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  • Putin attends active phase of Tsentr-2019 drills

    Date: 2019-09-20 12:35:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:8111856

    MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the city of Orenburg to attend an active phase of the Tsentr-2019 military exercise that is being held in the Orenburg Region, Sputnik news agency reported. The Tsentr-2019 ....

  • Russian FM holds talks with Chinese, Japanese, Syrian FMs on UNGA sidelines

    Date: 2019-09-20 10:57:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:8111610

    MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet in New York next week with his Chinese, Japanese and Syrian counterparts. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharov said ....

  • Protests staged in Australia to demand action on climate change

    Date: 2019-09-20 09:52:25 GMT - Australia - World - SN:22 - ID:8111605

    CANBERRA, Sept 20 (MENA) - Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including many young activists, turned out for rallies across Australia on Friday, kicking off a day of worldwide protests to demand action on climate change, according to Australian ....

  • Cuban FM rejects US decision to expel two of country's diplomats to UN

    Date: 2019-09-20 08:30:03 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:14 - ID:8111489

    HAVANA, Sept 20 (MENA) - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla rejected the US decision to expel two Cuban diplomats assigned to the United Nations from the country, CNN reported. "I categorically reject the unjustified ....

  • Lagarde: World economic growth became fragile

    Date: 2019-09-20 07:39:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8111432

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Former chairman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said on Friday that the world economic growth became fragile and is threatened to be shrinking due to commercial tension. According to Alhurra ....

  • Facebook CEO Zuckerberg meets with Trump in White House

    Date: 2019-09-20 07:39:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8111413

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with US President Donald Trump at the White House Thursday, part of a series of visits with lawmakers who have been critical of the social media giant, Fox News reported. A ....

  • One dead, five hurt in shooting on streets of Washington

    Date: 2019-09-20 07:39:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8111402

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - One person was killed and five others were wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, D.C., not far from the White House, CNBC reported, quoting police as saying. Police have not apprehended a ....

  • US expels two Cuban diplomats to the UN citing national security threat

    Date: 2019-09-20 07:38:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8111400

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - The US has ordered two Cuban diplomats assigned to the United Nations to leave the country immediately, alleging that the envoys were engaged in "influence operations against the United States," CNN reported "The ....

  • New Jersey man arrested for allegedly spying for Hezbollah: Feds

    Date: 2019-09-19 22:01:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:8111360

    WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) - New Jersey man was indicted Thursday on charges he supported Hezbollah by scouting possible targets for an attack, NBC News reported. Alexei Saab began training with Hezbollah operatives overseas and surveilled ....

  • OIC condemns terrorist acts in Afghanistan

    Date: 2019-09-19 11:13:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:27 - ID:8110369

    RIYADH, Sept 19 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmad al Othaimeen condemned escalating terrorist acts in Afghanistan including attacks that targeted an election campaign rally of President ....

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