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Sisi receives Eidul Fitr greetings from Bahraini king
Date: 2018-06-15 21:50:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:7446087
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received a phone call on Friday from Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to greet him on Eidul Fitr. In press statements, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said that the Bahraini monarch ....
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Israeli warplanes drop illumination flares on central Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-06-15 21:22:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7446046
GAZA CITY, June 15 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes dropped on Friday illumination flares above Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. Earlier in the day, a raft of Palestinians kite launchers survived a rocket attack carried out by an Israeli ....
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Germany’s Horst Seehofer fires head of BAMF migrant and refugee agency
Date: 2018-06-15 20:37:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:64 - ID:7446041
BERLIN, June 15 (MENA) - Germany's interior minister has fired the head of the country’s refugee agency after a scandal over improper asylum decisions came to light, Deutsche Welle reported. The immigration issue threatens to splinter German ....
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Dutch to shift troop deployment from Mali to Afghanistan
Date: 2018-06-15 20:20:09 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:63 - ID:7446035
AMSTERDAM, June 15 (MENA) - The Dutch Defense Ministry announced Friday that the Netherlands is to stop sending troops to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali and will shift focus to beef up operations in Afghanistan, France 24 reported. "The ....
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Abu Dhabi CP, Ethiopian PM attend signing of MOUs
Date: 2018-06-15 20:13:23 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:7446012
ADDIS ABABA/ABU DHABI, June 15 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia on Friday signed several memorandums of understanding (MOUs), with the aim of strengthening bilateral partnerships and opening new avenues for cooperation between the two ....
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Cypriot house president, Chinese envoy vow to sign MoU
Date: 2018-06-15 20:05:59 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:61 - ID:7445891
NICOSIA, June 15 (MENA) - Cyprus House President Dimitris Syllouris and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xingyuan on Friday expressed their joint commitment to soon finalize and sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Cyprus House and National ....
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China retaliates immediately after US announces tariffs
Date: 2018-06-15 19:58:39 GMT - China - World - SN:60 - ID:7445904
BEIJING, June 15 (MENA) - China said Friday it is retaliating against US tariffs by imposing penalties on the same scale against the United States, ABC News reported. China's commerce ministry announced the tariffs after President Donald Trump ....
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Pakistan: Taliban supremo Fazllullah reportedly killed
Date: 2018-06-15 19:50:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:59 - ID:7445894
KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - Top Pakistani militant leader Mullah Fazlullah has apparently been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Kunar province, Pajhwok news agency reported Friday, citing media reports. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ....
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Russia alarmed by Norway’s decision to deploy US marines along its border
Date: 2018-06-15 19:33:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7445885
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - The permission given by the Norwegian government for the US to double its Marine Corps troops in the country and deploy them near the border with Russia undermines mutual confidence, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman ....
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Kremlin: Putin-Trump meeting possible
Date: 2018-06-15 19:27:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:7445877
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - The Kremlin says it is holding the door open for a possible summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump this summer, The Washington Post reported. Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said ....