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  • Chinese president meets UN chief

    Date: 2018-09-02 14:33:25 GMT - China - World - SN:60 - ID:7558542

    BEIJING, Sept 2 (MENA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ahead of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled for September 3 and 4, Xinhua ....

  • FOCAC Beijing Summit to lift China-Africa ties to new height: Chinese FM

    Date: 2018-09-02 11:41:43 GMT - China - World - SN:35 - ID:7558052

    BEIJING, Sept 2 (MENA) - China's top diplomat has hailed the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The Summit, with unprecedented scale and global attention, is bound to lift China-Africa comprehensive strategic ....

  • Xi meets Sudanese president

    Date: 2018-09-02 10:04:24 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:7557889

    BEIJING, Sept 2 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday met with Sudanese President Omar al Bashir ahead of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Xi highly appreciated al Bashir's deep friendship with China and ....

  • South Korea says Libyan leader Sarraj's visit postponed

    Date: 2018-09-02 09:36:32 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:7557748

    SEOUL, Sept 2 (MENA) - Libyan presidential council chairman Fayez Al Sarraj has called off his scheduled trip to South Korea this week, citing domestic issues, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae was quoted by Yonhap News Agency as saying on ....

  • US general assumes NATO command in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-09-02 09:10:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7557747

    KABUL, Spet 2 (MENA) - US Army Gen. Austin Miller has assumed command of the 41-nation NATO mission in Afghanistan following a handover ceremony, abc news reported on Sunday. Miller took over Sunday from Gen. John Nicholson, who held the post for ....

  • One killed, 18 injured in Russian plane crash

    Date: 2018-09-01 19:24:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:7557397

    MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) - Russian transportation minister said a supervisor at Sochi airport has died during an emergency response after a landing plane careered off the end of the runway into a riverbed and caught fire, CBS reported on Saturday. ....

  • 3 arrested for firing bullets at US Embassy in Turkey

    Date: 2018-09-01 18:52:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:52 - ID:7557374

    ANKARA, Sept 1 (MENA) – Three people have been arrested for alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting at the US Embassy last month, ABC News reported on Saturday. A court ordered them to be jailed pending trial. Three others who had been ....

  • Bosnian police intercept 50 migrants on cargo train

    Date: 2018-09-01 18:27:29 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:50 - ID:7557359

    SARAJEVO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Bosnian police stopped about 50 migrants from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan trying to cross from Serbia in a cargo train overnight on Friday as authorities step up patrols of the border, Euro News reported ....

  • Four Taliban insurgents killed in foreign forces airstrike

    Date: 2018-09-01 10:16:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7556602

    KABUL, Sept 1 (MENA) - At least four Taliban insurgents were killed on Friday night during a foreign forces airstrike in Parwan province, The Afghan Tolo News channel reported on Saturday. According to local officials, the Taliban had planned to ....

  • Ethiopian, Lesotho PMs to attend FOCAC

    Date: 2018-09-01 07:30:14 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:7556333

    BEIJING, Sept 1 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Prime Minister of Lesotho Thomas Motsoahae Thabane will start official visits to China from September 1 to 7 to participate in the 2018 Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa ....

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