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  • Japan, US, S.Korea defense ministers meet ahead of Trump-Kim summit

    Date: 2018-06-03 08:27:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:7427860

    TOKYO, June 3 (MENA) - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera held a meeting with his US and South Korean counterparts in Singapore on Sunday, less than 10 days before the planned June 12 summit between the United States and North Korea in the ....

  • Conservatives protest in Macedonia, demand early election

    Date: 2018-06-02 21:35:51 GMT - Macedonia - World - SN:74 - ID:7427593

    SKOPJE, June 2 (MENA) - Tens of thousands of conservative opposition supporters are protesting outside Macedonia's main government building in the capital of Skopje to demand an early election, ABC News reported Saturday. The VMRO-DPMNE party, ....

  • 7 people killed in storm Alberto flooding in Cuba

    Date: 2018-06-02 21:03:14 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:69 - ID:7427583

    HAVANA, June 2 (MENA) - Heavy flooding caused by Subtropical Storm Alberto killed seven people when it struck Cuba, Civil Defense officials were quoted as saying by France 24 as saying on Saturday. Two people are also missing after the storm ....

  • US citizen killed in Nicaragua amid unrest

    Date: 2018-06-02 20:53:16 GMT - Nicaragua - World - SN:68 - ID:7427584

    MANAGUA, June 2 (MENA) - Nicaraguan authorities said a US citizen has been killed in the streets of Managua as violence and social unrest continue to grip the country's capital, ABC News reported on Saturday. The Legal Medical Institute said that ....

  • 1 killed, 2 injured in Pakistan suicide attack

    Date: 2018-06-02 20:20:08 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:66 - ID:7427547

    ISLAMABAD, June 2 (MENA) - At least two paramilitary personnel were injured in an encounter near a Rangers checkpoint in Pakistan's Hub, the local GEO News quoted a spokesperson for the paramilitary force as saying Saturday. A suspect also blew ....

  • Around 1,000 people battling wildfires in China

    Date: 2018-06-02 19:30:43 GMT - China - World - SN:64 - ID:7427502

    BEIJING, June 2 (MENA) – Nearly 1,000 policemen and fire fighters have been mobilized to battle forest fires in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xinhua quoted local fire authorities as saying on Saturday. A fire broke out at around ....

  • Catalan leader calls for talks with Spain's new PM

    Date: 2018-06-02 19:15:16 GMT - Spain - World - SN:61 - ID:7427496

    MADRID, June 2 (MENA) - Catalonia's separatist president Quim Torra called for talks with Spain's new prime minister as the Catalan regional executive was sworn in at an emotional ceremony full of pro-independence symbolism, local media reported on ....

  • 6.2-magnitude quake hits off Tonga: USGS

    Date: 2018-06-02 18:43:08 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:58 - ID:7427472

    HONG KONG, June 2 (MENA) - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted 128km north-northeast of Hihifo, Tonga at 1153 GMT on Saturday, Xinhua reported, citing a statement by the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was ....

  • Global(1): GAC Motor Delivers 150 GA3Ss to Police Force of Nigeria

    Date: 2018-06-02 16:51:55 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:55 - ID:7427428

    Dear subscribers, following is a global bulletin published for PR ‎Newswire:‎ Breakthrough in Nigeria paves the way for accelerated growth in African market ABUJA, Nigeria, June 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GAC Motor has officially delivered ....

  • Talks underway to help Soviet pilot downed in Afghanistan in 1987 return to Russia - MP

    Date: 2018-06-02 16:51:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:7427373

    MOSCOW, June 2 (MENA) - Russia is in talks with US representatives to confirm media reports that a Soviet pilot, who went missing in Afghanistan in 1987 after his plane was shot down, has been found and that he wants to come back home, Russian MP ....

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