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13 Taliban killed in airstrike in Eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Thirteen Taliban fighters were killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the provincial press office said on Monday.
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Japan preparing to launch COVID-19 vaccination by late February, says PM S
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan is planning to launch COVID-19 vaccination by late February, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday.
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West refused to unfreeze Venezuelan funds for vaccine purchase, says Presi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): EU nations and the United States have refused Venezuela's request to unfreeze its assets, so that the sanctions-hit country could purchase a coronavirus vaccine, President Nicolas Maduro has said.
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UK Judge to rule on Monday whether WikiLeaks founder Assange Can be extrad
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UK district judge Vanessa Baraitser will deliver on Monday her verdict on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, where he could face up to 175 years in jail for the publication of classified information on the US
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New US Senators sworn in to 117th Congress
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): New members of the US Senate, who were elected in the November vote, are being sworn in on Capitol Hill on Sunday noon as lawmakers convened to form the 117th Congress.
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Taliban says to uphold potential Non-Aggression Pact with Kabul as it does
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban is ready to uphold a non-aggression pact with the Afghani government as it has refrained from attacking US forces in the country in line with the peace agreement, a spokesman for the group, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Sunday.
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UK registers almost 55,000 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom registered 54,990 COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, a drop from 57,725 the day before, according to government figures.
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Negotiating teams of Afghan government, Taliban to resume peace talks on T
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Members of the Afghan government negotiating team and their Taliban counterparts are expected to return to Qatar on Monday to start the second round of face-to-face peace talks the next day, a member of the government team told Sputnik on conditi
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US registers single-day record of 299,087 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Maryland [US], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has reported 299,087 COVID-19 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is a single-day record since the beginning of the pandemic, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows.
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Mexico plans to vaccinate all citizens over 60 by late March
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico city [Mexico], January 03 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico is planning to have everyone over 60 years old vaccinated by late March, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said in a video address.
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Aden Airport resumes operation days after rocket attacks
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], January 03 (ANI/Sputnik): The international airport in Yemen's Aden resumed operations on Sunday, four days after a terrorist that killed 26 people and injured over 100.
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Afghanistan: 5 killed in car explosion in Kapisa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kapisa [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): At least five people were killed in a car explosion targeting the head of Islamic religious scholars council in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kapisa, Sputnik reported citing police spokesman Shaiq Shorash said Sunday.
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