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White House releases memo of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
Date: 2019-11-15 19:15:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8189287
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - The White House on Friday released a rough transcript of US President Donald Trump’s first phone call with then-Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The text does not confirm the Trump administration’s ....
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Russia's SVR chief predicts New START to have same plight as INF Treaty
Date: 2019-11-15 17:27:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:8189286
MOSCOW, Nov 15 (MENA) - The strategic arms reduction treaty New START will most probably cease to exist in February 2021, director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin said Friday. During a roundtable conference at the ....
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7.1-magnitude earthquake jolts North Maluku
Date: 2019-11-15 08:55:09 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:12 - ID:8188565
JAKARTA, Nov 15 (MENA) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the areas of Jailolo Sub-district in Halmahera Barat District, North Maluku Province on Friday. There were no immediate reports on casualties in the aftermath of the strong quake, ....
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10 Taliban militants killed, detained in Afghan special forces air raids
Date: 2019-11-15 08:50:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8188564
KABUL, Nov 15 (MENA)- A series of airstrikes killed six Taliban militants in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan, Khaama Press News Agency quoted military officials as saying on Friday. An airstrike killed four Taliban ....
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Six people injured in shooting at US high school
Date: 2019-11-14 18:03:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8188127
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - At least six people have been taken to hospitals following a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, CNN reported on Thursday. The suspect in a shooting at Saugus High School is a 15-year-old male, ....
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S. Korea, Japan to hold director-general talks this week
Date: 2019-11-14 12:06:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:8187063
SEOUL, Nov 14 (MENA) - South Korea and Japan will hold working-level diplomatic talks this week ahead of the planned expiration of a military intelligence-sharing agreement between the two countries, Yonhap news agency quoted Seoul's Foreign ....
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Russia's school shooting leaves 5 dead, injured
Date: 2019-11-14 09:22:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8186939
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - Russian police said a student killed a fellow student and wounded three more in a shooting Thursday at a college in Russia. It added that after shooting dead his colleagues, the student took his own life, according to ABC ....
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South Korean FM planning visit to US ahead of GSOMIA deadline
Date: 2019-11-14 08:00:19 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:8186880
SEOUL, Nov 14 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is planning a visit to the United States next week just days ahead of the planned termination of a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, Yonhap quoted diplomatic sources as saying ....
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US to keep around 600 troops in Syria: Pentagon Chief
Date: 2019-11-14 07:38:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8186923
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - The US will maintain around 600 troops in Syria, Pentagon chief Mark Esper said, despite Donald Trump’s desire to end US involvement in what the president calls “endless wars.” “We’re still moving troops out of ....
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Global oil demand to hit plateau around 2030, IEA predicts
Date: 2019-11-13 12:19:41 GMT - France - World - SN:32 - ID:8185675
PARIS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Global oil demand will hit a plateau around 2030 as the use of more efficient cars and electric vehicles ends an expansion that dominated the past century, the International Energy Agency predicts. While the current growth ....