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  • S. Korea aims to conclude defense cost talks with US by October

    Date: 2018-08-27 08:10:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7548691

    SEOUL, Aug 27 (MENA) - South Korea wants to conclude thorny talks with the United States on sharing the cost of American forces here by the end of October in consideration of the time needed for domestic procedures, Yonhap news agency cited a ....

  • Putin, Mongolian president to meet next month

    Date: 2018-08-27 07:54:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7548665

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with Mongolia’s leader Khaltmaagiin Battulga in Vladivostok in September, Russian TASS news agency reported on Monday. "The Kremlin expects that the meeting between the ....

  • Washington's new anti-Russian sanctions come into force

    Date: 2018-08-27 07:33:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:7548599

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Washington's new sanctions against Russia over its alleged involvement in former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal's poisoning came into force on Monday August 27. Washington announced its new anti-Russian ....

  • Pompeo decries 'abhorrent ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

    Date: 2018-08-26 20:12:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7548341

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country will continue to hold accountable those responsible for the "abhorrent ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Voice of America reported Sunday. Pompeo's ....

  • Multiple fatalities after mass shooting at Florida video game tournament

    Date: 2018-08-26 20:05:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:7548478

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Multiple people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Florida, USA Today reported. "Mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing. Stay far away from the area. The area is not safe ....

  • British woman sent back to prison in Iran after being temporarily released

    Date: 2018-08-26 18:12:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:7548305

    LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed for spying in Iran, is back in prison after the judiciary rejected a request to extend her three-day temporary release, The Guardian reported. Zaghari-Ratcliffe ....

  • Plane crash in US kills aircraft's sole occupant

    Date: 2018-08-26 17:56:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:7548353

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - A plane crashed in northern Vermont, the US, killing its sole occupant, The Washington Times reported Sunday. The Vermont State Police are investigating the crash in Island Pond. Emergency crews responding to a ....

  • Russia calls UK's Black Sea air force interceptions dangerous

    Date: 2018-08-26 17:54:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:7548308

    LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Russia accused Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) of intercepting its military aircraft over the Black Sea in a dangerous fashion designed to provoke Moscow after the RAF made two such interceptions in a single week, Euronews ....

  • Catholic church, Albania, Ireland to take 140 migrants stranded on ship for 10 days

    Date: 2018-08-26 12:12:09 GMT - Italy - World - SN:26 - ID:7547764

    ROME, Aug 26 (MENA) - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says the Italian Catholic church will take most of the migrants who have been stuck aboard an Italian coast guard ship for days, The Washington Post reported. Conte’s office quoted him as ....

  • Japan PM seeks 3rd term in LDP party leadership

    Date: 2018-08-26 11:05:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:7547598

    TOKYO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has officially announced he will run in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in September. Abe announced his candidacy during a visit to Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern ....

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