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  • UNOOSA, SGAC sign MoU to support youth role in SDGs

    Date: 2019-02-15 17:40:52 GMT - Austria - World - SN:63 - ID:7806129

    VIENNA, Feb 15 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support young people's role, in line with the ....

  • Merkel to meet Burkina Faso president Thursday

    Date: 2019-02-15 17:11:02 GMT - Germany - World - SN:62 - ID:7806128

    BERLIN, Feb 15 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday at the German Chancellery in Berlin, Steffen Seibert, the spokesman of the German federal government, said on ....

  • US president declares emergency to get billions for border wall

    Date: 2019-02-15 17:00:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:7806142

    WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency that he says will allow him to access billions to build his border wall without approval from Congress, the Time reported. The decision is likely to face ....

  • US: Time to expand international coalition against Daesh

    Date: 2019-02-15 16:53:06 GMT - Germany - World - SN:60 - ID:7806124

    MUNICH, Feb 15 (MENA) - The top Pentagon official said Friday he foresees a "bigger and stronger" American-led international coalition combating the Daesh group globally as the US withdraws its troops from Syria, the New York Times reported. Pat ....

  • Japan, S. Korea hold talks over wartime labor case

    Date: 2019-02-15 16:49:34 GMT - Germany - World - SN:59 - ID:7806109

    MUNICH, Feb 15 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea have held talks amid worsening bilateral relations over wartime issues, NHK network reported on Friday. Taro Kono and Kang Kyung-wha met in the German city of Munich on ....

  • Damage from cyberattacks in Russia expected to grow 50-80% In 2019 - Sberbank

    Date: 2019-02-15 16:40:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:7806130

    MOSCOW, Feb 15 (MENA) - Sberbank expects that the number of cyberattacks and damage from them will grow by about 50-80 percent year-on-year in 2019, Sputnik cited the bank's deputy chairman Stanislav Kuznetsov as saying on Friday. "I believe that ....

  • Merkel to meet Georgian president Wednesday

    Date: 2019-02-15 16:27:15 GMT - Germany - World - SN:56 - ID:7806095

    BERLIN, Feb 15 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday at the German Chancellery in Berlin, Steffen Seibert, the spokesman of the German federal government, said on Friday. In a ....

  • MSC head calls for listening to voice of reason to settle conflicts

    Date: 2019-02-15 15:34:55 GMT - Germany - World - SN:51 - ID:7805940

    MUNICH, Feb 15 (MENA) - Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Wolfgang Ischinger called for listening to the voice of reason with the view to regaining the political will necessary to settle conflicts inside and outside Europe. ....

  • US, EU to get away with bombing Syria over false evidence - Russian MoD

    Date: 2019-02-15 12:15:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:7805653

    MOSCOW, Feb 15 (MENA) - US and EU politicians, who authorized strikes on Syria over false evidence, will try to avoid responsibility, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted by Sputnik news agency as saying Friday. ....

  • India summons Pakistan envoy over killing of soldiers in Pulwama

    Date: 2019-02-15 11:35:36 GMT - India - World - SN:33 - ID:7805644

    NEW DELHI, Feb 15 (MENA) - A day after the Pulwama terror attack in which over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers were killed, India summoned Pakistan's envoy and lodged a strong protest, NDTV reported Friday. Indian Foreign ....

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