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UN urges countries to pay their peacekeeping share as funding cuts bite
Date: 2025-05-13 18:25:05 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:64 - ID:11177468
BERLIN, May 13 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged Member States to do more to support the global body’s 'blue helmets' and stave off the worst impacts of deep funding cuts. Addressing the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial ....
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Fire breaks out at logistics center in South Korea’s Icheon
Date: 2025-05-13 07:38:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:11176225
SEOUL, May 13 (MENA) – A fire broke out Tuesday at a logistics center in South Korea’s Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, prompting fire authorities to issue a Level Two response alert, KBS reported. According to the authorities, the fire started around ....
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OPEN// Bulgaria holds conference on measures against animal cruelty
Date: 2025-05-12 21:05:18 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:60 - ID:11176060
SOFIA, May 12 (MENA) - An international conference on effective solutions for animal protection was held on Monday in Sofia. It was organized by Bulgarian MEP Emil Radev of GERB/EPP, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare ....
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China welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire
Date: 2025-05-12 12:27:50 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:11175258
BEIJING, May 12 (MENA) - China supports and welcomes the ceasefire achieved by India and Pakistan, and hopes the two countries consolidate and extend the ceasefire momentum and properly handle differences through dialogue and negotiation, a Chinese ....
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US, China slash tariffs for 90 days in trade deal
Date: 2025-05-12 12:27:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:11175311
WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) - The US and China will slash their tariffs on each other for 90 days, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. The U.S. will lower tariffs to 30% during the pause, while China will cut its tariffs to 10%, Bessent ....
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Five Pakistani policemen killed, wounded in suicide blast in Peshawar
Date: 2025-05-12 06:06:04 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:3 - ID:11174758
ISLAMABAD, May 12 (MENA - At least two cops including a sub-inspector (SI) were killed and three others wounded in a suicide blast in Peshawar's Chamkani area, police officials said. The officials said that the explosion was carried out near a ....
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Zelensky offers meeting with Putin in Turkey on Thursday
Date: 2025-05-11 21:21:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:78 - ID:11174628
KIEV, May 11 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects Russia to implement a ceasefire and that he will personally be waiting for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey on May 15, Ukrinform reported on Sunday. “We await a ....
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OPEN// Bulgarian athletes win two bronzes in Artistic Gymnastics World Cup
Date: 2025-05-11 19:51:44 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:66 - ID:11174519
SOFIA, May 11 (MENA) - Bulgarian athletes won two bronze medals on the second day of the FIG World Challenge Cup finals in the Bulgarian city of Varna on Sunday. Eddie Penev placed third in the vault, while Nikol Stoimenova took bronze on the ....
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US says 'substantial progress' in trade negotiations with China
Date: 2025-05-11 18:19:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:11174380
WASHINGTON, May 11 (MENA) - Top US officials involved in high-level trade negotiations with China emerged from two days of talks touting “substantial progress” and appearing to confirm that a deal between the two countries had been reached, which ....
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Rubio heads to Turkey following visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Date: 2025-05-11 18:19:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:11174377
WASHINGTON, May 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Turkey to participate in the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting on May 14, following his trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar with US President Donald Trump. The US State ....
