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  • Seoul, Moscow seek deeper ties in nuclear energy sector

    Date: 2019-12-12 07:20:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:8226463

    SEOUL, Dec 12 (MENA) - South Korea and Russia on Thursday agreed to expand their cooperation in the nuclear energy industry, as they both seek to penetrate deeper into overseas nuclear projects, according to the Korean news agency Yonhap. South ....

  • Knesset votes on expedited bill to dissolve, hold fresh elections

    Date: 2019-12-11 11:53:33 GMT - palestine - World - SN:46 - ID:8225496

    RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - A bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its preliminary readings on Wednesday, with the rest of the required readings set to be fast-tracked through parliament by the end of the day, as a midnight deadline to either form a ....

  • 1 killed, 62 wounded in explosion near Bagram Airbase

    Date: 2019-12-11 08:49:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:8224963

    KABUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - At least one person--a woman--was killed and 62 people--all civilians--were wounded after an explosion in the Bagram district of northern Parwan province close to Bagram airbase on Wednesday, TOLO news quoted local officials ....

  • Over 50 people wounded in explosion near Bagram airbase

    Date: 2019-12-11 07:21:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8224901

    KABUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - At least 50 people were wounded after an explosion occurred in the Bagram district of northern Parwan province close to Bagram airbase on Wednesday morning, Tolo news channel quoted local officials as saying. The explosion ....

  • Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base

    Date: 2019-12-11 07:15:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8224870

    KABUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility on Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the Afghan capital, ABC News quoted the US military as saying. The attacker ....

  • Moscow's interference in our domestic affairs unacceptable: Pompeo

    Date: 2019-12-10 21:04:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:8224690

    WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said that he told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that interference in US domestic affairs is "unacceptable." "On the question of interference in our domestic ....

  • Trump goes on a Twitter-tantrum after Democrats announce 2 articles of impeachment against him

    Date: 2019-12-10 17:43:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8224479

    WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped into House Democrats in a series of tweets less than an hour after they announced articles of impeachment against him, Business Insider reported. House Judiciary Chairman ....

  • Key defendant in 2017 St Petersburg terrorist act case sentenced to life

    Date: 2019-12-10 13:35:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:8224057

    MOSCOW, Dec 10 (MENA) - A court in St. Petersburg sentenced the key defendant in the case on a terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg subway in April 2017 that killed 15 people, Abror Azimov, to life imprisonment, according to Sputnik on ....

  • Unknown person sends in threat of bombs hidden in dozens of Moscow subway stations

    Date: 2019-12-10 13:24:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8223644

    MOSCOW, Dec 10 (MENA) - An unknown individual reported that bombs had been planted at about 30 subway stations in Moscow, Tass news agency reported, quoting an emergency source as saying on Tuesday. "The Moscow subway administration received ....

  • Pedersen hopes to soon visit Damascus to discuss new meeting of constitutional committee

    Date: 2019-12-10 11:08:33 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:34 - ID:8223443

    NUR-SULTAN, Dec 10 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen told Sputnik on Tuesday that he expected to pay a visit to Damascus soon to discuss a new meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, but the exact date remained uncertain ....

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