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  • Russia bringing relations with African countries to genuinely strategic level, Lavrov says

    Date: 2024-01-18 21:18:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:10540088

    MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - Moscow is bringing its partnership with numerous African countries up to a truly strategic level, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying at a press conference. "We are taking our partnership with ....

  • China calls for restoration of security in Red Sea

    Date: 2024-01-18 15:09:51 GMT - China - World - SN:41 - ID:10539759

    BEIJING, Jan 18 (MENA) - China urges the restoration and safeguarding of security on the sea lanes of the Red Sea to ensure the normal order of global trade, Xinhua news agency quoted He Yadong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, as saying ....

  • Russia: Over 30 countries interested in approaching BRICS

    Date: 2024-01-18 13:16:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:10539594

    MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - The fact that there are around 30 aspirants to join the BRICS highlights the promising future of the integration with global members, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying ....

  • Ukraine: Russia carries out 179 attacks on Zaporizhzhia region in 24 hours

    Date: 2024-01-18 12:41:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:29 - ID:10539504

    KIEV, Jan 18 (MENA) - Russian troops struck 179 times some 25 towns and villages in the Zaporizhzhia region, over the past 24 hours, Ukrinform news agency reported Thursday. "128 artillery attacks took place on the territory of Orikhiv, ....

  • Somalia, US discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation

    Date: 2024-01-18 12:38:17 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:28 - ID:10539484

    MOGADISHU, Jan 18 (MENA) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmud welcomed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States William Burns in Mogadishu, according to the Somali National News Agency (SONNA) Thursday. The two ....

  • Japan's earthquake death toll reaches 232

    Date: 2024-01-18 12:18:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:27 - ID:10539389

    TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the New Year's Day earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in central Japan has risen to 232, as survivors try to return to normal, some are finding it may be harder than they expected, NHK reported. Fishermen ....

  • Poland receives 20,000 Ukrainian refugees in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2024-01-18 11:48:13 GMT - Poland - World - SN:24 - ID:10539375

    WARSAW, Jan 18 (MENA) - Around 20,000 people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Radio Poland quoted the Polish border guards as saying on Thursday. Since February 24, 2022, the start of Russian-Ukrainian war, as many as ....

  • S. Korean, U.S. nuclear envoys condemn N. Korea's belligerent rhetoric, provocative acts

    Date: 2024-01-18 08:03:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:10538933

    SEOUL, Jan 18 (MENA) -- The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States condemned North Korea's continued military provocations and belligerent rhetoric as they held talks in Seoul on Thursday, the foreign ministry said. The meeting ....

  • Japan, U.S. arranging summit around April 10: sources

    Date: 2024-01-18 07:17:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:10538860

    TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - Japan and the United States are arranging a summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden around April 10, sources close to the matter said Thursday. The two governments had been working toward a visit ....

  • Calls for West to prepare for war against Russia provoke escalation — Russian official

    Date: 2024-01-17 21:30:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:10538702

    MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Calls by some officials in the West to prepare for war against Russia provoke a "game of nerves" and compress the spring of escalation even more, said Yulia Zhdanova, a member of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on ....

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