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  • Some 40 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya

    Date: 2019-08-27 15:11:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:8079321

    NEW YORK, Aug 27 (MENA) - At least 40 Europe-bound migrants were missing and feared drowned on Tuesday after the boat they were traveling in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the coast guard and the UN refugee agency said. Charlie ....

  • Japan says North Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defenses

    Date: 2019-08-27 10:54:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:8078883

    TOKYO, Aug 27 (MENA) - Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday two missiles North Korea test-fired last week were of a new type, Kyodo news agency reported. While stopping short of elaborating on his ministry's analysis, Iwaya told ....

  • OPEC reiterates critical value of maintaining market stability

    Date: 2019-08-27 10:09:44 GMT - Austria - World - SN:23 - ID:8078778

    VIENNA, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday reiterated the critical value of commitment to maintaining market stability at times of uncertainties surrounding the global economic growth. The ....

  • Pakistani envoy briefs UNGA president on Kashmir crisis

    Date: 2019-08-27 09:29:53 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:17 - ID:8078740

    NEW YORK, Aug 27 (MENA) - Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi met President of the United Nations General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa and briefed her on India’s ongoing atrocities in occupied Kashmir (IOK), Geo news ....

  • Soyuz manned by Russian robot Fedor docks at ISS on 2nd attempt

    Date: 2019-08-27 07:22:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8078594

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - The unmanned Soyuz MS-14, carrying supplies and Fedor, a humanoid robot, has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after the first attempt went awry due to a technical glitch, RT reported ....

  • Brazil rejects G7 aid for Amazon fires

    Date: 2019-08-27 07:01:28 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:10 - ID:8078576

    BRASILIA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Brazil has rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies," France 24 reported Tuesday. "We ....

  • Trump open to meet Iran's Rouhani under ‘right circumstances’

    Date: 2019-08-26 17:16:45 GMT - France - World - SN:85 - ID:8078008

    BIARRITZ, France, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would be open to a meeting with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, ABC News reported. After Macron said he hoped to arrange ....

  • UN chief warns of dramatic climate emergency

    Date: 2019-08-26 15:33:07 GMT - France - World - SN:78 - ID:8077781

    BIARRITZ, Aug 26 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, during his participation in the G7, that the world faces "a dramatic climate emergency." He is urging leaders at a Sept. 23 summit in New York to agree to cut ....

  • Trump skips out on G7 climate change meeting

    Date: 2019-08-26 14:22:16 GMT - France - World - SN:67 - ID:8077780

    BIARRITZ, France, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump was absent from talks on climate change and biodiversity at a G7 leaders' summit on Monday, with host French President Emmanuel Macron explaining that Trump was busy holding bilateral ....

  • G7 to provide €20m in battle over Amazon fires

    Date: 2019-08-26 13:46:59 GMT - France - World - SN:61 - ID:8077528

    PARIS, Aug 26 (MENA) - The G7 countries have agreed to release €20 million for the Amazon, most of which will be used to send fire-fighting aircraft, a source in the French presidency said on Monday as quoted by Radio France. The group - ....

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