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Kenya has set up more than 100 hospital beds in preparation for possible coronavirus cases. The east African nation has assured its citizens health workers are well prepared to stop the spread of the virus, athough Kenya has not reported any confirmed cases.

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Russia Federation on the occasion of the signing of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement on February 29 in Qatar.

Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) is boosting readiness for the H-53 heavy-lift helicopter by breathing new life into the depot's H-53 rotor head program. A partnership agreement with Sikorsky is generating positive results.

A senior Yemeni official has said the country's armed forces are seeking to liberate the central province of Ma'rib after taking control of the neighboring strategic province of al-Jawf, which borders Saudi Arabia.

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Iran has imposed further travel restrictions for its citizens as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, as the Health Ministry confirms over 1,200 new cases of infection in 24 hours.

Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpour announced that 1,234 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since yesterday that is associated with the more activeness of the country's laboratory system.

The prevention of COVID-19 is being intensified across the country along with a series of nationwide top-class anti-epidemic measures taken true to the spirit of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Beijing reported four new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection on Thursday, all of which are imported cases from Italy, local health authorities said Friday.

South China's Shenzhen reported its second imported COVID-19 infection on Friday, with the patient traveling to Spain in early January and transferred flight in Abu Dhabi on her way back to China.

Seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Ireland on Thursday, bringing to 13 the total number of such cases in the country, according to the Irish Department of Health.

Taiwan confirmed one more novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case on Friday, bringing the total across the country to 45, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.

The Taiwanese authorities have placed 103 people under home isolation after they had contact with an Australian classical musician who was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a Feb. 23-March 2 visit to Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday.

Taiwan on Friday revealed more details about a coronavirus case that it believes was imported from the Philippines, an independent traveler who was diagnosed with the disease a day earlier after a recent trip to the neighboring country.

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"Effective today, the Administration is rescinding the Presidential Policy concerning anti-personnel landmines (APL), in favor of a new United States landmine policy that will be overseen by the Department of Defense. The United States remains committed to working to minimize risks to civilians posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war. The United States also remains fully committed to complying with its treaty obligations

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United States military commanders can again use landmines in conflict zones, as President Donald Trump supported the change after a yearlong study concluded U.S. forces were unnecessarily vulnerable to attacks from a range of adversaries, from major powers to terrorist organizations.

Another case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was confirmed in Taiwan on Friday, bringing the number of cases in the country to 10, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.

Two Taiwanese nationals in China were confirmed Friday to be infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), according to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's top government agency handling cross-Taiwan Strait affairs.