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  • Russia defense chief 'conveys concerns' over transfer of terrorists to NK zone

    Date: 2020-10-13 11:00:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8625993

    MOSCOW, Oct 13 (MENA) – Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has expressed concern in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar over the transfer of militants from terrorist organizations from the Middle East into Nagorno ....

  • No new COVID 19 case in Singapore dorms for 1st time in 6 months

    Date: 2020-10-13 09:48:23 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:26 - ID:8625895

    SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (MENA) - Singapore on Tuesday reported no new COVID-19 case in dormitories for the first time in more than six months, Channel News Asia reported. Since the first two infections in dormitories were reported on March 29, the ....

  • Drone crashes in NW Iran near borders with Azerbaijan

    Date: 2020-10-13 09:33:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:8625812

    TEHRAN, Oct 13 (MENA) - Social media users published photos and videos of a crashed drone in Parsabad, Ardabil province in north western Iran, Mehr News Agency reported. The drone has crashed on farms of a village near the border with the ....

  • Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant becomes ill

    Date: 2020-10-13 09:25:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:8625813

    WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - Johnson & Johnson has temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants became sick, France 24 reported Tuesday. "We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine ....

  • Afghanistan peace talks fail amid optimism to settle disputed issues

    Date: 2020-10-13 09:22:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:8625802

    KABUL, Oct 13 (MENA) - After 12 days, the contact groups of each the Afghanistan and Taliban delegations have come together Monday night, but once again failed to unite thoughts on forming the ground rules for peace negotiations, Khaama Press news ....

  • Cyprus ready to resume talks with Turkey

    Date: 2020-10-13 08:30:38 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:18 - ID:8625717

    NICOSIA, Oct 13 (MENA) - President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has expressed readiness to resume negotiations on settling the Cypriot issue after the end of elections in the occupied part of Cyprus. In statements published by the ....

  • Hurricane Delta leaves two dead in Louisiana and knocks out power for hundreds of thousands

    Date: 2020-10-13 08:29:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8625738

    WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - Two people are reported to have died in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Delta as remnants of the storm brought widespread rain to the US mid-Atlantic and north east, Al Hurra TV reported. An 86-year-old man ....

  • Trump tests negative for coronavirus on consecutive days, White House doctor says

    Date: 2020-10-13 08:29:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8625739

    WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus “on consecutive days,” CNBC reported Tuesday quoting a White House physician. Dr Sean Conley, in a brief memo shared hours before Trump was scheduled to ....

  • US reports more than 41,000 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-10-13 08:13:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8625693

    WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - The United States reported 41,653 new Covid-19 infections and 317 virus-related fatalities on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. That raises the country's total to at least 7,804,197 cases and 215,085 ....

  • Dutch researchers report first death from COVID-19 reinfection

    Date: 2020-10-13 07:58:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:14 - ID:8625697

    LONDON, Oct 13 (MENA) - An elderly woman in the Netherlands has died after getting COVID-19 a second time, BNO News reported Tuesday. It’s the first time a death has been reported from reinfection with coronavirus. The patient was an ....

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