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  • Azerbaijan vows to protect churches in Nagorno-Karabakh

    Date: 2020-11-15 18:28:53 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:64 - ID:8673471

    BAKU, Nov 15 (MENA) - The president of Azerbaijan is promising that Christian churches will be protected when the strongly Muslim country takes possession of areas formerly controlled by Armenians, as residents burned down their homes and fled in ....

  • Ukraine says Iran dragging its feet in plane crash investigations

    Date: 2020-11-15 12:20:35 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:30 - ID:8672918

    KIEV, Nov 15 (MENA) - Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation. Iran has also rejected Kyiv’s ....

  • Russia registers 22,572 new covid-19 infections

    Date: 2020-11-15 10:55:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8672685

    MOSCOW, Nov 15 (MENA) - Russia registered 22,572 new coronavirus infections cases over the past 24 hours, Sputnik reported Sunday quoting the coronavirus response headquarters as having said in a statement. Daily recoveries, reached 14,456 in ....

  • Thailand reports eight new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-15 07:11:07 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:8672412

    BANGKOK, Nov 15 (MENA) - Thailand recorded eight new imported cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 3,874 and no new deaths were reported, Bangkok News said. 3,866 cases have recovered from ....

  • Mainland China reports 13 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-15 06:33:33 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:8672397

    BEIJING, Nov 15 (MENA) - China reported 13 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Oct. 17, the same as a day earlier, the health commission said on Sunday. All of the new infections were imported, according to a statement by the National ....

  • Israel registers 286 new cases, 2.3% of tests positive

    Date: 2020-11-15 06:10:46 GMT - Israel - World - SN:5 - ID:8672377

    GAZA CITY, Nov 15 (MENA) - Some 286 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 2.3% of tests returning positive, according to a Sunday morning update by the Health Ministry. Out of those infected, 288 were in ....

  • South Korea reports 208 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-15 05:33:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:8672348

    SEOUL, Nov 5 (MENA) - South Korea reported 208 new coronavirus cases as of Saturday midnight, marking the eight straight day of triple-digit increases, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday as quoted by Yonhap news ....

  • 2 killed, one seriously injured in western France

    Date: 2020-11-14 21:32:00 GMT - France - World - SN:56 - ID:8672291

    PARIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - Two people were killed and a third seriously injured in two attacks in the city of Chole, western France, according to Le Figaro. In the first attack, an assailant with a sharp object attacked two elderly people; one was ....

  • WHO reports record single-day global increase in coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-11-14 20:29:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:54 - ID:8672252

    GENEVA, Nov 14 (MENA) - The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 675,000 in 24 hours - the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to the WHO, this is the ....

  • US secretary of state arrives in France on 7-nation tour

    Date: 2020-11-14 17:15:25 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:8672144

    PARIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Paris, at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East. The trip is aimed at shoring up the priorities of President Donald Trump's administration. ....

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