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  • JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 227,613,687

    Date: 2021-09-18 06:35:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9171527

    WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said Saturday that the total number of coronavirus cases across the world hit now 227,613,687. The university added that the total number of deaths at the global level reached now ....

  • Russian diplomat: AUKUS partnership aimed against China

    Date: 2021-09-17 21:04:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:197 - ID:9171402

    MOSCOW, Sept 17 (MENA) - Russian Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said that the AUKUS defense partnership (Australia, the UK and the US) is aimed against China, TASS news agency reported ....

  • US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike

    Date: 2021-09-17 20:48:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:195 - ID:9171377

    WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (MENA) - A United States military investigation into a deadly Kabul drone strike on a vehicle in August has found it killed 10 civilians and the driver and that the vehicle targeted was likely not a threat associated with ....

  • France recalls its ambassadors to US & Australia in submarine deal backlash

    Date: 2021-09-17 20:48:24 GMT - France - World - SN:194 - ID:9171394

    PARIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - France on Friday said it was immediately recalling its ambassadors to the US and Australia for consultations after Australia struck a deal with the US and UK, which ended a dlrs 40 billion French-designed submarine deal, ....

  • UNSC extends UN mission in Afghanistan for six months

    Date: 2021-09-17 19:35:55 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:186 - ID:9171308

    NEW YORK, Sept 17 (MENA) - The UN Security Council decided on Friday to extend until March 17, 2022 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Unanimously adopting resolution 2596 (2021), the Council stressed the ....

  • WHO urges world leaders to focus on vaccine equity

    Date: 2021-09-17 18:51:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:182 - ID:9171173

    GENEVA, Sept 17 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) urged leaders attending the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to guarantee equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and other life-saving tools; ensure the world is ....

  • Tajik president calls for creating security belt around Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-09-17 17:28:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:177 - ID:9171208

    DUSHANBE, Sept 17 (MENA) - Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon has called on the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to create a reliable security belt around ....

  • Portugal reports 1,023 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2021-09-17 17:13:18 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:175 - ID:9171195

    LISBON, Sept 17 (MENA) - Portugal recorded 1,023 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 1,060,432, the General Directorate of Health announced Friday. It added that seven deaths linked to Covid-19 ....

  • Brazil reports 34,407 new COVID-19 cases, 643 deaths

    Date: 2021-09-17 16:59:04 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:173 - ID:9171161

    BRASILIA, Sept 17 (MENA) - Brazil reported on Friday 34,407 new COVID-19 cases and 643 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday. This brings the nation's total number of infections to 21,069,017 and the death toll to ....

  • US Treasury sanctions five Turkey-based al-Qaeda facilitators

    Date: 2021-09-17 13:36:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:152 - ID:9170643

    WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (MENA) - The US Treasury placed five Turkey-based al-Qaeda facilitators and financiers on its sanctions blacklist Thursday, as it focuses its attention on the extremist group’s network in the country, Al Arabiya reported on ....

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