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  • OIC denounces Hanau terrorist attack

    Date: 2020-02-22 07:07:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:3 - ID:8322197

    JEDDAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Saturday vehemently condemned the deadly shooting that took place in the German city of Hanau on Wednesday, leaving at least nine people dead. The ....

  • EU fails to find budget compromise as summit breaks up

    Date: 2020-02-21 22:57:12 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:48 - ID:8322114

    BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (MENA) - EU leaders failed to make a breakthrough in talks on the bloc’s €1tn budget after member states clashed over rebates claimed by some of the region’s richest member states. An emergency summit broke up on Friday night ....

  • Moscow: US intel services launch anti-Russia crusade in Eastern Europe

    Date: 2020-02-21 21:57:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8322060

    MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - US intelligence services have launched a campaign in Eastern Europe to undermine good neighborly relations with Russia, spokesman for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Ivanov said on Friday. "According to the ....

  • Canadian cruise ship passengers arrive in Cornwall to begin quarantine

    Date: 2020-02-21 19:46:06 GMT - Canada - World - SN:39 - ID:8321927

    OTTAWA, Feb 21 (MENA) - Canadian cruise ship passengers whose charter plane first landed in Trenton early Friday morning have arrived in Cornwall to begin a 14-day quarantine, CBC reported. The plane, which landed just after 2 a.m. ET, was ....

  • Pakistan welcomes US-Taliban agreement

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:49:42 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:37 - ID:8322004

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (MENA) - Pakistan on Friday welcomed the proposed US-Taliban agreement, hoping that all parties would now seize this historic opportunity to bring a comprehensive and inclusive political settlement for durable peace and stability ....

  • US-Taliban agreement expected to be signed on February 29: Pompeo

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:33:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:8321931

    WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday, An agreement between the United States and the Afghan Taliban is expected to be signed on February 29, the New York Times reported. According to Pompeo, ....

  • 2 killed, 12 injured in train derailment in Australia

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:24:49 GMT - Australia - World - SN:35 - ID:8321959

    SYDNEY, Feb 21 (MENA) - Two people have been killed and several others injured after a train derailed near Melbourne, Australia, Sky News reported. Images from the scene showed the carriages had come completely off the tracks - one on its side ....

  • Second S.Korean coronavirus patient dies

    Date: 2020-02-21 15:27:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:8321859

    SEOUL, Feb 21 (MENA) - A second coronavirus patient has died in South Korea, CNN quoted South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as saying. The victim was identified as a woman born in 1965. She was confirmed to have the virus ....

  • Russia hails US-Taliban deal in Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-02-21 14:57:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:8321802

    MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Russia on Friday hailed an agreement between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan that could lead to the end of America's longest war, RIA Novosti reported. The announcement of a deal came hours after the ....

  • Kremlin: Russia coordinates steps on coronavirus with China through diplomatic channels

    Date: 2020-02-21 14:50:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:8321791

    MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Russia coordinates actions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus with China through diplomatic channels, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as sayting on Friday. He noted, though, that any ....

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