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Russian, Finnish presidents to meet in Sochi on August 22 - Kremlin
Date: 2018-08-10 13:31:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:7527562
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto will hold a meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 22 to discuss bilateral relations and global issues, the Kremlin press service ....
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Greece lashes out at Russia's expulsion of diplomats
Date: 2018-08-10 13:15:31 GMT - Greece - World - SN:34 - ID:7527504
ATHENS, Aug 10 (MENA) - Greece lashed out at Russia's expulsion of Greek diplomats from Moscow this week, as a spat between the two traditionally friendly countries grew more acrimonious, ABC news reported on Friday. The Greek foreign ministry ....
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Canadian police say 4 killed in shooting
Date: 2018-08-10 13:13:36 GMT - Canada - World - SN:33 - ID:7527466
OTTAWA, Aug 10 (MENA) - Police in the far eastern Canadian city of Fredericton warned residents to stay in their homes early Friday as they responded to a mass shooting incident. Fredericton police confirmed in a tweet that there were "at least ....
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Afghanistan: Up to 150 Taliban militants suffer casualties in Ghazni
Date: 2018-08-10 12:23:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:7527424
KABUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - Afghan police said on Friday that more than 100 Taliban militants were killed and wounded after they attacked southern Ghazni province from four directions. Four security personnel were also killed and several others ....
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Four Afghan soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Ghazni city
Date: 2018-08-10 12:13:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7527420
KABUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - An Afghan military helicopter crash landed in southeastern city of Ghazni, the capital of a province with the same name, during the daytime fighting between the Afghan forces and the Taliban fighters, ABC news reported on ....
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Global-PRNewswire(1):Astellas Announces Acquisition of Quethera
Date: 2018-08-10 11:11:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:26 - ID:7527377
Dear subscribers, following is a global bulletin published for PR Newswire: Astellas Announces Acquisition of Quethera Acquisition furthers Astellas' commitment to innovation in ophthalmology with addition of novel gene therapy program for ....
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Rescue helicopter crashes in eastern Japan, 2 dead
Date: 2018-08-10 10:58:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:7527334
TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - A prefectural government rescue helicopter with nine people aboard crashed on an eastern Japan mountain on Friday, killing two of the passengers, the transport ministry and local government said. The identities of the two ....
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Flash floods kill 23 in India's Kerala
Date: 2018-08-10 10:18:44 GMT - India - World - SN:23 - ID:7527245
NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (MENA) - Twenty-three people were killed in flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rain across the southern Indian state of Kerala over the past 24 hours. As the army and air force joined rescue operations in Idukki ....
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Afghan, US military confirm ANDSF grip over Ghazni city
Date: 2018-08-10 09:15:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7527134
KABUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - The provincial capital of Ghazni province and all other districts are under total control of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), the 203rd Thunder Corps Director of Operations Gen. Mohammad Alam Nejrabi ....
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Clashes between Afghan government forces, Taliban erupt in Ghazni
Date: 2018-08-10 08:13:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7527021
KABUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - Violent clashes erupted between Afghan governmental forces and Taliban movement in Ghazni province in the southeast of the Afghan capital, local sources said on Friday. The Kabul-Ghazni highway was closed after the ....