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  • Organized crime outpaces authorities in Southeast Asia, UN says

    Date: 2019-07-18 10:43:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8029078

    NEW YORK, July 18 (MENA) - Transnational crime syndicates are growing more powerful in Southeast Asia and raking in profit by exploiting rampant corruption, weak law enforcement and lax border controls, Euronews quoted a United Nations report as ....

  • Russian warships destroy target with supersonic Moskit missiles

    Date: 2019-07-18 09:38:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8028962

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense has issued a video of naval drills in the Sea of Japan, showing two vessels of the Pacific Fleet – a missile boat and a destroyer - obliterating a target using P-270 Moskit missiles, Sputnik ....

  • OPEC's development fund 40th ministerial meeting kicks off

    Date: 2019-07-18 09:31:48 GMT - Austria - World - SN:17 - ID:8029040

    VIENNA, July 18 (MENA) - The 40th session of the Ministerial Council of OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) kicked off Thursday at the headquarters of the fund in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Financial ministers of the OFID 14 ....

  • Several reportedly dead in suspected arson attack at Japanese anime studio

    Date: 2019-07-18 08:23:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8028945

    TOKYO, July 18 (MENA) - Several people have reportedly died in a fire at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto, with police investigating a possible arson attack, ABC News reported. Japanese authorities said at least 35 people had ....

  • Russia calls on NATO to establish regular contacts between military experts

    Date: 2019-07-18 08:19:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8028931

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Moscow calls on NATO to establish regular contacts between military experts in the framework of the Russia-NATO Council (RNC), TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as having said in press statements. "We ....

  • Trump renews attacks on Congresswomen of color

    Date: 2019-07-18 08:13:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8028893

    WASHINGTON, July 18 (MENA) - President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on four freshman Democrats in Congress, all women of color, saying that “if they don’t like” America, “let them leave.” “I have a suggestion for the hate-filled extremists ....

  • Japanese police: 12 dead in suspected arson attack

    Date: 2019-07-18 08:04:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8028932

    TOKYO, July 18 (MENA) - The Japanese police said at least 12 people have died and many others are unaccounted for in a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto. Police say a man poured what appeared to be ....

  • S. Korea repeats calls on Japan to retract export restrictions

    Date: 2019-07-18 07:26:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:8028928

    SEOUL, July 18 (MENA) - South Korean Finance Minister on Wednesday pressed Japan to withdraw its export restrictions on key industrial materials amid an escalating standoff that shows no sign of letting up. Japan's tightened regulations on ....

  • India to launch second lunar mission on July 22 after delay

    Date: 2019-07-18 07:25:42 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:8028903

    NEW DELHI, July 18 (MENA) - India’s space agency said on Thursday it would launch the country’s second lunar mission on July 22, after the original launch was called off due to a "technical snag" earlier this week, Euronews reported Thursday. ....

  • Germany's top diplomat notes Russia's significance for long-term peace in Europe

    Date: 2019-07-18 07:04:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:8028875

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Continued peace in Europe is impossible without cooperation with Russia, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday ahead of Russian top diplomat Sergey Lavrov's visit to the European country, Sputnik news agency ....

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