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  • Russia: US seeks to drag out conflict in Ukraine by supplying it with new weapons

    Date: 2022-07-09 22:10:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:9664382

    MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - The United States keeps supplying Ukraine with more weapons, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), because it wants to drag out the conflict at any cost, the Russian Embassy in the United States was ....

  • 8 DPR soldiers killed, injured in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-07-09 22:09:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:9664381

    MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - Three service members of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have been killed and five more wounded in the past 24 hours, fighting the Ukrainian forces, Eduard Basurin, deputy chief of the DPR People’s Militia, was quoted by ....

  • Sri Lankan PM house set on fire by protestors

    Date: 2022-07-09 21:15:31 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:58 - ID:9664358

    COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo has been set on fire by the protestors, the Daily Mirror Newspaper reported on Saturday. A group of protestors entered his house a short while ....

  • Sri Lankan speaker: President to resign on Wednesday

    Date: 2022-07-09 18:20:05 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:51 - ID:9664291

    COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed him that he will resign from the presidency on Wednesday, the Daily Mirror Newspaper of Sri Lanka reported on Saturday. According ....

  • Sri Lankan gov't delegation's visit to Moscow postponed as unrest escalates

    Date: 2022-07-09 17:58:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9664240

    MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - The Sri Lankan government delegation’s visit to Moscow, scheduled for July 10-16, has been put off due to the situation in that island country, a source at Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry told TASS on Saturday. "Taking into ....

  • Sri Lanka's PM deplores attack on journalists covering ongoing protests

    Date: 2022-07-09 17:58:10 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:48 - ID:9664239

    COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil'Wickremesinghe has expressed grave regret over assaulting journalists who were covering protests near his private residence. Freedom of media is paramount to democracy in Sri Lanka, the ....

  • New Zealand registers first monkeypox case

    Date: 2022-07-09 15:13:47 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:43 - ID:9664155

    WELLINGTON, July 9 (MENA) - New Zealand has registered its first case of monkeypox tonight, NZ Herald reported. The person is in their 30s, lives in Auckland and has recently returned from overseas travel in a country with reported cases of ....

  • Singapore reports 8,659 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-07-09 13:33:39 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:31 - ID:9664062

    SINGAPORE, July 9 (MENA) - Singapore reported 8,659 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Channel News Asia quoted the Singaporean Ministry of Health as saying. Only one fatality was recorded, taking the death toll from coronavirus to 1,428, the ....

  • Pope 'deeply saddened' by 'senseless' assassination of Shinzo Abe

    Date: 2022-07-09 13:24:40 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:30 - ID:9664076

    VATICAN, July 9 (MENA) - Pope Francis has offered his "heartfelt condolences" to the loved ones of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, in the wake of his assassination on Friday, CNN reported. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal ....

  • Canadian PM greets Muslims on Eidul Adha

    Date: 2022-07-09 13:08:57 GMT - Canada - World - SN:26 - ID:9663986

    OTTAWA, July 9 (MENA) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted the Muslims in Canada and worldwide on Eidul Adha. “Today, Muslims in Canada and around the world mark the end of the annual Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, one of the five ....

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