World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
3 US soldiers killed in training accident
Date: 2019-10-20 19:07:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:8153709
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - Three US soldiers were killed and three others injured in the state of Georgia Sunday in an accident involving the armored combat vehicle they were in, the military said in a statement, Voice of America reported. The ....
-
Prosecutors file for arrest warrants for 7 students who broke into US envoy residence
Date: 2019-10-20 08:55:24 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8152557
SEOUL, Oct 20 (MENA) - Prosecutors requested a Seoul court to issue arrest warrants for seven progressive college students on charges of breaking into the U.S. ambassador's residence, Yonhap reported. Seventeen members of a progressive college ....
-
British Government Asks for EU Delay Amid Johnson Resistance
Date: 2019-10-20 07:33:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8152492
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - The British government formally asked the European Union on Saturday to delay the country’s departure from the bloc for the third time, a request Prime Minister Boris Johnson had long resisted but that was forced after ....
-
S.Korean, China to hold first "strategic" defense talks in 5 years
Date: 2019-10-20 06:59:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8152414
SEOUL, Oct 20 (MENA) - South Korea and China will hold high-level defense talks this week, resuming an annual dialogue that has been suspended since its last session in 2014 due to tensions over Seoul's decision to host an advanced U.S. missile ....
-
Boris Johnson: I will not negotiate delay with EU
Date: 2019-10-19 22:06:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:8152260
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to Conservative MPs to to tell them he “will not negotiate a delay” with the European Union. In a letter, the prime minister claimed he would instead tell Brussels that "further ....
-
Afghanistan: 62 killed in two blasts in Nangarhar mosque
Date: 2019-10-19 09:34:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8151458
KABUL, Oct 19 (MENA) - At least 62 people were killed and nearly 60 others wounded in two blasts inside a mosque in Nangarhar province during Friday prayers, spokesman for the Nangarhar governor Attaullah Khogyani confirmed. According to ....
-
12 dead following dam breach at Siberian gold mining site
Date: 2019-10-19 08:08:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:8151384
MOSCOW, Oct 19 (MENA) - Multiple people have been killed and injured following a dam breach at a gold mine in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region early Saturday morning, according to Russia Today. Twelve workers are confirmed dead and at least 14 ....
-
Chile declares state of emergency after violent protests
Date: 2019-10-19 08:07:32 GMT - Chile - World - SN:8 - ID:8151383
SANTIAGO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Chile’s president declared a state of emergency in Santiago on Friday night and gave the military responsibility for security after a day of violent protests over increases in the price of metro tickets, Voice of America ....
-
Barcelona rocked by violence as Catalan protesters clash with police
Date: 2019-10-19 08:00:18 GMT - Spain - World - SN:7 - ID:8151382
MADRID, Oct 19 (MENA) - Hundreds of protesters faced off against police in the heart of Barcelona on Friday, assembling fiery barricades and throwing rocks at security forces on the fifth day of unrest following the sentencing of nine Catalan ....
-
Afghan forces kill Daesh,Taliban militants
Date: 2019-10-19 07:40:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:6 - ID:8151380
KABUL, Oct 19 (MENA) - Afghan Special Forces killed militants of the Taliban and Daesh extremist groups in three provinces over the past 24 hours, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Saturday. Military officials said that 10 Daesh ....