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Putin: Russia-US relations are getting 'worse and worse'
Date: 2019-06-13 07:59:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:7978330
MOSCOW, June 13 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that relations between Moscow and Washington were getting "worse and worse", noting that the current US administration had imposed dozens of ....
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Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
Date: 2019-06-13 07:52:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:7978294
WASHINGTON, June 13 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump says he may not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the upcoming presidential race. Asked by ABC whether his campaign would ....
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Top US General: Daesh still 'worrisome' in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-06-13 07:30:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:7978288
WASHINGTON, June 13 (MENA) - A senior US general said Daesh extremist group remains a "very worrisome" presence in Afghanistan, but it is unlikely to mount an attack on the US homeland because it is under strong military pressure, Radio Free Europe ....
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US sanctions Iraq-based company, says it backs Iran's IRGC
Date: 2019-06-12 21:15:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:7978045
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) – The United States on Wednesday sanctioned an Iraqi company and two of its associates, which it said had helped Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds force evade sanctions by smuggling hundreds of millions of ....
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Hostilities between US, North Korea will take time to melt away: Moon
Date: 2019-06-12 18:11:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:86 - ID:7977771
SEOUL, June 12 (MENA) - Lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula means complete demolition of the residue of the Cold War in Northeast Asia, KBS World Radio quoted South Korean President Moon Jae-in as saying Wednesday. Moon made his remark in a ....
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Afghanistan, US have coordination on peace: Ghani
Date: 2019-06-12 16:49:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:78 - ID:7977767
KABUL, June 12 (MENA) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said there is coordination between Afghanistan and the United States on the ongoing peace process -- which critics say has not made a tangible progress since it first started last year in ....
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62nd session of COPUOS kicks off in Vienna
Date: 2019-06-12 13:21:36 GMT - Austria - World - SN:56 - ID:7977392
VIENNA, June 12 (MENA) - Proceedings of the 62nd session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) kicked off in Vienna Wednesday. The nine-day event is organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space ....
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Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties northern Afghanistan
Date: 2019-06-12 08:43:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7976799
KABUL, June 12 (MENA) - Afghan security forces have inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. Informed military sources said Wednesday the Afghan Special Forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in ....
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Turkish pilots grounded from F-35 training – Pentagon
Date: 2019-06-12 05:49:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7976641
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - Turkish pilots have been banned from training on F-35s at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, the Pentagon said as quoted by The Hill newspaper. “The department is aware that the Turkish pilots ... are not flying,” ....
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Trump says received new letter from Kim Jong Un
Date: 2019-06-11 19:22:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:7976459
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he received a “beautiful” letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid their apparent impasse on nuclear talks, the Hill reported. Trump called the letter “very warm” and ....