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  • 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 ....

  • Russia, Belarus seek bolstering bilateral ties

    Date: 2019-08-30 09:28:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:8083202

    MOSCOW, Aug 30 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin and his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko mulled on Friday means to bolster bilateral relations and implement agreements between the two sides, according to a press release by the office of the ....

  • Iran oil tanker sought by US again says it will go to Turkey

    Date: 2019-08-30 09:05:46 GMT - Iran - World - SN:21 - ID:8083168

    TEHRAN, Aug 30 (MENA) - An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the US on Friday again listed its destination as Turkey, further obscuring where its 2.1 million barrels of oil will go, ABC News reported. The crew of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as ....

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