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  • 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 ....

  • House cancels Thursday session after police warn of 'possible plot to breach the Capitol'

    Date: 2021-03-04 06:58:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8830082

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The House of Representatives canceled its Thursday session after receiving information about a possible security threat at the Capitol on March 4, said USA Today. The United States Capitol Police said Wednesday they ....

  • Biden extends by a year sanctions against Russia imposed in light of Ukraine situation

    Date: 2021-03-03 22:33:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:139 - ID:8829959

    WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has extended by one year the effect of several sanctions imposed earlier against Russia in light of the situation in Ukraine, Sputnik reported Wednesday. Biden extended the restrictions against ....

  • Eight wounded in terrorist attack in Sweden

    Date: 2021-03-03 21:12:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:127 - ID:8829925

    LONDON, March 3 (MENA) - A man attacked eight people with a “sharp weapon,” seriously injuring two, in the Swedish city of Vetlanda on Wednesday, police said, in what they called a suspected terrorist crime. The assailant was taken to hospital ....

  • Interference in Russia's domestic affairs: Kremlin responds to new EU, US sanctions

    Date: 2021-03-03 14:59:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:8828975

    MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - New sanctions against Russia recently imposed by the US and EU are interference in Russia's internal affairs, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, adding that the accusations leveled at Moscow are ....

  • UN warns of ‘education emergency’ as millions miss school because of covid-19 closures

    Date: 2021-03-03 14:42:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:8828973

    NEW YORK, March 3 (MENA) - More than 168 million children around the world have missed school for nearly a year because of coronavirus restrictions, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Wednesday. UNICEF described the impact the shutdowns have ....

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