World

  • Service : English General
  • Category : World
  • Moon says it's early to be pessimistic about dialogue with N. Korea

    Date: 2020-01-14 06:41:51 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8268636

    SEOUL, Jan 14 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday it is premature to be gloomy about the Korea peace process, pointing out the relatively good personal relationship between the leaders of North Korea and the United States, ....

  • 41 killed as cold weather wreaks havoc across Pakistan

    Date: 2020-01-14 06:15:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:6 - ID:8268615

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 14 (MENA) - At least 41 people have been killed across the country as severe winter weather continued across the country bringing life to a standstill, Geo News reported. According to Imran Zarkon, chief of provincial disaster ....

  • Huge sinkhole swallows bus in China; 6 killed, 10 missing

    Date: 2020-01-14 06:15:29 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:8268614

    BEIJING, Jan 14 (MENA) - An enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in China, sparking an explosion, killing six people and leaving 10 more missing, NDTV reported Tuesday. Footage showed people at a bus stop running from the collapsing ....

  • 3 reported killed in crash of trainer plane in China

    Date: 2020-01-14 06:03:55 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:8268613

    BEIJING, Jan 14 (MENA) - Three persons were killed Monday when their trainer aircraft crashed in the central Chinese province of Hubei, state media reported. Rescue teams found the remains of the plane in a mountainous area of Changyang County at ....

  • Baltimore sees 12 shot, 5 dead in just 1 day of shootings

    Date: 2020-01-13 07:40:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8267163

    WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - Twelve people were shot and five of them were killed in a total of eight separate shootings in Baltimore in Maryland State, Fox News reported Monday. The first of Saturday’s shootings was reported at about 2:30 a.m. ....

  • Flashfloods Kill 11 in Kandahar, Helmand

    Date: 2020-01-13 07:24:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8267180

    KABUL, Jan 13 (MENA) - Flashfloods this week have left 11 people dead and 22 others injured in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, Tolo news reported, quoting local officials. The officials said efforts are underway to help the ....

  • US reportedly wants to resume talks with North Korea

    Date: 2020-01-13 07:22:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8267131

    WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - The United States is said to have reached out to North Korea to restart diplomatic talks that stalled last October, news website Axios reported. Washington wants to get negotiations with Pyongyang “back on track” and ....

  • Germany defuses WWII bombs after mass evacuation

    Date: 2020-01-13 06:34:33 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:8267113

    BERLIN, Jan 13 (MENA) - Thousands of people in and around the German city of Dortmund have been evacuated while crews defused two World War II-era bombs, Fox News reported Monday. The bombs were 330-pound American and British bombs. Investigators ....

  • WHO advises against travel, trade restrictions on China

    Date: 2020-01-12 22:15:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8267000

    GENEVA, Jan 12 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the information currently available on the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan. Among the 41 ....

  • Abkhazia's President Raul Khajimba tendered his resignation

    Date: 2020-01-12 20:56:35 GMT - Abkhazia - World - SN:57 - ID:8266941

    SUKHUM, Jan 12 (MENA) - Abkhazia’s President Raul Khajimba has taken a decision to step down, as follows from his statement read out by the country’s former Prime Minister Sergei Shamba in front of the protesters who gathered near the president’s ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD