MENA) - US Peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in a tweet on Saturday night said the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issued a statement on Afghanistan peace negotiations that underscores the international commitment ....

  • Over 60,000 sign up for COVID-19 vaccine trials in Moscow - mayor

    Date: 2020-09-20 07:26:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8595087

    MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - More than 60,000 people have applied to volunteer for the coronavirus vaccine trials in Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview with Nedelya v Gorode program on Rossiya-1 TV channel. "Over 60,000 people have ....

  • Afghanistan: 4,776 IEDs defused in past 6 months

    Date: 2020-09-20 07:19:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8595057

    KABUL, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Afghan National Army (ANA) has discovered and defused 4,776 IEDs across the country during the last six months, Tolo News reported Sunday. The Afghan Defense Ministry, in a statement, said the IEDs had been planted by ....

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