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Russian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif temporarily closes for security reasons
Date: 2021-07-05 08:57:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9044627
MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - Work at the Russian consulate general in Mazar-e-Sharif will be temporarily suspended due to escalating insecurity in northern Afghanistan. Russian Special Representative on Afghanistan Ambassador Zamir Kabulov said ....
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Russia's FSB foils Daesh attacks in Moscow, Astrakhan, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Date: 2021-07-05 08:37:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:9044590
MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - Russia's federal security service FSB has foiled terrorist attacks by the outlawed Daesh group in Moscow and the Astrakhan region, as well as Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Six militants have been killed and two others ....
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US condoles with Filipinos over deadly C-130 crash in Sulu
Date: 2021-07-05 08:16:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9044451
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - The United States expressed sympathy to the Philippines following the deadly crash of a C-130 plane on Sunday in Sulu, killing dozens of soldiers and some civilians, ABS-CBN News reported. US National Security Advisor ....
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 183 mn
Date: 2021-07-05 07:51:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9044489
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 183 million and the deaths surged to more than 3.97 million, according to CNN. In its latest update, Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering ....
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Afghan MPs: US expanding war in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-07-05 07:41:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:9044465
KABUL, July 5 (MENA) - Members of the Afghan parliament have accused the United States of widening and extending the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press. MPs said the US with its current stance in Afghanistan is striving to ....
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Huge explosion at chemical factory leaves 21 injured
Date: 2021-07-05 07:08:35 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:9044376
BANGKOK, July 5 (MENA) - A huge explosion and fire destroyed a factory producing plastic foam and plastic pellets and caused extensive damage to surrounding communities in Bang Phli district early Monday morning, Bangkok Post reported. Twenty-one ....
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British PM to confirm 19 July end to Covid rules despite scientists’ warnings
Date: 2021-07-05 07:06:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:11 - ID:9044394
LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce that the lifting of most remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July amid a backlash from government scientific advisers who have warned that doing ....
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India records 39,796 new COVID-19 cases, 723 deaths
Date: 2021-07-05 06:50:05 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9044375
NEW DELHI, July 5 (MENA) - In a single day, India saw a rise of 39,796 new Covid infections, which took the tally of cases to 30,585,229, while the death count climbed to 402,728 with 723 more fatalities, the lowest in around 88 days, NDTV reported ....
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Philippine Air Force plane crash death toll rises to 50
Date: 2021-07-05 06:38:26 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:8 - ID:9044364
MANILA, July 5 (MENA) - Fifty people were killed when a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, CNN reported Monday. The C-130 military plane was transporting troops from Cagayan de Oro, in Mindanao, to Sulu ....
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Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19
Date: 2021-07-04 20:25:14 GMT - Luxembourg - World - SN:78 - ID:9044072
LUXEMBOURG, July 4 (MENA) - Luxembourg's prime minister was admitted to hospital on Sunday after testing positive for coronavirus a week ago, Sky News reported. Xavier Bettel will have "supplementary tests and analysis" as a "precaution" and is ....