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  • Taliban claims it shot down US military plane

    Date: 2020-01-27 17:06:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:68 - ID:8287173

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) - A Taliban spokesman has claimed the group has shot down a US military aircraft over eastern Afghanistan. The US military said on Monday it was investigating reports of a crash in Taliban-controlled territory, according to ....

  • Slovenian PM resigns, calls for early election

    Date: 2020-01-27 11:32:21 GMT - Slovenia - World - SN:29 - ID:8286423

    LJUBLJANA, Jan 27 (MENA) - Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec said he was sending his resignation to parliament on Monday and called for an early election. ABC News quoted Sarec as saying that his minority government could not push through ....

  • Ocean Viking Migrant rescue ship saves over 180 people in Mediterranean Sea - MSF

    Date: 2020-01-27 09:03:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:14 - ID:8286077

    GENEVA, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Ocean Viking, a migrant rescue ship operated by humanitarian groups Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Mediterranee, has rescued more than 180 people from two boats in the Mediterranean Sea overnight, MSF said on ....

  • Suspected case of deadly virus reported in Bihar province in India

    Date: 2020-01-27 07:27:45 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:8286014

    NEW DELHI, Jan 27 (MENA) - A suspected case of Coronavirus has been reported in Bihar's Chapra has been hospitalised after showing similar symptoms novel coronavirus, India TV reported. The deadly virus is rapidly spreading, which has killed at ....

  • Death toll from coronavirus rises to 80 in China

    Date: 2020-01-27 06:46:32 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8285954

    BEIJING, Jan 27 (MENA) - The death toll from a viral outbreak in Wuhan, China has risen to 80 people, New York Post quoted the Chinese government as saying on Sunday. The increase in fatalities came as Chinese officials said the number of those ....

  • CDC confirms 5th case of new coronavirus in US

    Date: 2020-01-27 06:25:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8285955

    WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the United States has risen to five, NBC news reported, quoting the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The five patients — all people who'd traveled ....

  • Death toll from Turkey's earthquake climbs to 38

    Date: 2020-01-26 21:47:54 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:66 - ID:8285848

    ANKARA, Jan 26 (MENA) - Turkish authorities said the death toll rose to at least 38 people from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Friday night, ABC news reported Sunday. Turkish television showed Ayse Yildiz, 35, and her 2-year-old ....

  • Chinese president to visit S. Korea for 1st time in six years

    Date: 2020-01-26 21:23:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:63 - ID:8285783

    SEOUL, Jan 26 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make his first visit to South Korea in six years within the next few months, an informed source was quoted by Yonhap news agency as as saying Sunday South Korea's President Moon ....

  • Japan confirms 4th coronavirus case

    Date: 2020-01-26 13:58:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:8285149

    TOKYO, Jan 26 (MENA)- Japan's health ministry has confirmed the country's fourth case of the new coronavirus, NHK quoted the ministry as saying. The ministry said on Sunday that the patient is a male tourist in his 40s from the Chinese city of ....

  • State Department to move U.S. staff out of Wuhan, China, amid coronavirus outbreak

    Date: 2020-01-26 10:41:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:8284775

    WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - As the coronavirus death toll climbs, the State Department announced plans Sunday to move personnel stationed in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, to the U.S. in a direct flight to San Francisco, Wall Street ....

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