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  • Abe says Trump backs his pursuit of 1st summit with Kim Jong Un 3 last Tokyo

    Date: 2019-05-27 08:56:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:7957368

    US President Donald Trump made his most definitive statement to date that he's not looking to oust Iran's clerical leadership, instead insisting the country could have a bright future with its current leaders. "We’re not looking for regime ....

  • Abe says Trump backs his pursuit of 1st summit with Kim Jong Un 2 Tokyo

    Date: 2019-05-27 08:55:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:7957400

    Japan has agreed to buy 105 F-35 stealth planes from the US, US President Donald Trump said during the press conference. Trump said Japan was one of the biggest purchasers of American defense equipment last year. "(They're) stealth because the ....

  • Abe says Trump backs his pursuit of 1st summit with Kim Jong Un

    Date: 2019-05-27 08:55:02 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:7957366

    TOKYO, May 27 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he has won the support of U.S. President Donald Trump over his pursuit of a first-ever summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, while noting that no date has been set for the ....

  • Airstrikes kill 4 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar province

    Date: 2019-05-27 08:52:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7957401

    KABUL, May 27 (MENA) - Security forces carried out separate airstrikes in two districts of Nangarhar province, killing at least four Taliban fighters, Khaama Press agency reported. “A strike in Deh Bala district killed one Taliban fighter,” the ....

  • UK's Cameron considers political return after May's resignation

    Date: 2019-05-26 20:44:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:7957095

    LONDON, May 26 (MENA) - former UK prime minister David Cameron is considering making a dramatic political comeback by standing again for Parliament, sources have told The Mail on Sunday. Brexiteer MPs fear the former premier could team up with ....

  • Afghan special forces kill 19 Taliban militants in 2 operations

    Date: 2019-05-26 19:51:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:7957007

    KABUL, May 26 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces carried out an operation in south-eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan, killing at least 15 Taliban militants, Khama Press reported. “An Afghan special forces raid in Bermal district resulted in ....

  • White House: North Korean missile tests aren't 'bothering' Trump

    Date: 2019-05-26 19:36:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:7957016

    WASHINGTON, May 26 (MENA) - White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in an interview Sunday that recent missile tests by North Korea aren't "bothering" President Trump, despite concerns by some that they violated a United Nations ....

  • 2 die, nearly 600 taken to hospitals as heat wave hits Japan

    Date: 2019-05-26 19:21:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:64 - ID:7957004

    TOKYO, May 26 (MENA) – Two men — one in Shimizu, Hokkaido, and the other in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture — died and at least 575 people nationwide were taken to hospitals by ambulance suffering from symptoms that appeared to point to heatstroke, Japan ....

  • 39 Taliban fighters killed, weapons caches destroyed in Afghanistan's Helmand

    Date: 2019-05-26 15:34:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7956880

    KABUL, May 26 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces carried out a series of raids against Taliban militants in southern Helmand province, killing dozens of Taliban fighters and destroying weapons caches and explosives, the Khaama Press ....

  • UN expresses grave concern about accounts of Taliban ill-treatment of detainees

    Date: 2019-05-26 11:19:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:7956322

    KABUL, May 26 (MENA) - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed grave concern about credible accounts of Taliban subjecting detainees to ill-treatment and actions that may amount to torture, as well as serious ....

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