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  • Venezuela to expel German ambassador for 'meddling'

    Date: 2019-03-06 19:01:10 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:66 - ID:7836191

    CARACAS, March 6 (MENA) - The Venezuelan government has announced it will expel German ambassador Daniel Kriener, the BBC News reported. A government statement declared ambassador Kriener "persona non grata" and accused him of "recurrent acts of ....

  • US eyeing new sanctions against Venezuela

    Date: 2019-03-06 08:47:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7834938

    WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - The United States is considering imposing new sanctions on Venezuela to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government to give up power, The Australian newspaper reported. "We're looking at new sanctions, ....

  • Malaysia, Philippines confer on means to strengthen bilateral ties

    Date: 2019-03-06 08:31:21 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:14 - ID:7834985

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad started a two-day visit to the Philippines to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, Bernama news agency reported. The visit will take up issues of common ....

  • Pakistan Navy foils attempt by Indian submarine to enter Pakistani waters

    Date: 2019-03-05 09:02:58 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7833368

    ISLAMABAD, March 5 (MENA) - The Pakistan Navy detected an Indian submarine on Monday night trying to enter Pakistani waters and successfully thwarted the attempt, Dawn News reported Tuesday quoting the Navy's spokesperson. "The Pakistan Navy ....

  • London man clear of HIV after stem cell transplant

    Date: 2019-03-05 09:01:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:14 - ID:7833394

    LONDON, March 5 (MENA) - A man in London has become the second person to be clear of HIV after a stem cell transplant, Sky News reported Tuesday. The unidentified man in the UK, who is being called "the London patient", received bone marrow stem ....

  • London not to allow Russian diplomats to meet with Skripals - amb.

    Date: 2019-03-04 18:11:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:7832820

    MOSCOW, March 4 (MENA) - British authorities made it clear they will never allow Russian diplomats to meet with former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who suffered the effects of a nerve agent a year ago, ....

  • US warns Venezuela's Maduro over opposition leader return

    Date: 2019-03-04 18:00:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:7832823

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The United States has warned Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro of taking any anti-opposition threatening actions. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido announced earlier his planned return to Venezuela. "Any ....

  • Next Int'l Conference on Nuclear Security to be held in February 2020 - IAEA

    Date: 2019-03-04 16:16:52 GMT - Austria - World - SN:67 - ID:7832200

    VIENNA, March 4 (MENA) - The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano announced that the next IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security, which will be held at the ministerial level in February 2020, will ....

  • Meeting of IAEA board of governors starts in Vienna

    Date: 2019-03-04 11:36:21 GMT - Austria - World - SN:33 - ID:7831993

    VIENNA, March 4 (MENA) - A meeting of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) kicked off in the Austrian capital Monday. The Arab group will come up with a coordinated stance during the meeting, said Saudi ....

  • Pakistanis sign petition seeking Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan

    Date: 2019-03-04 10:08:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:24 - ID:7831862

    ISLAMABAD, March 4 (MENA) - More than 300,000 people have signed online petitions calling for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a Nobel Peace Prize after he freed an Indian pilot in a bid to defuse tensions with his country’s arch-rival ....

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