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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Moscow warns against 'political hysteria' over uranium particles found at undeclared site in Iran

    Date: 2019-11-13 10:11:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:8185626

    MOSCOW, Nov 13 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said there is no need to start a scandal after the latest incident of finding uranium particles at an undeclared site in Iran, Sputnik News Agency reported. He noted, ....

  • OSCE concerned about rearrest of Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan

    Date: 2019-11-12 22:57:20 GMT - Austria - World - SN:98 - ID:8185196

    VIENNA, NOV 12 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) expressed deep concern on Tuesday over the rearrest of Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, “I am appalled by this decision, which comes only a week ....

  • Bolivian defense minister steps down amid protests

    Date: 2019-11-12 11:26:39 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:32 - ID:8184315

    LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov 12 (MENA) - Bolivian Defense Minister Javier Zavaleta has announced his resignation amid the ongoing protests that have gripped the country, the South American country’s Defense Ministry wrote on its Twitter account. "I’m ....

  • Kremlin concerned over escalating tensions in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2019-11-12 11:13:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:8184241

    MOSCOW, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Kremlin is concerned over mounting tensions in Israel and the Gaza Strip, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. The spokesman was commenting on the escalations and exchange of rocket fire between Israel and ....

  • 54 injured after man sprays corrosive liquid in kindergarten in China

    Date: 2019-11-12 10:55:33 GMT - China - World - SN:28 - ID:8184037

    BEIJING, Nov 12 (MENA) - Fifty-one children and three teachers were injured after a man sprayed a corrosive chemical in a kindergarten in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday. The incident happened in the city of ....

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