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Sudanese health minister diagnosed with COVID-19, continues to fulfill dut
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Sudanese Health Minister Osama Ahmed Abdul Rahim has contracted the coronavirus disease, but continues to carry out his duties despite the infection, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday, adding that his condition is stable.
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Protests break out in Peru following President's impeachment
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Peru [Lima], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Protests were held in various cities of Peru after the decision of the Peruvian Congress to impeach President Martin Vizcarra, local media reported.
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5 Taliban terroists killed, 3 injured in Eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Five Taliban terrorists have been killed and other three injured in an attack on a police checkpoint in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, the provincial governor's office said on Tuesday.
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Senior Palestinian official Erekat dies of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Saeb Erekat, the veteran Palestinian peace negotiator, who was in a critical condition due to COVID-19, died on Tuesday, members of Erekat's inner circle confirmed to Sputnik.
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Japanese PM orders drawing up of third COVID-19 economic relief package
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga instructed his cabinet to form an economic relief package, the third of its kind, to stave off the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic, media reported Tuesday.
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Armenian opposition trying to get Yerevan out of new ceasefire deal: Lawma
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Yerevan (Armenia), November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Armenia's opposition party Prosperous Armenia is collecting signatures to convene an extraordinary session of the parliament to cancel Yerevan's participation in the new Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Iveta Tonoyan, member of the National
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Erdogan accepts Turkish Finance Minister's resignation
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, the Turkish leader's office said in a statement.
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Russia's Mi-24 shot down over Armenia outside combat zone
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian helicopter Mi-24 was shot down in the Armenian airspace outside the combat zone, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Monday.
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1 student killed, 8 injured in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak blast
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 09 (ANI/Sputnik): A bomb exploded in Afghanistan's central province of Maidan Wardak, injuring eight students and causing one death, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Monday.
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Four Afghan police officers injured by blast in Herat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 09 (ANI/Sputnik): The detonation of a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Herat province on Monday has left four police officers with injuries, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Italian doctors call for nationwide lockdown amid second COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian doctors on Monday urged the authorities to impose a general stay-at-home regime throughout the country to combat the resurgent COVID-19 epidemic, the National Federation of Physicians and Dentists (FNOMCEO) announced on Monday.
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Georgia's COVID-19 cases top 60,000
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Georgia reported 2,927 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing its total to 60,680.
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