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  • Clashes in Athens over neighbor's name change

    Date: 2019-01-20 21:04:18 GMT - Greece - World - SN:85 - ID:7766627

    ATHENS, Jan 20 (MENA) - Protesters have clashed with police in the Greek capital Athens at a big rally to oppose the government's deal with Macedonia on changing its name, BBC reported on Sunday. Police fired tear gas at some of those attending a ....

  • Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Logar region officials convoy

    Date: 2019-01-20 08:59:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:7765363

    KABUL, Jan 20 (MENA) - Taliban on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on a convoy of Logar governor and the provincial NDS chief, said Nasir Ghairat, member of Logar Provincial Council, reported Tolo TV news. Ghairat said the incident ....

  • US ready to address legitimate concerns of all Afghan sides to achieve peace: Khalilzada

    Date: 2019-01-20 08:46:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7765334

    KABUL, Jan 20 (MENA) - The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Khalilzad has said the United States is ready to address the legitimate concerns of all Afghan sides in a bid to achieve peace, Afghan news agency Khaama ....

  • Motorcade of Logar governor targeted in suicide attack

    Date: 2019-01-20 07:49:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7765255

    KABUL, Jan 20 (MENA) - A suicide attack has taken place in the vicinity of central Logar province of Afghanistan amid reports a convoy of vehicles carrying the provincial governor and other senior officials was targeted, Khaama Press ....

  • Russia to launch first-ever Arctic weather satellite - Source

    Date: 2019-01-20 06:43:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:7765158

    MOSCOW, Jan 20 (MENA) - The first Russian satellite for weather forecasting and monitoring climate and environment in the Arctic region, Arktika-M, is planned to be sent to near-earth orbit in June 2019, a source in the Russian space industry told ....

  • Bomb explodes in car outside courthouse in N.Ireland

    Date: 2019-01-20 06:43:32 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:8 - ID:7765150

    BELFAST, Jan 20 (MENA) - A bomb has exploded inside a car outside the courthouse in Londonderry, North Ireland, Russia Today reported. The explosion occurred in Bishop Street at about 20:15 GMT on Saturday, shortly after police received a ....

  • Trump offers limited 'Dreamer' protections in exchange for border wall

    Date: 2019-01-19 22:47:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:7765081

    WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Saturday that "urgent action" was required to respond to a humanitarian crisis on the southern U.S. border, as he offered a plan to reopen the government and gain the funding he wants for a ....

  • At least 22 dead as buses crash in Bolivia

    Date: 2019-01-19 21:12:49 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:57 - ID:7765024

    LA PAZ, Jan 19 (MENA) - Police in Bolivia said a head-on highway collision between two buses has killed at least 22 people and injured 37 others. The accident occurred Saturday on the road to Challapata, a town about 250 kilometers from the main ....

  • Country to host US-North Korea summit picked - Trump

    Date: 2019-01-19 19:44:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7764870

    WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February, but would maintain economic sanctions on Pyongyang, CNBC reported. "We've agreed to meet ....

  • Colombia seeks arrest of rebel leaders after bombing

    Date: 2019-01-19 09:32:43 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:15 - ID:7764035

    BOGOTÁ, Jan 19 (MENA) - Colombian President Ivan Duque announced that he was reinstating the arrest warrants of 10 National Liberation Army movement members after his government accused the group of being responsible for a car bombing in a Bogota ....

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