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  • Russian military says US flights near Crimea fuel tensions

    Date: 2020-09-18 16:46:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:8593554

    MOSCOW, Sept 17 (MENA) – The Russian military on Friday accused the US and its allies of provoking tensions in the Black Sea region with a sharp increase in the number of bomber patrols and intelligence flights, the Washington Post ....

  • US extends travel restrictions with Canada, Mexico through Oct. 21

    Date: 2020-09-18 16:41:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8593565

    WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - Travel restrictions on the United States’ shared borders with Canada and Mexico have been extended through October 21, acting US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan announced on Twitter Friday. The ....

  • Thai returnee from Saudi Arabia dies of Covid-19

    Date: 2020-09-18 15:40:44 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:45 - ID:8593445

    BANGKOK, Sept 18 (MENA) - A man who worked as an interpreter at the labor office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has died of coronavirus disease after returning to Bangkok, the 59th Covid-19 fatality recorded in Thailand, the Bangkok Post ....

  • Pakistani policeman killed by unknown men in Karachi’s Korangi

    Date: 2020-09-18 15:12:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:44 - ID:8593454

    ISLAMABAD, Sept 18 (MENA) - Unidentified men have gunned down a policeman in Korangi Industrial area, samaa.tv quoted a police spokesperson as saying on Friday. According to the police spokesman, Constable Arif Khan, who was deployed at Madadgar ....

  • Coronavirus deaths on rise in France

    Date: 2020-09-18 14:53:17 GMT - France - World - SN:41 - ID:8593482

    PARIS, Sept 18 (MENA) - The numbers of deaths in France of people diagnosed with Covid-19 is trending upwards for the first time since the end of its lockdown, the public health agency said Friday, warning that all coronavirus indicators were now ....

  • Vietnam resumes international flights

    Date: 2020-09-18 14:40:19 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:39 - ID:8593427

    HANOI, Sept 18 (MENA) - After five months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the South East Asian country of Vietnam will open its borders for Vietnamese nationals, diplomats, experts, managers, skilled workers, investors and their families, ....

  • S. Korea, China, Japan agree on cooperation for economic recovery

    Date: 2020-09-18 14:38:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:38 - ID:8593428

    SEOUL, Sept 18 (MENA) - Top economic ministers of South Korea, China and Japan agreed Friday to step up cooperation to swiftly recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul's finance ministry said. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, China's Finance ....

  • Trump administration set to approve large arms sale with Taiwan

    Date: 2020-09-18 14:17:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:8593306

    WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Trump administration is set to approve a large arms sale to Taiwan amid rising tensions between the US and China, multiple outlets are reporting, the Hill newspaper reported on Friday. China's government considers ....

  • Greece: Police move more homeless migrants to new tent camp

    Date: 2020-09-18 12:47:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:28 - ID:8593145

    ATHENS, Sept 18 (MENA) - Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday resumed relocating migrants rendered homeless when fires ravaged the country's largest refugee camp amid a local COVID-19 outbreak. Of the 5,000 people moved to a new ....

  • 10 missing after boat sinks in northeast China

    Date: 2020-09-18 11:55:24 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:8593175

    BEIJING, Sept 18 (MENA) - A total of 10 people went missing early Friday after a fishing boat sank off the southwest coast of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, CGTN reported. According to the Beihai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of ....

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