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Trump says Kim summit "direct, fruitful"
Date: 2018-06-16 08:23:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:7446193
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday described summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore as direct and fruitful. "The talks were open, direct and fruitful,"said Trump in a video message broadcast by ....
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Seoul welcomes Trump's plan to have phone conversation with Kim Jong-un
Date: 2018-06-16 08:22:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7446205
SEOUL, June 16 (MENA) - South Korea's presidential office on Saturday Cheong Wa Dae expressed optimism about US President Donald Trump's recent announcement that he would speak with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the phone, deeming it "very ....
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Glasgow fire ravages art school in Scotland
Date: 2018-06-16 07:56:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:7446199
LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - A huge fire has broken out at Glasgow School of Art, just four years after it was severely damaged in a blaze, Sky News channel reported on Saturday. "There is a fire at the Mackintosh Building. The fire brigade are ....
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5.5-degree quake hits southern Wallis and Futuna - USGS
Date: 2018-06-16 07:27:47 GMT - France - World - SN:7 - ID:7446198
PARIS, June 16 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck 223 km (139 miles) south-southeast off the coast of Sigave in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday. There ....
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Germany’s Horst Seehofer fires head of BAMF migrant and refugee agency
Date: 2018-06-15 20:37:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:64 - ID:7446041
BERLIN, June 15 (MENA) - Germany's interior minister has fired the head of the country’s refugee agency after a scandal over improper asylum decisions came to light, Deutsche Welle reported. The immigration issue threatens to splinter German ....
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Dutch to shift troop deployment from Mali to Afghanistan
Date: 2018-06-15 20:20:09 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:63 - ID:7446035
AMSTERDAM, June 15 (MENA) - The Dutch Defense Ministry announced Friday that the Netherlands is to stop sending troops to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali and will shift focus to beef up operations in Afghanistan, France 24 reported. "The ....
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Cypriot house president, Chinese envoy vow to sign MoU
Date: 2018-06-15 20:05:59 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:61 - ID:7445891
NICOSIA, June 15 (MENA) - Cyprus House President Dimitris Syllouris and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xingyuan on Friday expressed their joint commitment to soon finalize and sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Cyprus House and National ....
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China retaliates immediately after US announces tariffs
Date: 2018-06-15 19:58:39 GMT - China - World - SN:60 - ID:7445904
BEIJING, June 15 (MENA) - China said Friday it is retaliating against US tariffs by imposing penalties on the same scale against the United States, ABC News reported. China's commerce ministry announced the tariffs after President Donald Trump ....
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Pakistan: Taliban supremo Fazllullah reportedly killed
Date: 2018-06-15 19:50:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:59 - ID:7445894
KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - Top Pakistani militant leader Mullah Fazlullah has apparently been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Kunar province, Pajhwok news agency reported Friday, citing media reports. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ....
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Russia alarmed by Norway’s decision to deploy US marines along its border
Date: 2018-06-15 19:33:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7445885
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - The permission given by the Norwegian government for the US to double its Marine Corps troops in the country and deploy them near the border with Russia undermines mutual confidence, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman ....
