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  • Japan to ban foreign residents who traveled to India, Nepal and Pakistan

    Date: 2021-05-12 20:49:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:100 - ID:8955059

    TOKYO, May 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government has decided to ban foreign residents who have traveled to India, Nepal and Pakistan from re-entering Japan, amid an uptick in that region in new variants of the coronavirus, Japan Times newspaper ....

  • Ireland reports another 448 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-12 19:56:36 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:93 - ID:8954986

    BELFAST, May 12 (MENA) – A further 448 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Ireland on Wednesday, Irish Mirror reported. Meanwhile another 8 deaths have been announced. The figures were confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team ....

  • Uzbekistan records 395 new infections

    Date: 2021-05-12 18:55:04 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:87 - ID:8954956

    TASHKENT, May 12 (MENA) - Uzbekistan's Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 395 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections, bringing the total in the central Asian country to 95,467. Two new fatalities have been reported, taking the death ....

  • Italy reports 7,852 new Covid-19 cases, 262 more victims

    Date: 2021-05-12 18:28:12 GMT - Italy - World - SN:85 - ID:8954878

    ROME, May 12 (MENA) – There have been 7,852 new cases of Covid-19 in Italy in the last 24 hours, and 262 more victims of the virus, ANSA reported. The Italian health ministry said Wednesday some 306,744 more tests have been done, compared with ....

  • Greece records 2,489 new infections

    Date: 2021-05-12 18:19:30 GMT - Greece - World - SN:82 - ID:8954917

    ATHENS, May 12 (MENA) - Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday evening 2,489 new coronavirus cases and 70 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, euronews reported. The number of intubated patients has decreased further to ....

  • Croatia registers 1,471 new coronavirus cases, 40 new fatalities

    Date: 2021-05-12 17:32:41 GMT - Croatia - World - SN:76 - ID:8954851

    ZAGREB, May 12 (MENA) - Croatia recorded 1,471 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases related to the virus in the country to 347,094, HINA News Agency reported Wednesday quoting the national Covid-19 ....

  • Taliban seize control of Nirkh district HQ in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-05-12 16:31:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:73 - ID:8954801

    KABUL, May 12 (MENA) - The Taliban have overrun the Nirkh district headquarters in central Maidan Wardak province, a public representative says. Provincial council member Sharifullah Hotak confirmed that the insurgents took control of the ....

  • Russian Su-27 fighter intercepts 3 French military aircraft over Black Sea

    Date: 2021-05-12 16:29:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:8954722

    MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept two Mirage 2000 tactical combat planes and a C-135 aerial refueling tanker of the French Air Force over the Black Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center said ....

  • Afghanistan: 50 Taliban fighters killed in Laghman

    Date: 2021-05-12 15:48:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:68 - ID:8954751

    KABUL, May 12 (MENA) - The Afghan air and ground forces launched attacks on the Taliban strongholds and convoys in Laghman, Bakhtar reported. Military officials said at least 50 Taliban members, including several Pakistani fighters, were killed ....

  • China calls on UNSC to help ease tensions between Palestine, Israel

    Date: 2021-05-12 14:59:13 GMT - China - World - SN:62 - ID:8954580

    BEIJING, May 12 (MENA) – China on Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take actions to help ease the ongoing tensions between Palestine and Israel, Xinhua reported. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the ....

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