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  • Vietnam ends COVID quarantine for int'l travelers

    Date: 2022-03-16 08:11:46 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:14 - ID:9471867

    HANOI, March 16 (MENA) - Vietnam announced an end to quarantine for international travelers on Wednesday, as it seeks to restart its tourism industry after two years of strict COVID-19 restrictions, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. The only ....

  • Thailand reports 23,945 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-03-16 08:11:31 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:9471866

    BANGKOK, March 16 (MENA) - Thailand reported 70 more Covid-19 fatalities and 23,945 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, according to Bangkok Post. The Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that the total number of cases now ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 461mn

    Date: 2022-03-16 08:08:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9471912

    WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 461 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Wednesday that the ....

  • 'Test and release' protocol for Malaysia's air VTL with Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand: Transport min.

    Date: 2022-03-16 08:08:23 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:11 - ID:9471904

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (MENA) - The arrival health protocols for Malaysia’s air vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) with Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand will be standardized, CNA quoted Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong as saying in a statement ....

  • OIC holds 48th session of CFM in Islamabad

    Date: 2022-03-15 21:48:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:110 - ID:9471546

    RIYADH, March 15 (MENA) - The Pakistani capital, Islamabad, will host on March 22-23, 2022, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s 48th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) under the theme (Building Partnerships for Unity, Justice, ....

  • Ukrainian president urges NATO to impose no-fly zone over his country

    Date: 2022-03-15 20:46:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:105 - ID:9471469

    OTTAWA/KYIV, March 15 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged NATO to impose a no-fly zone over his country or see its member states attacked by Russia, according to media reports. "If you don't close our sky, it is only a ....

  • Italy PM, US national security advisor discuss Ukraine war

    Date: 2022-03-15 14:55:39 GMT - Italy - World - SN:73 - ID:9470910

    ROME, March 15 (MENA) - Italian Premier Mario Draghi and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday met on the Ukraine war in Rome and agreed on "firm condemnation for the unjustified aggression by Russia and the need to continue to ....

  • US welcomes New Zealand’s new sanctions regime against Russia, Ukraine's president urges resumption of business

    Date: 2022-03-15 13:18:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:9470676

    WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - The United States welcomes the passage of New Zealand’s new sanctions regime, which allows the imposition of sanctions on those responsible for, or associated with, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a press ....

  • China never to attack Ukraine, ambassador says

    Date: 2022-03-15 12:50:14 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:55 - ID:9470587

    KYIV, March 15 (MENA) - China will never attack Ukraine but will support it economically and politically, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong was quoted by Ukrinform News Agency reported on Tuesday. "China and Ukraine are strategic ....

  • State department: Sanctions on Russia not related to Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2022-03-15 11:34:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:9470255

    WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - State Department spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday that new sanctions imposed on Russia has nothing to do with Iran's nuclear deal. In statements carried by the US-funded Al Hurra radio, Price said Washington will not ....

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