World

  • Service : English General
  • Category : World
  • Australia's borders are likely to remain closed throughout 2021 even with everyone vaccinated against Covid-19

    Date: 2021-01-18 07:38:13 GMT - Australia - World - SN:14 - ID:8756852

    CANBERRA, Jan 18 (MENA) - Australia's international borders will probably remain closed for most of this year, Health Department Secretary Brendan Murphy said on Monday. The professor said 'substantial border restrictions' will continue ....

  • European, US officials slam Russia over Alexei Navalny arrest

    Date: 2021-01-18 07:06:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8756827

    WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - The United States and numerous European countries are urging for the "immediate release" of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was taken into police custody after arriving in Moscow from Germany, Deutsche Welle ....

  • Sulawesi quake death toll at 81 as Indonesia battles series of disasters

    Date: 2021-01-18 06:35:25 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:11 - ID:8756776

    JAKARTA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island last week has killed at least 81 people and displaced more than 19,000, US News quoted the country's disaster mitigation agency as saying, as search and rescue ....

  • Pakistan reports 1,920 coronavirus cases in one day

    Date: 2021-01-18 05:54:57 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:5 - ID:8756757

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (MENA) - Pakistan has reported 46 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 521,211. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 10,997 on Monday. According to the latest ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus hits 95 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-01-18 05:50:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8756750

    WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - As many as 95 million (95,053,496) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,032,904 have died, according to a worldometer tally. It reported that there have been 67,8954,438 cases ....

  • India reports 13,788 new Covid-19 cases, 145 deaths in last 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-18 05:27:38 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:8756726

    NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (MENA) - India reported 13,788 new Covid-19 cases and 145 deaths in last 24 hours, The Times of India reported as per the Indian Health ministry on Monday. The daily new cases have been below 20,000 for the past 11 days. The ....

  • CDC director expects 500,000 Covid-19 deaths in US by mid-February

    Date: 2021-01-17 21:49:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:8756639

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) – In less than a year, Covid-19 has killed almost 400,000 Americans, CNN reported. And in just the next month, another 100,000 lives could be lost to the disease, the incoming director of the US Centers for Disease ....

  • Mexico reports over 20,000 coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-17 20:36:35 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:74 - ID:8756619

    MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit Mexico hard with over 20,000 daily infections and 1,000 deaths despite the restrictive economic and social measures adopted, the Mexican Ministry of Health admitted on ....

  • Alexei Navalny arrested after landing in Moscow

    Date: 2021-01-17 19:50:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:8756572

    MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been detained by police at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after returning from Germany, where he had been recovering following an alleged poisoning attempt last summer. Navalny ....

  • Indonesian quake death toll rises to 77

    Date: 2021-01-17 13:19:30 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:47 - ID:8755995

    JAKARTA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 77, while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD