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  • Kuwait, USA discuss recent political developments in region

    Date: 2019-07-28 15:28:31 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:49 - ID:8042385

    KUWAIT, July 28 (MENA) - Acting deputy foreign minister of Kuwait Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah held official talks on Sunday with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Affairs Andrew Beck on the sidelines of his visit to Kuwait. ....

  • Pope Francis to nations: Act fast to stop more migrant deaths at sea

    Date: 2019-07-28 15:20:21 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:48 - ID:8042333

    VATICAN CITY, July 28 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis is appealing for swift, decisive action by governments so that more migrants don't die at sea, ABC News reported. The pontiff on Sunday bowed his head in silent prayer for the migrants, perhaps ....

  • Moon cancels his summer vacation: Blue House

    Date: 2019-07-28 12:01:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:8041936

    SEOUL, July 28 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will skip his summer vacation for the first time since he took office in 2017, according MSN news. He's staying in Seoul to deal with Japan's retaliatory trade restrictions and the ....

  • 18 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar mine

    Date: 2019-07-28 09:32:24 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:14 - ID:8041886

    YANGON,June 28 (MENA)- A landslide at a Myanmar jade mine killed 14 people including at least one policemen in the early hours of Sunday as earth and mud engulfed a guard post, and four people were missing and feared dead, according to ....

  • US planes enter airspace controlled by Venezuela - Venezuelan Armed Forces

    Date: 2019-07-28 08:30:42 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:13 - ID:8041877

    CARACAS, July 28 (MENA) - The US planes have once again entered the airspace controlled by Venezuela, the Strategic Command Operations of Venezuela, a branch of the country's armed forces, said. The command said "Today [on Saturday], once again ....

  • Gov't-Taliban talks could happen within 2 weeks: Afghan min.

    Date: 2019-07-28 08:02:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8041853

    KABUL, July 28 (MENA) - Direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban could begin within the next two weeks, an Afghan official has said, marking a potentially crucial step in efforts to end the war. The Taliban have so far ....

  • Two S. Korean fishermen freed from detention in North

    Date: 2019-07-28 07:28:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:8041832

    SEOUL, July 28 (MENA) - Two South Korean fishermen returned home unharmed Sunday, 11 days after they were detained by North Korea on a Russian fishing ship, South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted the Ministry of Unification as saying on ....

  • N. Korean military's fishing boat 'mistakenly' crosses sea border into S. Korea

    Date: 2019-07-28 07:21:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8041829

    SEOUL, July 28 (MENA) - A fishing boat apparently operated by North Korea's military has been towed into a South Korean port for investigation after "mistakenly" sailing across the inter-Korean sea border, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported on ....

  • Afghan forces foil explosion in Kabul

    Date: 2019-07-28 07:16:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8041833

    KABUL, July 28 (MENA) - The Afghan forces thwarted militants bid to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kabul, Khaama Press reported. The Kabul Police Headquarters in a statement said the police force discovered and defused an IED in ....

  • Michael Gove: government 'operating on assumption' of no-deal Brexit

    Date: 2019-07-28 06:56:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:7 - ID:8041817

    LONDON, July 28 (MENA) - The government is “operating on the assumption” that Britain will leave the European Union without a deal on 31 October, Michael Gove has said. The new chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is in charge of no-deal ....

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