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  • UN chief calls for phasing out chlorofluorocarbons to reduce global warming

    Date: 2019-09-15 12:03:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:26 - ID:8104479

    CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for phasing out chlorofluorocarbons to reduce global warming this century. In a message to mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed every ....

  • UN chief calls for greater action to address climate change

    Date: 2019-09-15 09:08:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:14 - ID:8104200

    NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged world leaders attending the upcoming UN Climate Action Summit to show up armed not with speeches but with plans to achieve carbon neutrality, reduce emissions and improve ....

  • US senator calls on gov't to consider attack on Iran’s oil refineries

    Date: 2019-09-15 08:01:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8104147

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - The US government needs to consider the possibility of attacking Iranian oil refineries in the wake of drone strikes on the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco, US senator Lindsey Graham stated on Twitter on ....

  • 19 killed, wounded as airstrike targets northern Afghanistan

    Date: 2019-09-15 07:46:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8104120

    KABUL, Sept 15 (MENA) - An airstrike in northern Faryab province killed or wounded at least 19 Taliban militants including a foreign trainer of the group, Khaama Press reported. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said in ....

  • Maduro: Photos of Guaido with Colombian drug-trafficking group triggered scandal

    Date: 2019-09-14 10:12:43 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:23 - ID:8102844

    CARACAS, Sept 14 (MENA)- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that photos shared, depicting the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido with two suspected members of a Colombian drug-trafficking group triggered a tremendous ....

  • Pakistan says Indian fire kills one soldier in Kashmir

    Date: 2019-09-14 08:45:35 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8102893

    ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 (MENA) - Pakistan said that firing by Indian troops across the highly militarized frontier in the disputed Kashmir region has killed one of its soldiers overnight, The Washington Post reported A military statement Saturday ....

  • Five injured in explosion in Afghan Jalalabad city

    Date: 2019-09-14 08:40:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8102894

    KABUL, Sept 14 (MENA) - Five people have been wounded in an explosion reported in Jalalabad city, Pajhwok Afghan News Agency reported on Saturday. Two traffic police officers are among the wounded in the blast that hit the Afghan city. No ....

  • At least 4 soldiers injured as ammunition depot explodes in Kazakhstan - officials

    Date: 2019-09-14 08:22:48 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:7 - ID:8102845

    ASTANA, Sept 14 (MENA) - At least four Kazakh servicemen were injured during the routine clearance of burnt debris from an ammunition depot which caught fire in June in the city of Arys, Kazakhstan, local authorities said Saturday. According to ....

  • Trump says he doesn't believe Israel is spying on US

    Date: 2019-09-13 16:46:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8102510

    WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said he does not believe the Israeli government is spying on the United States, The Hill reported. His remarks came after a news report said US officials thought Israel had placed ....

  • UN 'regrets' impact US Court ruling on asylum seekers

    Date: 2019-09-13 15:14:07 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:8102417

    GENEVA, Sept 13 (MENA) - The UN warned Friday that a US Supreme Court ruling allowing US President Donald Trump's administration to implement significant asylum restrictions could have dire implications on people in urgent need of protection. "We ....

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