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Russia first test launch of Sarmat ICBM postponed to 2022 — source
Date: 2021-12-20 07:20:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9327392
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - The first launch of the latest liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat has been postponed to 2022, a source in the defense industry told TASS. "The first launch of Sarmat as part of flight ....
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Former Afghan security official: 'There was no trust' in the US when leaders fled
Date: 2021-12-20 06:27:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9327341
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The national security adviser under former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that all trust in the U.S. was "gone" by the time the Taliban overthrew the democratically elected government and took ....
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Pakistan, Somalia discuss cooperation in security, economic domains
Date: 2021-12-20 06:25:26 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:5 - ID:9327368
MOGADISH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Pakistan and Somalia have discussed means of cooperation in the fields of economy, science, technology, defense and diplomacy. This came during a meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi with his ....
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Putin says 32 terrorist attacks foiled in Russia in 2021
Date: 2021-12-20 05:14:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:1 - ID:9327315
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - Russia’s security agencies managed to achieve a decline in the terrorist threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that 32 terrorist attacks have been prevented over an 11-month period this year, Tass News Agency ....
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2 new Omicron cases in India push up total cases to 145
Date: 2021-12-19 15:49:51 GMT - India - World - SN:73 - ID:9326784
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (MENA) - India's Omicron Covid count rose to 145 on Sunday after a 45-year-old NRI and a teenage boy, who recently arrived in Gujarat from the United Kingdom, tested positive for the variant, NDTV reported. In Gujarat, the ....
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UK reports 12,133 additional Omicron cases
Date: 2021-12-19 15:42:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:9326778
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - The UK recorded 12,133 more cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Sunday, a 21 per cent jump on the day before, Independent reported. The total number of Omicron cases is now at 37,101. Some 10,059 cases of the ....
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2 killed, 5 injured in Pakistan suicide attack
Date: 2021-12-19 15:14:07 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:69 - ID:9326674
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) -- A bomb suicide attack hit a vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least two people and injuring five others, the local Dawn reported. The vehicle was carrying workers of Awami National ....
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Report: Rising number of blood cancer patients dying of Covid in England, Wales
Date: 2021-12-19 14:44:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:9326516
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - British ministers have been accused of failing to protect the most vulnerable people from rising Covid cases after it emerged that people with blood cancer now account for a higher proportion of coronavirus deaths than ....
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London Mayor: Inevitable we will have more Covid restrictions
Date: 2021-12-19 13:37:56 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:9326435
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - New Covid-19 restrictions are inevitable as without them Britain will see public services such as the National Health Service (NHS) on the verge of collapse, London Mayor Sadiq Khan told BBC Television on Sunday. Khan ....
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Pakistan pledges $30 mln to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-12-19 13:15:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:50 - ID:9326340
ISLAM ABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Pakistan has pledged USD 100 million for Afghanistan to help the Asian country face the worsening humanitarian situation since the Taliban took over in August, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Speaking at the ....