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  • North Korea officials visit Iran in rare public trip

    Date: 2024-04-24 07:55:34 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:10 - ID:10675376

    PYONGYANG, April 24 (MENA) - A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday. The minister for external economic relations, Yun Jong Ho, left Pyongyang ....

  • NATO drills in Finland are provocative: Russia’s foreign ministry

    Date: 2024-04-24 07:53:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:10675341

    MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - NATO exercises starting on April 26 in Finland and in close proximity to the Russian-Finnish border are provocative in nature, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA News Agency in remarks published ....

  • Russian air defenses down eight Ukrainian drones over several Russian regions

    Date: 2024-04-24 07:17:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:10675344

    MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - Russian air defense systems have downed eight Ukrainian drones over Russian regions of Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh and Smolensk, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that attempts ....

  • Ukraine: 101 combat clashes on front lines in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2024-04-24 07:03:29 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10675367

    KIEV, April 24 (MENA) - Over the past day, 101 combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine, Ukrinform reported Wednesday quoting the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying in an update on the operational ....

  • Russia's combat losses in Ukraine up to about 461,940 troops

    Date: 2024-04-24 06:53:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10675355

    KIEV, April 24 (MENA) - Russia's total combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to April 24, 2024 amount to about 461,940 invaders, including another 880 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day, Ukrinform reported Wednesday quoting ....

  • Moscow calls for unfreezing Afghan assets

    Date: 2024-04-23 22:50:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:10675262

    MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov and the Afghan authorities asserted that the Afghan assets must be unfrozen and handed over to the Central Bank of Afghanistan during their meetings ....

  • US sanctions Iranian companies, individuals after accusing them of hacking gov’t agencies

    Date: 2024-04-23 22:45:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:10675264

    WASHINGTON, April 23 (MENA) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two companies and four individuals involved in malicious cyber activity on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ....

  • British PM pledges to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030

    Date: 2024-04-23 17:13:44 GMT - Poland - World - SN:63 - ID:10674845

    WARSAW, April 23 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said UK military spending would rise to 2.5% of national income by 2030, according to The Guardian. Sunak described the military commitment as the “biggest strengthening of our national ....

  • More than 150 people arrested at New York University amid pro-Palestinian protests, NYPD says

    Date: 2024-04-23 15:15:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:10674559

    WASHINGTON, April 23 (MENA) - More than 150 people were arrested at New York University on Monday night, police said, as pro-Palestinian protests spread on college campuses throughout the country, ABC News reported on Tuesday. Students, faculty ....

  • 10 killed after 2 Malaysian military helicopters collide mid-air during navy parade rehearsal

    Date: 2024-04-23 07:52:11 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:9 - ID:10673645

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (MENA) - Ten Malaysian military personnel on board two naval helicopters died after their choppers collided mid-air over a naval base in Lumut, Perak on Tuesday, according to Channel News Asia. The Royal Malaysian Navy ....

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