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  • Canadian, Iranian FMs meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

    Date: 2020-02-14 16:34:39 GMT - Canada - World - SN:32 - ID:8312082

    OTTAWA, Feb 14 (MENA) – Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minster François-Philippe Champagne met Friday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference, the Canadian Foreign Ministry posted on its ....

  • Singapore confirms 9 new cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2020-02-14 15:47:14 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:30 - ID:8312080

    SINGAPORE, Feb 14 (MENA) - Health officials in Singapore have confirmed nine additional cases of coronavirus, bringing the citywide total to 67 cases, CNN reported. None of the nine new cases had traveled to China recently, according to a ....

  • Two more Japanese virus cases make seven Friday

    Date: 2020-02-14 15:22:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:27 - ID:8312050

    TOKYO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Two more Japanese people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, CNN quoted Japan's health ministry as saying. One is a man in his 60s from Aicha Prefecture, the other a man in his 50s from Hokkaido. Neither has a ....

  • Scottish Conservatives name Jackson Carlaw as new leader

    Date: 2020-02-14 14:01:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:25 - ID:8311791

    EDINBURGH, Feb 14 (MENA) - The Scottish Conservative party named Jackson Carlaw as its new leader, replacing Ruth Davidson, who stepped down from the role in August, Bloomberg reported Friday. Carlaw, 60, has been acting as interim leader and was ....

  • One killed, two injured in Pakistan firing

    Date: 2020-02-14 14:00:49 GMT - India - World - SN:24 - ID:8311916

    NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (MENA) - One person was killed and two others were injured in Pakistani firing in Shahpur near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector, India TV reported. The injured have been rushed to the district hospital. According ....

  • 3rd Indian tests positive for coronavirus on board quarantined Japan cruise ship

    Date: 2020-02-14 13:54:22 GMT - India - World - SN:23 - ID:8311792

    NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (MENA) - A third Indian crew member has tested positive for the novel coronavirus aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess, NDTV quoted the Indian embassy in Tokyo as saying. Embassy officials, who claim to be in touch with all ....

  • Baby born on migrant boat rescued near Canary Islands

    Date: 2020-02-14 13:25:48 GMT - Spain - World - SN:21 - ID:8311915

    MADRID, Feb 14 (MENA) - Spanish authorities said Friday that they have rescued a group of 86 migrants that included a baby who was born during the perilous journey in the open sea to reach Europe, ABC News reported. Emergency services for the ....

  • Japan to send 5th charter flight to coronavirus-stricken Hubei province

    Date: 2020-02-14 10:25:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8311661

    TOKYO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi says the government will send a fifth charter flight to evacuate Japanese citizens from the coronavirus-stricken Chinese province of Hubei. Motegi told reporters that arrangements ....

  • Daesh financier raising almost $4mln for terrorists detained near Moscow - security service

    Date: 2020-02-14 10:24:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8311674

    MOSCOW, Feb 14 (MENA) - A financier of Daesh terrorist group, who has raised over 25 million rubles ($3.94 million) for the needs of terrorists, has been detained in the Moscow region, the Russian Federal Security Service said on Friday. "We have ....

  • ​​​​​​​Eight children killed, injured in Afghan Kunduz explosion

    Date: 2020-02-14 10:07:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8311622

    KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - At least five children were killed and three others wounded in an explosion in the northern province of Kunduz, Tolo news channel reported, quoting the Afghan Interior Ministry as saying. In a statement, the ministry said ....

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