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US launches airstrike against Daesh member in Afghanistan after Kabul attack
Date: 2021-08-28 07:14:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9134376
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (MENA) - The US military launched a drone strike Saturday targeting a member of Daesh terrorist group in Afghanistan, the Voice of America reported. The Central Command said the strike was launched from Nangarhar province and ....
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Pakistan reports 4,191 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-28 06:55:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:9134369
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 4,191 new cases of coronavirus on the past 24 hours, taking the tally for confirmed cases to 1,148,572, The Express Tribune reported on Saturday. Also, 120 fatalities were reported during the same ....
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India records 46,759 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-28 06:37:24 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:9134368
NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (MENA) - India recorded 46,759 fresh coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day rise in nearly 2 months, according to the Union Health Ministry data released on Saturday. This takes the number of total ....
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35.5 million live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries in 2020 – UNICEF
Date: 2021-08-27 22:23:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:84 - ID:9134296
GENEVA, Aug 27 (MENA) - More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside their country of birth in 2020 and an additional 23.3 million displaced internally, according to a new report by the UN Children’s Fund ....
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Kabul attack meant to aggravate situation in Afghanistan - Russian diplomat
Date: 2021-08-27 21:56:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:81 - ID:9134266
MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Terror attacks near Kabul airport killing more than 170 and wounding more than 200 people were meant to aggravate the already difficult situation in Afghanistan. Russia calls for the soonest normalization of the situation in ....
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Canada urges those left in Afghanistan to stay put, not lose hope
Date: 2021-08-27 19:56:25 GMT - Canada - World - SN:74 - ID:9134199
OTTAWA, Aug 27 (MENA) – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau called on those still trapped in Afghanistan to not "lose hope" and said the government is seized with the task of getting more people out, CBC reported Friday. "At the ....
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WHO says medical supplies to run out within days in Afghanistan, hopes to establish air bridge soon
Date: 2021-08-27 19:52:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:9134220
GENEVA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Rick Brennan, regional emergency director of the WHO’s eastern Mediterranean office, said that the medical supplies in Afghanistan would run out in a few days and hoped to establish an air bridge into the country with the ....
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UNICEF 'deeply concerned' about children’s safety in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-27 18:34:49 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:66 - ID:9134111
GENEVA, Aug 27 (MENA) - UNICEF has strongly condemned the attacks at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, which reportedly killed at least 60 people and injured over 120, including women and children. "UNICEF offers its ....
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Israel reports 8,078 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-27 15:22:49 GMT - palestine - World - SN:54 - ID:9133494
RAMALLAH, Aug 27 (MENA) - Some 8,078 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 34 Covid-19 related fatalities were reported in Israel in the past 24 hours, according to an Israeli Health Ministry statement. The death toll resulting from the virus ....
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Iran reports 36,279 new coronavirus cases, 571 new deaths in past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-08-27 14:00:24 GMT - Iran - World - SN:45 - ID:9133513
TEHRAN, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Health Ministry announced registering 36,279 new Covid-19 infections and 571 new deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported Friday. According to the ministry, the number of ....
