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  • Abe, Putin agree to boost cooperation between defense ministries

    Date: 2018-11-15 08:26:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:7670751

    TOKYO, Nov 15 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed at bilateral talks in Singapore to expand cooperation between the defense ministries, TASS news agency quoted Japanese Foreign Ministry's ....

  • N. Korea's media ramp up criticism of S. Korea for military exercises

    Date: 2018-11-15 07:49:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7670673

    SEOUL, Nov 15 (MENA) - North Korea's media repeated its criticism of South Korea for carrying out military exercises on Thursday, calling them an "outright provocation" and "violation" of the inter-Korean agreement to halt hostility toward each ....

  • US carriers join 'complex' warfare drills in Philippine Sea

    Date: 2018-11-15 07:36:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:7670672

    WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - Two US aircraft carriers with around 150 fighter jets are conducting "complex" warfare drills in the Philippine Sea, the US Navy said on Thursday, in a show of force in waters south of China and within striking distance ....

  • Bangladesh ready to return Rohingya to Myanmar

    Date: 2018-11-15 07:36:28 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:9 - ID:7670693

    DHAKA, Nov 15 (MENA) - Bangladesh authorities said they are ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year, ABC news reported. But refugees scheduled to ....

  • Global(5): Makeblock Announces Educational Partnership with Gratnells Storage Solutions

    Date: 2018-11-14 11:09:51 GMT - China - World - SN:39 - ID:7669485

    SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Makeblock, the leading STEAM education solution provider, is announcing their collaboration with Gratnells, world renowned classroom storage system, to provide a cutting-edge STEAM education ....

  • Putin: Russia became ASEAN's dialogue partner

    Date: 2018-11-14 07:49:37 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:18 - ID:7669050

    SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladmir Putin said Russia became ASEAN’s dialogue partner in 1996. The previous Russia-ASEAN summit took place in Sochi in 2016, the Russian news agency Tass reported. Russia-ASEAN trade turnover ....

  • Sri Lanka's Parliament passes no-confidence vote against government headed by former strongman appointed prime minister

    Date: 2018-11-14 07:06:34 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:12 - ID:7668953

    COLOMBO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed a no-confidence vote against the government headed by the hastily sworn-in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as lawmakers convened Wednesday for the first time since the president dismissed his ....

  • At least 50 dead in California fires, unprecedented damage reported

    Date: 2018-11-14 06:37:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:7668974

    WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - California fires have killed 50 people, destroyed more than 8,000 structures and burned 345-square-miles of land, while officials warned of howling winds that could spawn more monster blazes with the slightest spark, ABC ....

  • Air Force T-38 Talon crashes on Texas base

    Date: 2018-11-14 06:14:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:7668949

    WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - Air Force officials said a military trainer aircraft crashed at Laughlin Air Force in Texas, Fox News reported Wednesday. The T-38 Talon went down around 7:40 pm on the Del Rio military installation, located a few ....

  • UK, EU reach draft Brexit deal

    Date: 2018-11-13 17:45:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:7668683

    LONDON, Nov 13 (MENA) - The UK government have been summoned to an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday afternoon, where they will be asked to sign off Theresa May's final Brexit deal with Brussels, The Guardian reported Tuesday. The meeting ....

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