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  • 26 dead after boat sinks in Honduras

    Date: 2019-07-04 06:55:44 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:7 - ID:8008983

    TEGUCIGALPA, July 4 (MENA) - The Armed Forces in Honduras said that at least 26 people are dead after their boat sank in Caribbean waters off Honduras' eastern department of Gracias a Dios, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday. The boat, ....

  • Russia has ‘political will’ for arms reduction deal, but ball is in US' court – Putin

    Date: 2019-07-04 06:19:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:8008951

    MOSCOW, July 4 (MENA) - Russia does not seek an arms race, only protection, President Vladimir Putin said shortly after suspending the INF treaty in a mirror response to the US, RT reported Thursday. Moscow is open to a new arms reduction deal, ....

  • Putin hails role of world parliamentary community in solving global problems

    Date: 2019-07-03 17:08:22 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:81 - ID:8008441

    CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - The parliamentary community plays a great role in consolidating nations to solve global problems, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the International Forum (Development of Parliamentarism). "A huge role in ....

  • Italy's Sassoli elected leader of EU Parliament

    Date: 2019-07-03 12:31:53 GMT - France - World - SN:49 - ID:8008060

    STRASBURG, July 3 (MENA) - David-Maria Sassoli, an Italian member of the Socialists & Democrats bloc, has been elected as the next president of the European parliament after two rounds of voting in the Strasbourg-based legislature, Ekathimerini ....

  • US peace envoy to Afghanistan condemns Kabul attack

    Date: 2019-07-03 11:09:22 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:8007743

    KABUL, July 3 (MENA) - US envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad echoed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s condemnation of the "horrific" Kabul attack by Taliban. On Twitter, Ambassador Khalilzad said that the photos of innocent Afghan ....

  • German military contains wildfire northwest of Berlin

    Date: 2019-07-03 10:31:00 GMT - Germany - World - SN:33 - ID:8007746

    BERLIN, July 3 (MENA) - German officials said thousands of firefighters, soldiers and civil defense personnel are beginning to get a massive wildfire northwest of Berlin under control but that the situation remains critical. Armored military ....

  • Protesters across US demand an end to migrant detention centers

    Date: 2019-07-03 10:01:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:8007712

    WASHINGTON, July 3 (MENA) - Demonstrators converged on cities across the United States on Tuesday night to demand the closure of detention facilities holding migrant children and families, Al Hurra reported. Crowds of protesters chanting, "Close ....

  • UN investigator reports possible fresh 'war crimes' in Myanmar

    Date: 2019-07-03 09:01:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:8007624

    NEW YORK, July 3 ( MENA) - Yanghee Lee, the UN independent expert on human rights in Myanmar, said that Myanmar security forces and insurgents are committing human rights violations against civilians in restive western states that may amount to ....

  • Cyprus is not in a war zone, says minister

    Date: 2019-07-03 08:42:10 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:18 - ID:8007611

    NICOSIA, July 3 (MENA) - Cypriot Defense Minister Savvas Angelides has refuted claims that Cyprus is in the middle of a war zone, arguing the war in Syria has been ongoing for years and that the missile that fell on the Pentadaktylos mountains on ....

  • UN chief outraged by Taliban attack in Kabul

    Date: 2019-07-03 07:35:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:14 - ID:8007545

    NEW YORK, July 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a statement has said that he is outraged and deeply saddened by the Taliban-claimed complex attack that took place on 1 July in a civilian-populated area of Kabul, TOLO News channel ....

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