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Paris ready to dispatch second medical ship to Gaza
Date: 2023-11-19 20:23:16 GMT - France - World - SN:80 - ID:10449863
PARIS, Nov 19 (MENA) - The French presidency announced Sunday it will send the Dixmude helicopter carrier, a medical ship, to the Middle East, to provide support and medical care to civilians in Gaza. The French presidency said - in a statement - ....
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Aid charities in Britain urge Rishi Sunak to condemn Israel’s siege in Gaza
Date: 2023-11-19 14:23:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:10449508
LONDON, Nov 19 (MENA) - Leaders of some of Britain’s biggest aid charities are urging Rishi Sunak to use his opening speech at a global food summit in London on Monday to condemn Israel’s siege in Gaza, which they say is causing 2 million people to ....
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Vatican Pope says peace in Ukraine, Middle East possible with good will
Date: 2023-11-19 14:20:13 GMT - Italy - World - SN:55 - ID:10449553
ROME, Nov 19 (MENA) - Pope Francis renewed his call on Sunday for peace as he called for prayers for people suffering in Gaza and Ukraine. He also highlighted the fact that the only ones who gain from war are the manufacturers of weapons, ....
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Wang Yi: Xi's U.S. trip adds stability to China-U.S. relations, impetus to Asia-Pacific cooperation
Date: 2023-11-19 09:26:56 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:10448852
BEIJING, Nov 19 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday briefed the media on Chinese President Xi Jinping's talks with US President Joe Biden and his attendance at the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco, CGTN ....
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Ukraine shoots down 10 drones near kyiv
Date: 2023-11-19 06:35:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:2 - ID:10448619
KYIV, Nov 19 (MENA) - Ukrainian air defense intercepted nearly a dozen Shahed drones on the outskirts of Kyiv on Saturday, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, via Telegram. Popko said that Russian forces launched ....
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Czech diplomat summoned to Russian Foreign Ministry after sanctions targeting Russian company
Date: 2023-11-18 21:55:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:10448521
MOSCOW, Nov 18 (MENA) – Czech Charge d’Affaires Jiri Cistecky was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on November 17 and was handed a protest against Prague’s sanctions targeting a Russian state-run company, the ministry said in a ....
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Myanmar: intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter
Date: 2023-11-18 15:53:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:45 - ID:10448061
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (MENA) - The conflict between ethnic armed groups and the Myanmar military has expanded to the country’s eastern and western regions, with urban areas increasingly affected by intense fighting and aerial bombardment, UN agencies ....
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Philippine quake death toll rises to seven
Date: 2023-11-18 09:25:49 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:10447365
MANILA, Nov 18 (MENA) – The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the southern Philippines has increased to seven and authorities are searching for two missing people, CNA reported. The offshore quake struck off Mindanao island on Friday ....
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Ukraine's General Staff reports 67 combat clashes across front over past 24 hours
Date: 2023-11-18 08:10:09 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10447362
KIEV, Nov 18 (MENA) - Sixty-seven combat clashes took place between Ukraine's defense forces and Russian invaders across the front in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform ....
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US forces attacked 61 times in Iraq, Syria since Oct. 17- Pentagon
Date: 2023-11-18 07:13:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:10447285
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (MENA) - US troops came under attack in Iraq and Syria between March 29 and October 17, U.S. defense officials tell VOA. There have been 61 additional attacks against U.S. forces there since October 17, including attacks at ....