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Toll from coronavirus rises to 2004 in China
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll in China from novel coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2,004, with 136 new fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, the Chinese state health committee said Wednesday.
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Toll from coronavirus mounts to 1,868 in China
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 18 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll in mainland China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has increased by 98 over the past 24 hours to 1,868, the Chinese state health committee said on Tuesday.
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No casualties in rocket strike on Baghdad military base: US official
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Feb 16 (Sputnik/ANI): The rocket attack on a military base in Baghdad hosting troops of the international coalition for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) has resulted in no casualties, spokesperson for the US-led coalition against the Islamic State, Colonel Myles Caggins said
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Death toll from coronavirus in China surpasses 1,660
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 16 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone up to 1,665 in China, with the total number of registered cases standing at 68,500 according to the country's National Health Commission.
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70 new coronavirus cases reported on cruise ship off Japan's coast
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Feb 16 (Sputnik/ANI): There are 70 new cases of COVID-19 (the new coronavirus) onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked off Yokohama, according to Japan's Health Minister Katsunobu Kato.
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Rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Feb 16 (Sputnik/ANI): Rockets landed near the US embassy in the "green zone" in the Iraqi capital early on Sunday, Al Arabiya TV reports.
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Russian Military refutes claims about losses of Syrian troops in Turkish s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian military has refuted the Turkish military's claims about the deaths of dozens of Syrian troops in Idlib, saying that Turkey's "irresponsible statements" can only lead to an escalation of the situation and to hastily-made decisions.
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11 civilians killed in US airstrike in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], Feb 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Eleven civilians were killed in a US airstrike in Surkhrod district of Afghanistan's province of Nangarhar, local residents told Sputnik on Friday.
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Syrian army helicopter downed in Idlib, crew killed
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Idlib [Syria], Feb 14 (Sputnik/ANI): A Syrian army helicopter was shot down by a missile in the Idlib province on Friday, the crew was killed in the crash, a Syrian military source told Sputnik.
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US Senate passes Iran War Powers Resolution
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Senate has passed its own version of a resolution previously passed by the House seeking to limit US President Donald Trump's ability to unilaterally make war against Iran via the 1973 War Powers Act.
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Damascus will continue to fight terror groups throughout country: Syrian F
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Damascus will continue to fight terrorist groups throughout the country even despite threats coming from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attack Syrian government troops, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Twin explosions in Amsterdam, no injuries: Police
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherland], Feb 12 (ANI): Twin explosions occurred in two different places of Amsterdam including the mailroom of a commercial building in Bolstoen on Wednesday, Sputnik reported citing police.
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