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  • Vatican announces historic deal with China on bishop appointment

    Date: 2018-09-22 18:17:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:7587828

    LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Vatican announced it had signed a "provisional agreement" with China on the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on an issue that for decades fueled tensions between the Holy See and Beijing and thwarted efforts toward ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for attack on Iranian military parade

    Date: 2018-09-22 13:57:20 GMT - Iran - World - SN:38 - ID:7587399

    TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group claimed on Saturday credit for the attack on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, US SITE website reported. The attack on the military parade in Ahvaz, the provincial capital city of ....

  • Trump says he won't rush into any deal with N. Korea

    Date: 2018-09-22 13:22:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:36 - ID:7587281

    SEOUL, Sept 22 (MENA) - United States President Donald Trump has said he will not be hasty in making any deals with North Korea, stressing "very good" relations with the communist country's leader, Yonhap reported. In his speech in Missouri at a ....

  • France not seeking to isolate Russia, hopes for cooperation - top diplomat

    Date: 2018-09-22 10:24:47 GMT - France - World - SN:19 - ID:7587022

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - France is not seeking to isolate Russia and hopes for cooperation with Moscow, TASS News Agency quoted French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian as saying on Saturday. "We don’t want Russia’s isolation, we want to ....

  • Tornado hits Canada, causes damage

    Date: 2018-09-22 09:48:39 GMT - Canada - World - SN:15 - ID:7586997

    OTTAWA, Sept 22 (MENA) - A hurricane hit the Canadian capital Ottawa, damaging several houses and buildings and flipping over cars. In addition, 130,000 people were left without power due to the tornado as it tore its way through the Ottawa area ....

  • 12 children killed, injured in blast in northwestern Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-09-22 09:24:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7586940

    KABUL, Sept 22 (MENA) - At least seven children have been killed and five others wounded as a result of a landmine explosion in the Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Farayb province, an official said. The explosion took place in the Koh ....

  • State of emergency in Mexico's Sinaloa as 3 dead in flooding

    Date: 2018-09-21 19:01:14 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:55 - ID:7586572

    MEXICO CITY, Sept 21 (MENA) - Federal officials in Mexico declared a state of emergency for 11 municipalities in the northwestern state of Sinaloa due to flooding from a tropical depression's heavy rains that killed at least three people, ABC News ....

  • NATO urges Russia to monitor Rapid Trident 2018 drills

    Date: 2018-09-21 19:00:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7586465

    MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) - NATO invited all member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), including Russia, to monitor the upcoming Trident Juncture 2018 drills in Norway, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was ....

  • 7,000 refugee, migrant children arrive in Greece in 2018

    Date: 2018-09-21 16:48:26 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:49 - ID:7586404

    GENEVA, Sept 21 (MENA) - The number of refugee and migrant children who arrived on the Greek Islands between January and August has risen by 32 percent compared to the same time-period last year, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on ....

  • Theresa May admits Brexit talks impasse as she demands 'respect' from EU

    Date: 2018-09-21 16:15:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:7586362

    LONDON, Sept 21 (MENA) – UK Prime Minister Theresa May has demanded "respect" from the EU a day after the bloc rejected her Brexit strategy at an acrimonious summit, Sky News reported. The prime minister used a surprise statement in Downing ....

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