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  • U.S. contractor dies as rocket attacks in Iraq pose fresh challenge to Biden, says Washington Post

    Date: 2021-03-04 09:26:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:8830319

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - A U.S. contractor died during rocket attacks on an Iraqi military base Wednesday, the Pentagon said, posing a fresh challenge to the Biden administration days after it launched military action in retaliation for an ....

  • 24 Taliban militants killed in Kandahar clashes

    Date: 2021-03-04 08:33:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:8830262

    KABUL, March 4 (MENA) - The Ministry of Defense in a released statement on Thursday said at least 24 Taliban fighters were killed in Arghandab, Zherai, and Shah Walikot districts of Kandahar province, Khaama Press reported. According to the ....

  • There can't be two states in Cyprus, Paris supports a federation, French Ambassador

    Date: 2021-03-04 08:29:07 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:24 - ID:8830197

    NICOSIA, March 4 (MENA) - A two-state solution in Cyprus is not a real solution, the new French Ambassador in Cyprus, Salina Grenet-Catalano, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), noting that Paris is very much attached to the UN resolutions ....

  • Merkel: AstraZeneca shot to be used for people over 65 in Germany

    Date: 2021-03-04 08:10:47 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:8830171

    BERLIN, March 4 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the coronavirus vaccine co-developed by AstraZeneca plc and the Oxford University will be used for people older than 65, reversing the government's previous ....

  • UN official: 38 killed in Myanmar protests

    Date: 2021-03-04 08:02:21 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:22 - ID:8830179

    NAYPYITAW, March 4 (MENA) - Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities on Wednesday, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month’s military coup ....

  • Female doctor killed in Nangarhar blast

    Date: 2021-03-04 07:59:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8830174

    KABUL, March 4 (MENA) - A female doctor was killed in an IED explosion attached to a rickshaw in which she was traveling in district 3 of the city of Jalalabad east of Afghanistan on Thursday morning, the provincial governor’s office ....

  • Kazakhstan reports 804 daily cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2021-03-04 07:58:09 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:19 - ID:8830172

    NUR-SULTAN, March 4 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, 804 more people tested positive for coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has confirmed a total of 215,610 cases of coronavirus, Kazinform news agency reported on Thursday. As ....

  • Pakistan records 1,519 Coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-04 07:37:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8830177

    ISLAMABAD, March 4 (MENA) - Pakistan on Thursday reported 1,519 new infections of the novel coronavirus after conducting 40,473 tests—a positivity ratio of 3.75 percent, Newsweek Pakistan reported. In the 24 hours preceding 8 a.m., Thursday, ....

  • Targeting journalists in Afghanistan must stop: European Union

    Date: 2021-03-04 07:21:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8830090

    BRUSSELS, March 4 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) in a statement has called on an end to targeted attacks on journalists and women in Afghanistan and says the violence in Afghanistan must stop, TOLOnews reported. The EU said that the attack on ....

  • US condemns ICC probes into Israeli crimes in Palestine

    Date: 2021-03-04 07:18:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8830083

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The United States on Wednesday criticized the International Criminal Court for launching an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, and expressed its support for Israel. “We strongly ....

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