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  • Cypriot president to hold meetings with Greek, Israeli PMs Thursday

    Date: 2020-01-01 21:03:18 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:52 - ID:8252280

    NICOSIA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will hold bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in Athens, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported ....

  • Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on US embassy in Iraq

    Date: 2020-01-01 20:06:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8252317

    WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, after an attack on the American embassy in Iraq, the State ....

  • Taliban kills 23 in attacks on Afghan checkpoints

    Date: 2020-01-01 18:04:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8252187

    KABUL, Jan 1 (MENA) - At least 23 Afghan security forces were killed in a series of Taliban attacks across the country, Geo News quoted officials as saying Wednesday. The assaults targeted vulnerable checkpoints in at least three northern ....

  • Hong Kong police, protesters clash in New Year's Day rally

    Date: 2020-01-01 16:51:59 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:40 - ID:8252127

    VICTORIA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A police-approved march attended by tens of thousands in Hong Kong on New Year's Day escalated into violence with police firing several rounds of tear gas to disperse anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous city, ....

  • Canadian scientists want to plant a billion new trees by 2028 using drones

    Date: 2020-01-01 12:21:46 GMT - Canada - World - SN:23 - ID:8251666

    OTTAWA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A group of scientists in Canada have announced a new initiative to use drones to plant new trees cheaply and quickly in part of an effort to fight against the negative effects of climate change and deforestation, The Daily ....

  • 3rd person confirmed dead in Australia bushfires

    Date: 2020-01-01 08:38:10 GMT - Australia - World - SN:7 - ID:8251426

    CANBERRA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia's southeast coast this week and a fourth was missing and feared dead, as navy ships rushed to provide supplies and assist with ....

  • 27 cases of viral pneumonia reported in Central China's Wuhan City

    Date: 2020-01-01 06:45:50 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8251353

    BEIJING, Jan 1 (MENA) - Twenty-seven cases of viral pneumonia have been discovered in Central China's Wuhan city, after a city-wide surveillance conducted in December, local authorities said. Seven out of the 27 cases are in critical condition, ....

  • AOHR slams Erdogan's support for militias in Libya's Tripoli

    Date: 2019-12-31 22:21:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:8251158

    LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in the UK on Tuesday denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's role in providing military and financial support for mercenaries fighting along with the militias of Al ....

  • Pompeo affirms Iraq's commitment to protecting US property

    Date: 2019-12-31 17:53:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:8251068

    WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said Iraqi leadership would “guarantee the safety and security of U.S. personnel and property,” the State Department said, after protesters breached the gates of the US Embassy ....

  • Trump thanks armed congregants for stopping ‘crazed church shooter’ in Texas

    Date: 2019-12-31 16:26:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8251060

    WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump offered gratitude to the congregants who stopped a shooter at a Texas church Sunday morning, saying the attack that left two parishioners dead would have been far worse if none of the worshipers ....

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