World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Russia’s top brass confirms military satellite’s exit from orbit
Date: 2019-11-24 06:36:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:8201243
MOSCOW, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Kosmos-2422 satellite of Russia’s missile early warning system has de-orbited and burnt in the atmosphere, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday night. "Specialists of the Main Space Intelligence Center ....
-
Pope Francis arrives in Japan
Date: 2019-11-23 11:33:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:8200289
TOKYO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Pope Francis has arrived in Japan, marking the first visit to the country by a pontiff in 38 years, NHK news reported. A special plane carrying the pope landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport shortly before 5:30 p.m. on ....
-
Ten Daesh militants surrender to Afghan Special Forces in Nangarhar
Date: 2019-11-23 07:03:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:8199971
KABUL, Nov 23 (MENA) - A group of 10 Daesh militants surrendered to Afghan Special Forces in eastern Nangarhar province, days after hundreds of the group militants surrendered to security forces in the province, Khaama Press news agency reported on ....
-
US imposes sanctions on Iran's information minister
Date: 2019-11-22 19:59:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:8199721
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) - The United States imposed sanctions on Iran's information minister on Friday for his role in “wide-scale internet censorship,” a reference to a five-day-long nationwide shutdown meant to help stifle protests against fuel ....
-
Secretary of Russian Security Council does not rule out amendments to Russian military doctrine
Date: 2019-11-22 14:12:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:8199324
MOSCOW, Nov 22 (MENA) - The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev said that the situation in the world is changing actively and may make adjustments in the Russian military doctrine if necessary, Sputnik news agency ....
-
S. Korea announces conditional delay in terminating int'l pact with Japan
Date: 2019-11-22 13:16:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8199205
TOKYO, Nov 22 (MENA) - South Korea has decided conditionally delay its earlier plan to terminate a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan by midnight Friday, following 11th-hour negotiations with its neighbor, the presidential office ....
-
German amb.: Turkey should explain charges against arrested lawyer
Date: 2019-11-22 13:10:30 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:24 - ID:8199199
ANKARA, Nov 22 (MENA) - The arrest of a Turkish lawyer hired by the German embassy is "incomprehensible" and he is pressing Ankara to clarify the charges, Euronews quoted German ambassador to Turkey as saying. "This arrest is incomprehensible for ....
-
Russia’s FSB detains two ringleaders, seven members of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Date: 2019-11-22 10:38:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8198974
MOSCOW, Nov 22 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained two ringleaders and seven members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization outlawed in Russia, who were involved in creating clandestine networks, TASS news agency reported on ....
-
Two US airmen killed in “aircraft mishap” in Oklahoma state
Date: 2019-11-21 19:07:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8198594
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - Two airmen were killed in an “aircraft mishap” on Thursday at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, Fox News reported according to military officials. The Air Force said in a news release that the accident occurred around ....
-
US Speaker:Evidence against Trump is clear, he used office for personal gain
Date: 2019-11-21 18:45:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:8198564
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said there was clear evidence that Donald Trump used his office for his own personal gain and undermined national security, as lawmakers continue their impeachment inquiry into ....