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12 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan's eastern province: Guv's offi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Twelve Taliban insurgents, including six Pakistani nationals, were killed and seven other were injured in a retaliatory airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial governor's office said on Friday.
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US imposes sanctions against Iranian Ambassador to Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has imposed sanctions on the Iranian ambassador to Iraq, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
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Canada launches pilot programme to test travellers for COVID-19 upon entry
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government in conjunction with Alberta are launching a pilot programme looking to cut down quarantine time for international travellers by testing for COVID-19 at the point of entry, the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs said in a
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Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on 100 Indian volunteers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 23 (ANI): The Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be tested in India on 100 volunteers, the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's Drug Controller General (DCGI) told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Nigerian President calls on nation to end street protests against police b
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday (local time) called on the people to stop taking to the streets to protest against police violence.
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Turkey sets new record daily rise in COVID-19 cases as 2,102 people test p
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey has registered 2,102 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the new highest daily increase since May 8, the country's Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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Moscow's COVID-19 death toll rises to 6,249
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 62 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 6,249, the city's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Thursday.
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US working on sanctioning Myanmar officials for oppressing Rohingya: State
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is "actively working" on sanctioning Myanmar military officials responsible for the oppression of the Rohingya minority, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Richard Albright told reporters on Thursday.
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France reports new daily record in COVID-19 cases with over 41,000 cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France on Thursday reported a new record rise in COVID-19 cases with 41,622 new infections registered over the past 24 hours alone, according to figures from the Sante Publique agency heading the coronavirus response in the country.
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Guterres reiterates call on UN Day for global ceasefire to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated in a speech on the United Nations Day on Thursday that all hostilities worldwide should cease in order to direct joint efforts toward combating the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Saad Hariri becomes new Prime Minister of Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow, October 22 (ANI/Sputnik) Saad Hariri, who had previously twice assumed the position of the head of Lebanon's council of ministers, was re-elected on Thursday as the country's new Prime Minister in the wake of Mustapha Adib's resignation in late September, the office of President Mich
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Russia records 15,971 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours: Response Center
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 15,971 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from yesterday's 15,700, taking the cumulative total to 1,463,306, the country's coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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