World

  • Service : English General
  • Category : World
  • 5 killed in a blast targeting Afghan capital

    Date: 2020-11-21 07:17:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8680523

    KABUL, Nov 21 (MENA) - At least an Afghan security personnel was killed and three others were injured in an explosion that hit Afghanistan's capital, Kabul on Saturday morning, RT reported. Authorities told the media that five people have been ....

  • 5 civilians killed, 21 wounded in rocket attacks on Kabul

    Date: 2020-11-21 07:06:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8680542

    KABUL, Nov 21 (MENA) - At least 14 rockets landed in various parts of Kabul on Saturday morning. The Public Health Ministry said five people were killed and 21 more were wounded in the rocket attacks, TOLOnews reported. The rockets landed ....

  • Kabul comes under rocket attack

    Date: 2020-11-21 06:59:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8680521

    KABUL, Nov 21 (MENA) - Over a dozen rockets landed in various parts of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday. No victims were reported so far. No news about material damage is reported, Russia Today channel quoted Afghan sources as saying. Over ....

  • Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for COVID-19

    Date: 2020-11-21 06:40:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8680493

    WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, ABC News reported on Saturday. The president's eldest son, 42, is the second of his children to test positive for the virus, following Barron Trump's diagnosis last ....

  • Brazil coronavirus cases speed past 6 million

    Date: 2020-11-20 22:25:25 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:62 - ID:8680478

    BRAZILIA, Nov 20 (MENA) - Brazil surpassed 6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the country's Health Ministry said. With almost 170,000 confirmed fatalities, Brazil has the world's second-highest death toll. (MENA) M S H ....

  • UN agencies launch group of global leaders against antimicrobial resistance

    Date: 2020-11-20 18:29:42 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:53 - ID:8680317

    GENEVA, Nov 20 (MENA) - The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched a new One Health Global Leaders Group on ....

  • Biden turns 78, will be oldest US president

    Date: 2020-11-20 17:03:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:8680183

    WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - President-elect Joe Biden turns 78 Friday, and when he is sworn in as president in January, he will be the oldest person in US history to have the job, CNN reported. He will beat, by eight years, the record set by ....

  • US extends northern, southern border restrictions to December 21

    Date: 2020-11-20 17:01:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8680239

    WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - US northern and southern borders will remain closed to non-essential travel until December 21, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. The restrictions were first put in place in March to control the ....

  • Russia looking at possible supplies of anti-COVID vaccines to other countries, says Putin

    Date: 2020-11-20 16:38:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:8680240

    MOSCOW, Nov 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told an APEC summit on Friday that Russia is looking at exporting its anti-coronavirus vaccines to other countries, TASS reported. "Naturally, the top priority matter is to pool efforts to ....

  • UN plans for 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan

    Date: 2020-11-20 15:56:13 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:47 - ID:8680187

    Khartoum, Nov 20 (MENA) - UN agencies are planning for the possible arrival of 200,000 refugees in Sudan fleeing violence in Ethiopia over a six-month period, UN officials said on Friday, with one voicing fears that the burden could "unravel" its ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD