ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Bollywood superstar dies at 54 of heart attack
Date: 2018-02-25 07:15:06 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:7263636
NEW DELHI, Feb 25 (MENA) - Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says as quoted by the BBC. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai, where she was attending a family ....
-
Russia's most advanced fighter arrives in Syria -- US military official
Date: 2018-02-24 22:48:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:7263511
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (MENA) - Russia has sent its most advanced fighter jet to Syria, a US military official was quoted as saying by CNN on Saturday. It's a deployment that could potentially increase the level of danger to US forces operating ....
-
Warplanes hit Syria’s Ghouta minutes after UN vote - SOHR
Date: 2018-02-24 22:34:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:7263482
LONDON, Feb 24 (MENA) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes struck eastern Ghouta on Saturday evening minutes after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria, SBS News reported. The ....
-
UN unanimously demands a 30-day cease-fire across Syria
Date: 2018-02-24 21:13:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:7263456
NEW YORK, Feb 24 (MENA) – The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria "without delay" to deliver humanitarian aid to millions and evacuate the critically ill and wounded, ABC News ....
-
UN diplomats locked in talks on Syria ceasefire
Date: 2018-02-24 20:18:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:77 - ID:7263446
NEW YORK, Feb 24 (MENA) – A UN Security Council meeting to vote on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria failed to start as scheduled at 1700 GMT on Saturday as negotiations continued in an effort to avert a Russian veto, the Daily Mail quoted diplomats as ....
-
2 killed in parcel bomb explosion in eastern India
Date: 2018-02-24 19:50:53 GMT - India - World - SN:75 - ID:7263394
NEW DELHI, Feb 24 (MENA) - A newly married man and his grandmother were killed in India when a wedding gift they were opening exploded, BBC news reported Saturday. The man's wife was critically injured in the blast on Friday in the eastern state ....
-
Moscow calls on Washington, Pyongyang to begin direct talks - diplomat
Date: 2018-02-24 18:36:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:7263238
MOSCOW, Feb 24 (MENA) - Russia is calling on the US and the DPRK to change the tactics of waiting on hold for initiating a direct dialogue, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said in an interview with TASS on Saturday. "Moscow has ....
-
Cyprus protests to UN over Turkish violations of its air, maritime space
Date: 2018-02-24 18:06:50 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:67 - ID:7263201
NICOSIA, Feb 24 (MENA) - Cyprus has protested to the UN over Turkish violations of its air and maritime space, in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General by Cyprus` Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the Cypriot news agency ....
-
Trump's views on Ukraine have not met Russia's expectations -- ambassador
Date: 2018-02-24 17:24:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:65 - ID:7263165
KIEV, Feb 24 (MENA) - Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Valery Chaly said the anti-Russian sanctions policy of Washington as well as the support for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine have strengthened under the current ....
-
Ghani vows relentless war against terror groups after attacks
Date: 2018-02-24 17:10:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:7263166
KABUL, Feb 24 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has vowed a relentless war against terror groups after recent attacks in Kabul, Farah, and Helmand provinces. In remarks carried by the official news agency Khaama Press, Ghani ....
