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  • S. Korea seeks to forge stronger economic ties with India

    Date: 2018-02-28 08:49:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:7269699

    SEOUL, Feb 28 (MENA) - South Korea will forge closer economic ties with India by lowering trade barriers and pushing for joint projects in manufacturing and advanced technology sectors, Yonhap News Agency reported quoting Seoul's trade ministry as ....

  • US sharpens focus on Daesh in Asia, Africa

    Date: 2018-02-28 08:36:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:7269645

    WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - The US expanded its targeting of the Daesh beyond its Mideast stomping grounds by adding three of the groups’ far-flung affiliates — in the Philippines, Bangladesh and West Africa — to the State Department’s “Specially ....

  • Afghan president calls on Taliban to join in peace talks

    Date: 2018-02-28 08:32:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7269647

    KABUL, Feb 28 (MENA) - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday called on the Taliban to take part in peace talks to "save the country," offering security and incentives such as passports to insurgents who join the negotiations, the ABC ....

  • 11 persons sickened after suspicious letter arrives at military base

    Date: 2018-02-28 08:22:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7269639

    WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - The US Arlington County Fire Department said that 11 people fell ill after a suspicious letter was opened in an administrative building at Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, CNN reported ....

  • Trump confers with Abu Dhabi crown prince on Iran, terror

    Date: 2018-02-28 06:54:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7269445

    WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - In a phone call, US President Donald Trump conferred with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyyan on Iran and the war on terror. Trump will separately meet within the coming two months with a number of ....

  • 5 members of pro-gov't group killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan's Faryab

    Date: 2018-02-27 22:49:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:125 - ID:7269211

    KABUL, Feb 27 (MENA) - Five members of a group loyal to the Afghan government were killed and six others, including a key commander, wounded in northern Faryab province, a local government source said on Tuesday. According to Pajhwok Afghan News ....

  • UN official concerned by allegations of torture in Turkey

    Date: 2018-02-27 22:47:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:124 - ID:7269234

    NEW YORK, Feb 27 (MENA) - A top UN official has expressed concerns over increased allegations of torture and ill-treatment in police custody in Turkey, ABC News reported. Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, said Tuesday he was ....

  • Countering Iran in Syria not US military mission - Top general

    Date: 2018-02-27 22:45:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:123 - ID:7269153

    WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - General in charge of US Central Command Joseph Votel said Tuesday that countering Iran is not a mission of the American-led coalition fighting Daesh, The Hill reported. "Still, the coalition's relationships with the ....

  • Russia urges US to settle contested points on New START Treaty

    Date: 2018-02-27 22:42:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:122 - ID:7269078

    MOSCOW, Feb 27 (MENA) - Moscow urges Washington to ensure that disputed issues arising from the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the New START Treaty) be adequately settled, Russia’s Foreign ....

  • US adds 7 Daesh affiliates to terror list

    Date: 2018-02-27 22:26:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:119 - ID:7269343

    WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - The US State Department on Tuesday branded seven Daesh groups from around the world and two of its leaders as terrorists in an effort to cut off any financial support they may have been getting from within the United ....

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