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  • UK defense secretary canceled planned Odesa visit due to Russian threat

    Date: 2024-03-17 10:22:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:10626979

    LONDON, March 17 (MENA) - U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps was forced to cancel a planned trip to Odesa during his recent visit to Ukraine after Russia learned of his travel plans, the Sunday Times reported citing sources close to Shapps, ....

  • Pakistan welcomes UN resolution on Islamophobia

    Date: 2024-03-17 09:52:25 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:10626845

    ISLAMABAD, March 17 (MENA) - Pakistan welcomed the adoption of the resolution titled, “Measures to Combat Islamophobia,” by the UN General Assembly with an overwhelming majority, according to The Express Tribune newspaper. According to a ....

  • Eight peacekeepers injured in attack in eastern DR Congo

    Date: 2024-03-17 09:50:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:10626903

    NEW YORK, March 17 (MENA) - At least eight peacekeepers of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO were injured in an attack on Saturday in the eastern part of the country, according to ....

  • Ukraine’s air defense forces down 14 of 16 Russian kamikaze drones overnight

    Date: 2024-03-17 09:49:57 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10626817

    KIEV, March 17 (MENA) - Ukraine intercepted in the sky over Odesa and Mykolaiv regions 14 of the 16 Shahed-type one-way attack drones Russia launched overnight Sunday, Ukrinform reported Sunday quoting Defense Forces South on Telegram. "This ....

  • Russia's presidential vote starts final day

    Date: 2024-03-17 09:16:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:10626850

    MOSCOW, March 17 (MENA) - Russia started final day of presidential voting Sunday, TASS reported. More than half of Russian voters have already gone to the polls in the first two days of the three-day-election, according to officials. More ....

  • Trump: Coming elections to be turning point in US history

    Date: 2024-03-17 08:10:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:10626816

    WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump said the coming presidential elections in November will be a turning point in the history of the United States. “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath ... ....

  • Explosions rock Odesa amid Russian drone attack overnight Sunday

    Date: 2024-03-17 06:58:30 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10626725

    KIEV, March 17 (MENA) - Odesa residents heard a series of explosions during a Russian drone strike shortly after midnight, according to Ukrinform news agency. "There was an explosion in Odesa," the agency reported quoting Ukraine’s public ....

  • Egypt-Press-Headlines

    Date: 2024-03-17 06:13:06 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:2 - ID:10626692

    CAIRO, March 17 (MENA) - Following are the major headlines in Sunday’s local press: -- AL AHRAM: - Egyptian-European summit to promote strategic partnership - Presidential spox: Sisi holds bilateral meetings to discuss regional situation, ....

  • Blinken, Bahraini CP discuss efforts to achieve ceasefire

    Date: 2024-03-16 21:47:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:10626620

    WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Saturday with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in Manama. The Secretary and the Crown Prince discussed efforts to achieve a ceasefire ....

  • Putin speaks over phone with Lukashenko - Kremlin spokesman

    Date: 2024-03-16 19:56:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:10626505

    MOSCOW, March 16 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with Belarusian President ....

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