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Death Toll from Wuhan Coronavirus Tops 100 as Infection Rate Accelerates

China on Tuesday urged its citizens to postpone foreign travel to curb a viral outbreak that has killed 106 people, as the first cases of human-to-human contagion were detected abroad. While a host of nations prepared to airlift their citizens from the epicentre of the epidemic, Japan and Germany reported ...

January 28, 2020

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Taliban Says US Military Plane Shot down in Afghanistan, High Ranking Officers On Board

Taliban announced it has shot down a plane carrying US military personnel in Ghazni on Monday. The group claimed that all personnel on board, including high ranking officers, were killed in the crash, Reuters news agency reported. While the Pentagon has refused to immediately comment on the incident, anonymous US ...

January 27, 2020

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China Virus Toll Rises; Foreign States Trying to Evacuate National from Epicenter Wuhan

The death toll from the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China has surpassed 80, with authorities in Beijing warning that the mysterious virus is “getting stronger” despite unprecedented quarantine measures and travel lockdowns. Two dozen new deaths reported in Hubei Province — the heart of the outbreak — and ...

January 27, 2020

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China Battles Corona Virus as Death Toll Hits 56

China on Sunday expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain a viral contagion that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the United States and France prepared to evacuate their citizens from a quarantined city at the outbreak’s epicenter. The first death was reported in Shanghai, and another one ...

January 26, 2020

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China’s National Health Commission Says 9 Deaths from Coronavirus Outbreak Confirmed

Chinese National Health Commission Vice President Li Bin said in a statement that at least nine people died from a coronavirus outbreak on Monday. At least 13 Chinese provinces are affected with the virus, Li said. Chinese authorities earlier reported 324 cases of infection and six victims. Another National Health ...

January 22, 2020

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South Korea to Dispatch ‘Anti-Piracy Unit’ to Strait of Hormuz, Not to Join US-Led Alliance

South Korea says it is set to expand the operational area of its anti-piracy unit now stationed in the Gulf of Aden so as to cover the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that the naval task force will operate separately from a US-led military coalition deployed to the Persian Gulf waters ...

January 21, 2020

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Taliban Aim to Sign Deal with US by End of Month: Report

The Taliban are aiming to reach a withdrawal agreement with the US by the end of January and are prepared to “scale down” military operations ahead of signing the deal, according to their chief spokesman. The statement by Suhail Shaheen to Pakistani daily Dawn comes as the group and the ...

January 18, 2020

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Two US soldiers killed by Afghanistan Roadside Bomb

Two American soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday when a Taliban roadside bomb ripped through an army vehicle, officials said. Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack in Kandahar province, according to NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the country. The US occupation spokesman said the names of ...

January 11, 2020

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N. Korea Warns Will Return to Talks Only When Washington Fully Meets Demands

North Korea said Saturday it had received Donald Trump’s letter wishing a happy birthday to leader Kim Jong Un, but warned it will return to nuclear talks only when Washington fully accepts its demands. The US president and Kim have held three meetings since June 2018 but negotiations have been ...

January 11, 2020

World

Taliban Kill 23 in Attacks on Afghan Checkpoints

At least 23 Afghan security forces were killed in a series of Taliban attacks across the country, officials said Wednesday, despite winter snowfall that usually leads to a lull in violence. The assaults targeted vulnerable checkpoints in at least three northern provinces. In Balkh, militants stormed a checkpoint early Wednesday ...

January 1, 2020