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Russia expects Sochi Congress results to galvanize Geneva process, top diplomat says
Date: 2018-02-01 13:27:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:7222146
MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Russia expects that the results of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress that was held in Sochi will help UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura galvanize work of the Geneva process, Russian Foreign ....
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46 Taliban militants killed, wounded in airstrike in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-02-01 11:15:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:7221595
KABUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - At least 26 Taliban militants were killed and 20 others injured in a drone strike on southeastern Ghazni province, Afghan officials said. Provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori noted that the airstrike was ....
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Putin appoints new Russian permanent envoy to UN office and other organizations in Geneva
Date: 2018-02-01 11:11:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:7221806
MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to appoint Gennady Gatilov a permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva, and by another ....
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UN official denounces Myanmar's violence against Rohingya
Date: 2018-02-01 10:28:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:7221594
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (MENA) - UN special envoy on human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee condemned Myanmar military's violent operations against Rohingya Muslims saying that violence against the Muslim minority bears "the hallmarks of a genocide." Lee ....
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Turkish army kills 49 Kurdish elements in airstrikes in northern Iraq
Date: 2018-02-01 08:20:00 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:9 - ID:7221457
ANKARA, Feb 1 (MENA) - Turkish warplanes struck 19 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, killing 49 militants, Turkey’s armed forces said on Thursday. In a statement, the Turkish army cited that the operation included two ....
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Russia security council delegation visits Israel
Date: 2018-01-31 22:23:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:110 - ID:7221111
GAZA CITY, Jan 31 (MENA) - A large delegation of senior Russian security officials arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks. A senior Israeli official was quoted by Times of Israel as saying that the talks would focus on issues including Iran’s ....
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Russia says dialogue with US shouldn’t stumble over Washington’s aggressive statements
Date: 2018-01-31 22:13:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:7221028
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (MENA) - Russia wants dialogue with the United States to be more intense, constructive and it shouldn’t stumble over Washington’s aggressive statements, TASS cited Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on ....
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Putin apologizes to athletes for Moscow failure to protect them over Olympics ban
Date: 2018-01-31 21:43:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:107 - ID:7221015
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Russian government will work with international organizations to support Russian athletes who were unable to take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics that will take place in South Korea's Pyeongchang in February, Russian ....
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Russian plane makes emergency landing on freeway near Los Angeles
Date: 2018-01-31 21:20:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:7221095
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (MENA) - A small Russian plane, Beechcraft G33, made an emergency landing on the 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa near Los Angeles, the US, Sputnik News reported on Wednesday. The plane was heading to John Wayne Airport when the pilot ....
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US blacklists Hasm, Liwa al Thawra
Date: 2018-01-31 19:28:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:7221130
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - The US Department of State has designated Liwa al Thawra, and Harakat Sawa'd Misr (Hasm) as terrorist groups. In a press release on Wednesday, the Department of State named also Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Harakat ....
