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  • Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists

    Date: 2023-01-21 08:51:21 GMT - Burkina Faso - World - SN:16 - ID:9978648

    OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 21 (MENA) - Burkina Faso’s army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by extremists while gathering food in the country’s northern Sahel region, according to a state television report ....

  • US official visits Algeria, Morocco

    Date: 2023-01-21 08:18:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9978600

    WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison travels to Algeria and Morocco on Saturday to discuss shared multilateral priorities across the UN system, including the importance of ....

  • Covid infections exceed 668.5 million worldwide- JHU

    Date: 2023-01-21 08:03:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9978586

    WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) – As many as 668,597,146 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that about 6,738,119 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • Nearly a third of 1,400 detainees released on bail in Brazil

    Date: 2023-01-21 07:57:43 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:10 - ID:9978537

    BRASILIA, Jan 21 (MENA) – A judge of the Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) has decided to provisionally release 464 people suspected of having participated in the violent uprising in Brasilia, while 942 others will remain in detention, Time News ....

  • Russian troops shell Nikopol district overnight

    Date: 2023-01-21 07:33:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:9978536

    KIEV, Jan 21 (MENA) - Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, overnight. Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Russian ....

  • Russian forces kill three civilians in Donetsk region over past day

    Date: 2023-01-21 07:20:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:9978527

    KIIEV/MOSCOW, Jan 21 (MENA) - In Donetsk region, three civilians were killed and four more were injured as a result of Russian shelling on January 20. Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a Telegram ....

  • Reznikov: Ukrainian troops will train on German tanks in Poland

    Date: 2023-01-21 07:17:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:5 - ID:9978523

    KIEV, Jan 21 (MENA) - Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said that Ukrainian forces will train on Leopard 2 battle tanks in Poland, despite Western allies’ failure to reach a decision on whether to supply Kiev with the German-made ....

  • US to designate Russia’s Wagner group as a 'transnational criminal organization'

    Date: 2023-01-20 21:55:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:9978396

    WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (MENA) - The US Treasury Department will designate the Russian organization Wagner Group as a "transnational criminal organization" and will impose additional sanctions next week against the group and its support network across ....

  • Germany to start relocating Patriot systems to Poland Monday: Report

    Date: 2023-01-20 21:34:52 GMT - Poland - World - SN:71 - ID:9978373

    WARSAW, Jan 20 (MENA) - The German army (Bundeswehr) will start the process of deploying two of three promised Patriot air defence batteries to Poland on Monday, the Polish First News reported Friday. Bundeswehr officials said they aim to help ....

  • Russia’s military brass meets with ICRC chief on Ukraine

    Date: 2023-01-20 21:22:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:9978320

    MOSCOW, Jan 20 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin met in Moscow with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric to discuss interaction in Ukraine, TASS quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as ....

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