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  • Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says

    Date: 2024-06-21 18:18:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:10754427

    WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the US to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if it is acting in self-defense, the Pentagon ....

  • US to release 2024 trafficking in persons report Monday

    Date: 2024-06-21 18:17:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:10754444

    WAHSINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will release the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) on Monday, the Department of State reported in a statement. "The annual report represents the world’s most ....

  • Russia realizes US to pressure all its partners — Kremlin spokesman

    Date: 2024-06-21 13:40:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:10754312

    MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - Moscow clearly realizes that Washington will continue to pressure all its partners, including Vietnam, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. "We have no doubts that the United States will ....

  • Heavy rains leave 38 dead, 2 missing in south China county

    Date: 2024-06-21 13:40:16 GMT - China - World - SN:40 - ID:10754310

    BEIJING, June 21 (MENA) - Rainfall-triggered disasters have left 38 people dead and two others missing in Pingyuan County in south China's Guangdong Province as of 3 p.m. Friday, local authorities said. Heavy rains battered the county from 8 a.m. ....

  • EU nations approve opening of enlargement talks with Ukraine and Moldova next week

    Date: 2024-06-21 13:39:50 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:39 - ID:10754309

    BRUSSELS, June 21 (MENA) - European Union countries have formally approved the launch of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova next week, another step in the two nations’ long journey to join the 27-nation bloc. Belgium, which currently ....

  • Charges dropped for Columbia students arrested at pro-Palestinian protests

    Date: 2024-06-21 12:28:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:10754234

    WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - Dozens of pro-Palestinian student protesters arrested in April after occupying and barricading a building at Columbia University in New York City have had all criminal charges against them dropped, Manhattan prosecutors ....

  • Russian troops kill five residents of Donetsk region over past day

    Date: 2024-06-21 10:54:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:10754063

    KIEV, June 21 (MENA) - Russian forces killed five residents of the Donetsk region and injured 11 others over the past 24 hours. The head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Vadym Filashkin, reported this on Facebook, according to ....

  • Russia intercepts 120 Ukrainian drones overnight – MOD

    Date: 2024-06-21 09:31:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:10754018

    MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - The Russian military has repelled several large-scale Ukrainian drone raids, shooting down 114 UAVs overnight and intercepting six naval drones in the Black Sea, Russia Today reported, quoting the Defense Ministry in ....

  • Forest fire kills 5, injures 44 in southeast Türkiye

    Date: 2024-06-21 08:02:30 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:16 - ID:10753953

    ANKARA, June 21 (MENA) - Five people were killed and dozens more required medical treatment after a fire that started with the burning of crop stubble spread through settlements in southeast Turkey overnight, ABC News quoted officials as saying on ....

  • Polish president to pay state visit to China

    Date: 2024-06-21 07:49:14 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:10753934

    BEIJING, June 21 (MENA) – At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Polish President Andrzej Duda will pay a state visit to China from June 22 to 26, Xinhua quoted foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying as saying. During the visit, ....

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