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Syria, bilateral ties to top agenda of Putin-Netanyahu talks: Kremlin
Date: 2019-02-26 16:26:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:7823637
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the situation in the region, including in Syria, as well as bilateral relations, the Kremlin website said on ....
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OIC convenes emergency meeting on situation in Kashmir
Date: 2019-02-26 09:28:44 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7822604
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (MENA) - An emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Kashmir will be held in Jeddah on Tuesday, according to Radio Pakistan. PAF chases away Indian jets after LoC airspace ....
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PM Imran chairs important meeting on India's LoC violation
Date: 2019-02-26 07:31:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7822368
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (MENA) - Prime Minister Imran Khan is currently chairing an important meeting in the wake of India's violation of the Line of Control (LoC) earlier today (Tuesday), Geo news reported. The meeting is being attended by the top ....
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Indian Air Force jets violate LoC with Pakistan
Date: 2019-02-26 06:52:58 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:7822367
NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (MENA) - As many as 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and destroyed several terror camps deep inside Pakistani territory early on Tuesday morning, Times of India ....
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Would-be Bangladeshi plane hijacker had toy gun - police
Date: 2019-02-25 12:13:59 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:49 - ID:7820576
DHAKA, Feb 25 (MENA) - A Bangladeshi passenger on a Dubai-bound flight, who threatened to blow up the plane and tried to force his way into the cockpit was carrying a toy gun and no explosives, Euronews quoted police as saying on Monday. Police ....
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UN chief: human rights are losing ground in the world
Date: 2019-02-25 12:12:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:7820690
GENEVA, Feb 25 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is denouncing a "groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance" and says human rights are losing ground in the world, The New York Times reported. The UN chief kicked off ....
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Vietnam says prepared to host 2nd US-DPRK summit
Date: 2019-02-25 08:24:55 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:18 - ID:7820423
HANOI, Feb 25 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi, hoping to build on their historic summit in Singapore in June that was the first between a sitting US president and a ....
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Senegal's Sall re-elected with 'at least 57 percent' of vote: PM
Date: 2019-02-25 06:03:23 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:4 - ID:7820309
DAKAR, Feb 25 (MENA) - Senegal’s Macky Sall was re-elected with ‘at least 57 percent’ of the vote in the first round of the presidential election Sunday, the New Straits Times quoted his Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne as ....
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American killed in car accident in Russia
Date: 2019-02-24 22:49:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:7820211
MOSCOW, Feb 24 (MENA) - An American citizen has been killed when a car ran up on the sidewalk along the main thoroughfare in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, ABC news reported on Sunday. One other person was killed and three were injured in ....
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Columbia says over 100 Venezuelan security personnel defect
Date: 2019-02-24 22:16:16 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:114 - ID:7820212
BOGOTA, Feb 24 (MENA) - Colombia's customs agency said that 104 members of Venezuela's security forces have defected, entering Colombia, CNN reported Sunday. Eight entered through Arauca Department, and 96 came through North Santander ....