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Pompeo expresses Washington's desire to impose more sanctions against Iran
Date: 2019-02-14 18:37:50 GMT - Poland - World - SN:79 - ID:7804949
WARSAW, Feb 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his wish that the security conference held in Warsaw would maintain stability in the Middle East. During a press conference with his Polish counterpart here, Pompeo stressed that ....
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Russian FM to hold talks with Oman's top diplomat on Feb. 18
Date: 2019-02-14 16:20:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:7804820
MOSCOW, Feb 14 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with Oman’s top diplomat Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah on February 18, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. "On February 18, talks ....
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Pompeo urges European allies to withdraw from Iranian nuclear agreement
Date: 2019-02-14 16:01:42 GMT - Poland - World - SN:64 - ID:7804799
WARSAW, Feb 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged US allies to back Washington's sanctions on Iran, re-imposed after Trump exited the 2015 accord last year, ABC news reported. Pompeo, addressing a meeting in Poland on ....
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7 Taliban militants killed, wounded in a premature IED explosion
Date: 2019-02-14 10:49:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:7804083
KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - At least seven Taliban militants were killed or wounded in a premature explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in eastern Nangarhar province, Khaama Press reported. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in ....
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US ambassador: N. Korea sanctions to linger until denuclearization
Date: 2019-02-14 07:13:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:7803846
SEOUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris stressed Thursday that sanctions will remain in place until North Korea denuclearizes, as Washington and Pyongyang are preparing for their second summit slated for late this month, the ....
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Airbus set to scrap production of the world's largest airliner
Date: 2019-02-14 07:11:38 GMT - France - World - SN:5 - ID:7803841
PARIS, Feb 14 (MENA) - Europe's Airbus announced plans to scrap production of the world's largest airliner on Thursday, abandoning its A380 superjumbo program in favor of smaller, more nimble jets, CNBC reported. In a statement published on ....
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US charges ex-Air Force intel agent with defecting to Iran
Date: 2019-02-13 19:02:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:7803554
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The US Justice Department charged a former Air Force intelligence official Wednesday with spying for Iran. The woman exposed a fellow US agent and helped the Revolutionary Guard target her former colleagues with ....
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Trump to sign border security deal - newspaper
Date: 2019-02-13 18:45:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:101 - ID:7803481
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump signaled he will sign the bipartisan border security deal hatched by the Congress that secures $1.38 billion for 55 miles of physical barriers on the southern border, averting another government ....
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Nationwide strike hits Belgian transport, factories
Date: 2019-02-13 11:10:25 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:46 - ID:7802621
BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (MENA) - A national strike to demand higher pay has paralyzed airports, sea ports and rail traffic in Belgium, while hundreds of factories are shut down for the day, ABC News reported on Wednesday. Trade unions are protesting ....
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US underlines importance of inclusive Afghan peace negotiations
Date: 2019-02-13 11:02:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:42 - ID:7802680
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The US hopes regional actors will be positive about helping Afghanistan go into a peace accord that will stabilize the war-torn country, the Afghan news agency Pajhwok reported on Wednesday. The US permanent ....
