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  • Pakistan sends 550 tons of relief goods to Turkiye, Syria

    Date: 2023-03-12 07:26:58 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:9 - ID:10061855

    ISLAMABAD, March 12 (MENA) - As part of continuous relief assistance to quake-affected people of Turkiye and Syria, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday sailed off another ship PNS Moawin with 550 tons of relief goods from ....

  • Russia 'Running Out' of decades old weapons stockpile: Ukraine Official

    Date: 2023-03-12 06:28:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:3 - ID:10061768

    KIEV, March 12 (MENA) - key Ukrainian security official said Russia is running out of a decades-old weapons stockpile as its invasion of Ukraine continues to stagnate, according to Ukrinform news agency. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched ....

  • Russian Orthodox head appeals against eviction of church from Kyiv

    Date: 2023-03-11 22:00:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:10061670

    MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) – Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday asked Pope Francis and other religious leaders to persuade Ukraine to stop a crackdown against a historically Russian-aligned wing of the church. Kyiv on ....

  • Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, covers villages in ash

    Date: 2023-03-11 16:49:59 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:51 - ID:10061424

    JAKARTA, March 11 (MENA) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Saturday, spewing out smoke and ash that blanketed villages near the crater, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. There were no immediate ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 676 mln

    Date: 2023-03-11 08:33:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:10060517

    WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - As many as 676,609,955 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally since its outbreak, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that about 6,881,955 have died from the virus ....

  • China names Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy

    Date: 2023-03-11 08:24:30 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:10060499

    BEIJING, March 11 (MENA) - China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy, ABC News reported. Li was nominated by Xi and ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 158,000 troops

    Date: 2023-03-11 08:04:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10060449

    KIEV, March 11 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 158,000 troops in Ukraine (+1,010 over the past day) The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....

  • Japan marks 12 years since quake-tsunami that led to Fukushima crisis

    Date: 2023-03-11 07:18:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:2 - ID:10060385

    TOKYO, March 11 (MENA) - Japan on Saturday marked 12 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast, claiming the lives of over 15,000 people and triggering a nuclear disaster that will take decades to clean up, Kyodo ....

  • Norway to give Ukraine two NASAMS air defense systems

    Date: 2023-03-10 21:25:55 GMT - Norway - World - SN:74 - ID:10060234

    OSLO, March 10 (MENA) - The Norwegian authorities, in cooperation with the United States, will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said during a visit to Kiev on Friday. Norway will also ....

  • Russian-Chinese relations retain dynamic trend - Ambassador

    Date: 2023-03-10 20:30:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:10060070

    MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - Steered by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Russian-Chinese relationship demonstrates a highly dynamic pattern, TASS quoted Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui as saying ....

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