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  • Voters in Malawi go to polls to elect president

    Date: 2019-05-21 06:26:17 GMT - Malawi - World - SN:7 - ID:7949716

    LILONGWE, May 21 (MENA) - Voting has started in Malawi to elect a new president and 193 members of parliament, ABC News reported Tuesday. Before dawn, hundreds of voters lined up Tuesday at polling centers to cast their ballots in the election in ....

  • UK security bodies foiled 19 terror attacks over past 2 years - minister

    Date: 2019-05-20 15:28:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:7949127

    LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - UK security services have foiled 19 major terror attacks over the past two years, British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed. During a speech in which he confirmed plans to look at designating parts of Syria and ....

  • Tajik conf. urges more cooperation against terrorism

    Date: 2019-05-20 11:17:45 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:42 - ID:7948520

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - With terrorism posing a serious challenge to the entire world, Tajikistan hosted the High-level Conference on “International and Regional Cooperation on Countering Terrorism and its Financing Through Illicit Drug Trafficking ....

  • Snap elections on horizon as President Zelenskiy plans to dismiss Ukrainian parliament

    Date: 2019-05-20 10:59:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:33 - ID:7948588

    KIEV, May 20 (MENA) - Ukraine's president-elect who was sworn into office on Monday morning has vowed to dismiss his parliament, euronews reported. During a ceremony at the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, the new president listened to a traditional ....

  • Airstrike kills six civilians in Helmand

    Date: 2019-05-20 10:11:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7948498

    KABUL, May 20 (MENA) - At least six civilians were killed in an airstrike on Nahre Saraj district in Helmand, Tolo news reported. Two women are among the victims, according to eyewitnesses. At least 10 other civilians were wounded in the ....

  • Sweden requests detention order for WikiLeaks’ Assange

    Date: 2019-05-20 10:09:49 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:29 - ID:7948496

    STOCKHOLM, May 20 (MENA) - Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said. Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson said if the Swedish ....

  • 126 agreements inked at 3rd World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin

    Date: 2019-05-20 09:38:57 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:7948495

    BEIJING, May 20 (MENA) - A total of 126 agreements with an estimated investment of over 108 billion yuan (15.6 billion US dollars) were inked at the third World Intelligence Congress on Sunday, Xinhua quoted the organizer as saying. Yao Laiying, ....

  • Trump vows China’s economy won’t surpass US on his watch

    Date: 2019-05-20 09:13:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:7948453

    WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said he was “very happy” with the trade war and that China wouldn’t become the world’s top superpower under his watch, Bloomberg reported. “We’re taking in billions of dollars,” Trump told Fox ....

  • US warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions

    Date: 2019-05-20 09:04:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7948428

    WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - A US warship has sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two biggest economies, The Guardian ....

  • Kazakhstan ready to discuss possible changes to OPEC-non-OPEC oil output deal - Ministry

    Date: 2019-05-20 08:45:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:7948361

    MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Kazakhstan is interested in further cooperation between member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-cartel producers on regulating oil market and is prepared to discuss possible ....

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