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  • S.Korea Pres. adviser says denuclearization first

    Date: 2018-03-31 19:42:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:71 - ID:7326474

    SEOUL, March 31 (MENA) – A special adviser to the South Korean President said the South will strongly urge North Korea to denuclearize at the inter-Korean summit scheduled in late April, NHK reported. Moon Chung-in gave a lecture Saturday in ....

  • Japan's FM hints at N. Korea nuclear activity amid easing tensions

    Date: 2018-03-31 18:05:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:63 - ID:7326325

    TOKYO, March 31 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono suggested Saturday there are signs North Korea is preparing to again test a nuclear weapon, even as tensions on the Korean Peninsula are easing ahead of summit talks between the leaders of ....

  • Cypriot president to meet leader of Turkish Cypriots

    Date: 2018-03-31 17:59:18 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:62 - ID:7326291

    NICOSIA, March 31 (MENA) - Cypriot Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday that a meeting between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, on April 16, during an informal dinner, the Cypriot ....

  • RAF chief: More money and people needed to combat Russia

    Date: 2018-03-31 16:24:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:7326159

    LONDON, March 31 (MENA) - The British Royal Air Force needs more money and airmen if it is to deal with the challenge from Russia, the head of the service writes today as it prepares to mark its 100th birthday. UK Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen ....

  • Albanians clash with police over nation's first toll road

    Date: 2018-03-31 15:53:49 GMT - Albania - World - SN:53 - ID:7326231

    TIRANA, March 31 (MENA) - Protesters have burned down toll boxes and scuffled with police over Albania's first-ever toll road, Fox News reported on Saturday. A peaceful protest of a few hundred people Saturday against the toll road near the ....

  • 40 killed, injured in Afghan raids on Taliban hideouts

    Date: 2018-03-31 15:13:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:50 - ID:7326157

    KABUL, March 31 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Operations Forces stormed hideouts of the Taliban group in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan inflicting heavy casualties on the group’s militants, local media reported on Saturday. Provincial ....

  • Talks being arranged for N.Korea, EU officials

    Date: 2018-03-31 13:33:19 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:45 - ID:7325994

    BRUSSELS, March 31 (MENA) - Diplomats from North Korea and the European Union are arranging talks between EU officials and a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official. EU diplomatic sources said that the arrangements are being made for Kim ....

  • Expulsion of 12 Russian envoys from UN mission conflicts int’l agreements - Moscow

    Date: 2018-03-31 12:34:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:7325735

    MOSCOW, March 31 (MENA) - The US decision to expel 12 Russian diplomats from the UN mission in New York over the Skripal case contradicts international norms and is viewed by Moscow as an unfriendly move, Russian permanent representative to the UN ....

  • Five Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in roadside bombing

    Date: 2018-03-31 09:50:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:7325553

    KABUL, March 31 (MENA) - Five Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded after a roadside bomb exploded in the south of the country, reported Khama Press news agency on Saturday. Two Afghan soldiers were killed and three other Afghan army troops ....

  • Russia expresses support for resumption of Cyprus talks

    Date: 2018-03-31 08:24:22 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:8 - ID:7325335

    NICOSIA, March 31 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador in Nicosia Stanislav Osadchiy has expressed his country`s support for the resumption of Cyprus talks and its readiness to help in that direction. “We support the resumption of negotiations and we are ....

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