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UAE strongly condemns attack near Kabul Airport
Date: 2021-08-26 21:57:49 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:101 - ID:9132816
ABU DHABI, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UAE has strongly condemned the terror attack near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul that has left dozens of civilians dead and injured, WAM reported. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ....
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Dozens wounded in blasts at Kazakh military facility
Date: 2021-08-26 19:45:31 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:85 - ID:9132671
NUR-SULTAN, Aug 25 (MENA) - Kazakhstan has evacuated settlements located next to a military facility in its southern Zhambyl province after it was rocked by a series of powerful blasts that wounded at least 32 people, Al Arabiya reported Thursday. ....
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Italy reports 43 coronavirus deaths, 7,221 new cases
Date: 2021-08-26 19:41:59 GMT - Italy - World - SN:84 - ID:9132673
ROME, Aug 26 (MENA) - Italy reported 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 7,221, according to Ansa news agency. Italy has registered 128,957 deaths linked to COVID-19 ....
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US troops, Afghans killed in suicide attacks outside Kabul airport
Date: 2021-08-26 19:35:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:9132702
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Twelve US service members and dozens of Afghans have been killed in two bombing attacks outside Kabul's airport, according to the Pentagon and Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health. The deadly blasts came as the ....
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Sound of new explosion heard in Kabul
Date: 2021-08-26 19:24:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:81 - ID:9132664
KABUL, Aug 26 (MENA) - The sound of a new explosion was heard in the Afghani capital Kabul, Russia Today reported on Thursday. This comes in the wake of two explosions that took place earlier in the day in Hamid Karzai International Airport in ....
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Biden briefed on Kabul airport explosion
Date: 2021-08-26 16:13:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:9132319
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the explosion outside Kabul airport, a White House official said. Biden was in the Situation Room with his national security team for his daily Afghanistan briefing when the ....
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Pentagon confirms explosion near Kabul airport, number of US & civilian casualties
Date: 2021-08-26 16:07:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:9132363
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - An explosion has taken place outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Reports indicated that the blast left 13 people dead and about 40 others wounded. "We can confirm that the explosion near the Abbey Gate ....
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EU completes evacuation of diplomatic staff from Kabul, keeps 'core team' on the ground
Date: 2021-08-26 15:18:04 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:61 - ID:9132107
BRUSSELS, Aug 26 (MENA) - The European Union has evacuated the bulk of its diplomatic corps and local staff from Kabul but will keep a small "core team" on the ground to oversee the process until it's finally completed, the Commission confirmed on ....
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Tokyo Paralympics confirm 1st COVID-19 hospitalization
Date: 2021-08-26 10:54:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:9131625
TOKYO, Aug 26 (MENA) - A person involved in the Tokyo Paralympics has been hospitalized with COVID-19, the games organizing committee said Thursday, the first such case linked to the event, Kyodo reported. In confirming the hospitalization, ....
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Russia reports record 820 COVID-19 deaths, 19,630 new cases
Date: 2021-08-26 10:16:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:9131653
MOSCOW, Aug 26 (MENA) - Russia on Thursday reported a record 820 coronavirus-related deaths amid a surge of cases blamed on the Delta variant and the slow rate of vaccinations. The government's coronavirus task force also reported 19,630 new ....
