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  • EU says it is dismayed at use of force by Russia against Ukrainian ships near Kerch Strait

    Date: 2018-11-29 07:39:13 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:13 - ID:7691360

    BRUSSELS, Nov 29 (MENA) - The European Union said it expects Russia to ensure unhindered and free passage through the Kerch Strait to and from the Sea of Azov, Sky News reported. "The EU expresses its utmost concern about the dangerous increase ....

  • German president to visit China on Dec. 5

    Date: 2018-11-29 07:21:55 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:7691338

    BEIJING, Nov 29 (MENA) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a state visit to China from December 5 to 10. In a statement on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced that the German president's visit comes ....

  • Russian diplomat does not rule out West's help in planning Kerch Strait provocation

    Date: 2018-11-29 07:17:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7691329

    MOSCOW, Nov 29 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova does not rule out that some Western countries may have participated in planning the November 25 events in the Kerch Strait, when three Ukrainian Navy's warships ....

  • Canada says another Canadian diplomat has fallen ill in Cuba

    Date: 2018-11-29 07:12:02 GMT - Canada - World - SN:10 - ID:7691318

    OTTAWA, Nov 29 (MENA) - Canada says another one of its diplomat in Cuba has fallen ill from a mysterious health incident, ABC News reported Thursday. That brings the total number of Canadian confirmed cases to 13. Twenty-five American ....

  • 10 killed, 19 injured in suicide blast in Kabul

    Date: 2018-11-28 20:41:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:85 - ID:7691130

    KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - Ten people were killed and 19 others were wounded when a car-bomb exploded in Kabul on Wednesday evening, a local news agency reported. The blast took place at around 6:40pm, a spokesman of the Ministry of Interior was ....

  • Russian delegation holds talks with Syrian delegates to Astana talks

    Date: 2018-11-28 09:24:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:7689889

    ASTANA, Nov 28 (MENA) - The first working day of international negotiations on Syria in Astana started with consultations between the Russian delegation and the Syrian government’s delegation, TASS reported on Wednesday. The Russian delegation is ....

  • Ukrainian president warns of threat of 'full-scale war' with Russia

    Date: 2018-11-28 07:38:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:7689757

    KIEV, Nov 28 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned of the threat of "full-scale war" and said Russia had sharply increased its military presence on their shared border as tensions escalate between the ex-Soviet neighbors, Channel News ....

  • EU provides 474 million euros to Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-11-28 06:51:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7689746

    KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - The European Commission said late Tuesday it is providing 474 million euros ($535 million) worth of financial aid to Afghanistan to support the country's reconstruction, Khaama Press reported. The commission said in a press ....

  • Trump to meet Russian, Chinese counterparts at G-20

    Date: 2018-11-27 20:24:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:7689520

    WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump is due to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping during his trip to Argentina for the G-20 later this week, Alhurra quoted the White House as saying with no ....

  • Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-11-27 13:25:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:7688921

    WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (MENA) - Three US soldiers were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device went off on Tuesday near the Afghan city of Ghazni, the USA Today website quoted a US forces spokesman as saying. A US civilian ....

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