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Saudi Arabia inks 22 deals with local, foreign defence firms
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia has inked 2.13 billion U.S. dollars' worth of deals with local and foreign defence companies at the ongoing World Defense Show in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday.
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Two soldiers, nine terrorists killed in Mali attack
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bamako [Mali], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Two Malian soldiers and nine terrorists were killed in an Armed Terrorist Groups (GAT) attack on Monday in the north of the country, confirmed the Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the Armed Forces (Dirpa) in a statement released on Monda
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Palestinian PM condemns killing of Palestinian child near Jerusalem
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned on Sunday the killing of a 14-year-old boy by Israeli soldiers in Abu Dis, a town southeast of Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported.
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13 soldiers killed in bus ambush in Syria's Homs: State media
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): As many as 13 soldiers were killed on Sunday when their bus was ambushed in the countryside of the Syrian central province of Homs, state news agency SANA reported.
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'The Batman' dominates North American box office on opening weekend
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Los Angeles [US], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Warner Bros. Pictures' superhero film "The Batman" dominated the North American box office on its opening weekend with a three-day estimate of 128.5 million U.S. dollars, according to studio figures released by measurement firm Comscore on Sunday.
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14 dead in coal mine accident in China's Guizhou
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guiyang [China], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Fourteen trapped people were confirmed dead following a coal mine accident in southwest China's Guizhou Province, the local authority said on Sunday.
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Portugal begins to ration water amid extreme drought
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Several cities across Portugal, more than 95 per cent of whose territory is in "severe or extreme drought," have begun to adopt measures to ration water use.
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UN chief voices concern over political polarization in Libya
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a telephone call on Friday with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya to discuss the latest developments in the country, Guterres' press office said on Saturday.
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Malaysia sees fresh high of 33,406 daily COVID-19 cases, 67 new deaths
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Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 33,406 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 3,595,172, according to the health ministry.
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Iran, IAEA agree to settle nuclear issues in boost for Vienna talks
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Vienna [Austria], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday agreed on a roadmap to resolve Iran's nuclear safeguards issues by June, a vital step as talks in Vienna over reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal entered the final stage.
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Mainland health experts visit Hong Kong's anti-epidemic community faciliti
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Hong Kong, March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): A team of mainland health experts led by Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission, on Saturday visited Hong Kong's anti-epidemic facilities in communities to learn about local testing, isolation, and t
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Philippines logs 941 new COVID-19 cases, 109 more deaths
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Manila [Philippines], March 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 941 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,666,678.
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