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Khalilzad says US to back Afghan Republic if Taliban rejects peace
Date: 2021-05-08 16:27:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:8948197
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - US special envoy to Afganistan Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday the United States will stand with Afghans who support the Republic if Taliban do not choose peace, the local Tolo News reported. He made the remarks after ....
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More prefectures report record high daily Covid-19 infections
Date: 2021-05-08 16:12:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:50 - ID:8948198
TOKYO, May 8 (MENA) - In Japan, 14 out of 47 prefectures have reported record high daily coronavirus infections, NHK reported. Nationwide, the total figures topped 7,000 for the first time since January. The northern prefecture of Hokkaido ....
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Pope Francis backs waiving patents on Covid vaccines
Date: 2021-05-08 16:11:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8948209
LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - Pope Francis has offered his support for waiving coronavirus vaccine patents to boost supply to poorer countries, in a video message to the Vax Live concert. The Argentine pontiff backed “universal access to the vaccine and ....
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Iran reports 13,576 new coronavirus cases, 283 deaths
Date: 2021-05-08 12:53:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:23 - ID:8947837
TEHRAN, May 8 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry on Saturday announced that 13,576 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 2,640,670. In a statement carried by Fars news ....
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Afghanistan: Taliban seizes major dam in Kandahar district
Date: 2021-05-08 09:00:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8947320
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - Taliban fighters have claimed taking control of a major dam in southern Kandahar province, an assertion confirmed by local officials, pajwhok news agency reported Saturday. “We have seized the Dahla Dam in Arghandab ....
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US Jury Convicts Iranian National for Illegally Exporting Military Sensitive Items
Date: 2021-05-08 07:02:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8947239
WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - A federal jury convicted an Iranian citizen and a resident of the United Arab Emirates and Germany, for scheming to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo, said the Pentagon in a ....
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More than third of people in US fully vaccinated, CDC data shows
Date: 2021-05-07 21:53:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:8947061
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) - More than a third of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CNN reported. Nearly 111 million people are ....
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New sanctions against Russia not on the table — EU source
Date: 2021-05-07 21:18:27 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:98 - ID:8947084
BRUSSELS, May 7 (MENA) - EU foreign ministers will not discuss the possibility of new sanctions against Russia or expulsion of Russian diplomats during a meeting in Brussels on May 10, a source in the EU foreign policy service told reporters on ....
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3 Daesh militants arrested in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Date: 2021-05-07 21:09:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:97 - ID:8947062
KABUL, May 7 (MENA) - Afghan security forces arrested three Daesh militants for their involvement in assassinations in Nangarhar province, Bakhtar news agency reported. The three Daesh members were identified and arrested last night in a special ....
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Kremlin: Russia studying possibility of Putin-Biden meeting
Date: 2021-05-07 20:57:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:96 - ID:8947060
MOSCOW, May 7 (MENA) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was studying the possibility of a Putin-Biden meeting. "We continue to analyze the situation," TASS news agency quoted Peskov as saying when asked whether the Russian side ....
