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  • UN official expects death toll from Turkey-Syria quake to more than double

    Date: 2023-02-11 13:53:06 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:33 - ID:10013873

    ANKARA, Feb 11 (MENA) - The death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to more than double, UN emergency relief co-ordinator Martin Griffiths has said. Talking to Sky News, he said this is “worst ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases surpass 672mn

    Date: 2023-02-11 13:10:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:10013883

    WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 672 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Saturday that the current ....

  • Pentagon looks to restart top-secret programs in Ukraine

    Date: 2023-02-11 11:56:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:10013733

    WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - Military editor of Washington Post newspaper Wesley Morgan said that the Pentagon is urging Congress to resume funding a pair of top-secret programs in Ukraine suspended ahead of Russia’s invasion last year, according to ....

  • Russia ready for talks with Ukraine, but with no preconditions, diplomat insists

    Date: 2023-02-11 09:17:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:10013452

    MOSCOW, Feb 11 (MENA) - Russia is ready to engage with Ukraine, but there should not be any preconditions for talks that should be based on the existing reality, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said in an interview with Zvezda ....

  • Air Force downs 20 Russian drones

    Date: 2023-02-11 09:12:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:10013438

    KIEV, Feb 11 (MENA) - In the evening and at night, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down 20 Russian Shahed-136/131 attack drones used by the Russian forces to strike critical infrastructure. This is said in a post on the Air ....

  • Iraqi FM confirms his country's readiness to provide facilities for investment companies in Iraq 2 last Baghdad

    Date: 2023-02-11 08:37:16 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:14 - ID:10013378

    He continued, "As the American side previously provided assistance and support in the field of combating terrorism and eliminating terrorist Daesh gangs , and now we aspire to build and develop the Iraqi economy and move to the stage of economic ....

  • Iraqi FM confirms his country's readiness to provide facilities for investment companies in Iraq

    Date: 2023-02-11 08:35:25 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:13 - ID:10013374

    BAGHDAD, Feb 11 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein affirmed the government's readiness to provide facilities for investment companies in Iraq, while noting that the Iraqi government's priorities focus on building the economy, providing ....

  • US Secretary of Defense to visit Brussels for Ukraine defense contact group, NATO defense ministerial meeting

    Date: 2023-02-11 08:14:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:10013289

    WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will travel to Brussels, Belgium, this week to participate in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and the NATO Defense Ministerial at NATO Headquarters, the US Department of Defense ....

  • Ukraine repels Russian attacks near seven settlements

    Date: 2023-02-11 08:09:12 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10013321

    KIEV, Feb 11 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s defense forces have repelled Russia’s attempts to advance in the areas of Kreminna, Shipylivka, and Bilohorivka in Luhansk region, and Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, and Paraskoviivka in ....

  • UAE President receives Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan

    Date: 2023-02-11 07:54:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:9 - ID:10013285

    ABU DHABI, Feb 11 (MENA) - UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received General Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, at Qasr Al Mushrif. General Munir extended his heartfelt condolences to Sheikh Mohamed on the passing of ....

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