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  • Putin to meet with Malaysian, Japanese prime ministers - Kremlin

    Date: 2019-08-30 17:02:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:8083823

    MOSCOW, Aug 30 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold on the sidelines of the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) separate meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Sputnik quoted ....

  • Amazon fires 'extraordinarily concerning', warns UN biodiversity chief

    Date: 2019-08-30 17:01:55 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:58 - ID:8083798

    NEW YORK, Aug 30 (MENA) - The fires in the Amazon are "extraordinarily concerning" for the planet's natural life support systems, the head of the UN's top biodiversity body has said in a call for countries, companies and consumers to build a new ....

  • Sweden's FM to tour Mideast to relaunch Yemen talks

    Date: 2019-08-30 16:11:53 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:54 - ID:8083730

    STOCKHOLM, Aug 30 (MENA) - Sweden's foreign minister said Friday she was heading to the Middle East in an attempt to relaunch talks between Yemen's internationally recognized government and the country's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, ABC News ....

  • Cyprus supports coordinated response to hybrid threats within the EU

    Date: 2019-08-30 14:36:01 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:48 - ID:8083413

    NICOSIA, Aug 30 (MENA) - Cyprus supports a coordinated response to hybrid threats based on EU solidarity, Foreign and Defense Ministers Nikos Christodoulides and Savvas Angelides have said. The Ministers visited Thursday the Hybrid Centre of ....

  • Japan pushes need for sustainable African development

    Date: 2019-08-30 13:12:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:45 - ID:8083292

    YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug 30 (MENA) - Leaders from Japan and Africa on Friday agreed on the need for infrastructure development that takes into account a country's ability to pay off debt, Kyodo news agency reported. "We believe that quality ....

  • Brexit: Judge refuses legal bid to temporarily block Johnson's suspension of parliament

    Date: 2019-08-30 13:10:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:8083410

    EDINBURGH, Aug 30 (MENA) - A Scottish judge has refused a legal bid to slap a temporary ban on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's move to suspend parliament, The Independent reported. Cross-party MPs and peers had filed a fast-track petition at ....

  • Chinese FM to visit N.Korea Monday

    Date: 2019-08-30 12:27:01 GMT - China - World - SN:43 - ID:8083471

    BEIJING, Aug 30 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to North Korea next week ahead of a possible fifth visit to China by the leader of the hermit state, Kim Jong-un, in October, South China Morning Post reported. Chinese ....

  • 2 injured as Karachi-bound train derails near Toba Tek Singh

    Date: 2019-08-30 12:21:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:42 - ID:8083461

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (MENA) - At least 12 people were injured when three coaches of Karachi-bound Rehman Baba Express, along with their locomotive, derailed near Toba Tek Singh late Thursday night, Pakistan Today reported. According to details, the ....

  • Pakistani PM criticizes int'l community’s silence over Kashmir

    Date: 2019-08-30 11:01:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:40 - ID:8083255

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (MENA) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday addressed the 'Kashmir Hour' rally outside the PM Secretariat stressing that the international community remains silent when Muslims are being oppressed, Geo news ....

  • Special Forces kill, detain over 40 Taliban militants in Kabul, other provinces

    Date: 2019-08-30 09:45:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8083224

    KABUL, Aug 30 (MENA)- The Afghan Special Forces killed or detained more than 40 Taliban militants during operations in Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press News Agency. Military sources said Friday that the Afghan ....

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