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  • Musharraf, former president of Pakistan dies after long illness

    Date: 2023-02-05 07:54:16 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:10002689

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (MENA) - Former president of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, who backed the US-led invasion of neighboring Afghanistan during his tenure, has died after a prolonged illness at the age of 79, Sky news reported Sunday. The ....

  • 4 killed, 11 injured in Ukraine's Donersk region

    Date: 2023-02-05 07:49:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10002754

    KIEV, Feb 5 (MENA) - Russian troops killed four residents of Donetsk region on Saturday, according to the Ukrainian news agency. "On February 4, it became known about four residents of Donetsk region killed by Russians: three people in Bakhmut ....

  • US defense secretary: Biden directs bringing down Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast

    Date: 2023-02-04 22:04:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:10002592

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin said Saturday that at the direction of President Biden, US fighter aircraft assigned to U.S. Northern Command successfully brought down the high altitude surveillance balloon launched ....

  • US calls for WHO updated report on Ukraine's health emergency state

    Date: 2023-02-04 16:21:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:10002119

    GENEVA, Feb 4 (MENA) - The United States called on the Executive Council of the World Health Organization WHO) currently meeting in Geneva, to request an updated report to document incidents in Ukraine since September. US representative to the ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 671.5 mln

    Date: 2023-02-04 15:14:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:10002114

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - As many as 671,586,251 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that about 6,840,664 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • Poland receives 9.600 mln refugees from Ukraine so far

    Date: 2023-02-04 09:55:20 GMT - Poland - World - SN:24 - ID:10001597

    WARSAW, Feb 4 (MENA) - A total of 9.600 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Saturday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard ....

  • Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon, as Blinken postpones China trip

    Date: 2023-02-04 09:16:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:10001417

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) – A second Chinese spy balloon was reportedly flying over Latin America, according to the Pentagon, in comments that came as the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, postponed a visit to China after the intrusion of a ....

  • New oil price caps to limit Russia’s revenues – US Secretary of Treasury

    Date: 2023-02-04 09:14:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10001386

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) – US Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen released a statement following the announcement by the price cap coalition to set price caps on the price of seaborne Russian refined oil products, according to the US Department of ....

  • Chile reports 13 deaths in raging wildfires

    Date: 2023-02-04 09:02:41 GMT - Chile - World - SN:16 - ID:10001452

    SANTIAGO, Feb 4 (MENA) - At least 13 people were reported dead on Friday as hundreds of wildfires across Chile wreaked havoc. The Chilean government has declared a state of disaster after a devastating heatwave sparked the forest fires. As of ....

  • Russian senators call on MEPs to publicly condiment acts of Quran desecration — Speaker

    Date: 2023-02-04 08:49:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:10001422

    MOSCOW, Feb 4 (MENA)- Russian Senators call on Members of the European Parliament to publicly condemn the desecration of the Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands to and to take measures to protect the believers and bring the perpetrators to ....

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