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  • Russian Foreign Ministry urges EU to assist returning Syrian refugees

    Date: 2018-08-15 22:31:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:99 - ID:7535248

    MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has urged the leadership of the European Union to return Syrian refugees home, ministry’s representative Nikolai Burtsev told a session of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters ....

  • Afghan president deplores attack on Kabul's training center

    Date: 2018-08-15 22:24:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:98 - ID:7535221

    KABUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned the suicide blast that hit a private training center in the Dash-i-Barchi locality of capital Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. The terrorists, while attacking the ....

  • New York Gov. declares state of emergency over torrential floods

    Date: 2018-08-15 22:17:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:7535102

    NEW YORK, 15 Aug (MENA) - New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday declared a State of Emergency for Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schulyer, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Wayne, Yates, and contiguous ....

  • CIA reveals classified documents on MB plots

    Date: 2018-08-15 20:32:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:7535430

    WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - The CIA has released classified documents on the Muslim Brotherhood's plots for recruiting youths and raising funds. According to CIA experts, who prepared the documents, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi played an influential ....

  • All flights to and from Amsterdam airport suspended over air traffic control problem

    Date: 2018-08-15 14:18:19 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:64 - ID:7534962

    AMSTERDAM, Aug 15 (MENA) - Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was forced to suspend all flights for around an hour due to an air traffic control problem. A message posted on the airport's official Twitter page on Wednesday afternoon said there was “no ....

  • UN marks international day for victims of terrorism on Aug 21

    Date: 2018-08-15 10:00:36 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:29 - ID:7534179

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - The United Nations will mark for the first time the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism on August 21, according to a statement distributed by the UN news center in Cairo. The General ....

  • Putin ready to meet Kim in near future, discuss trilateral projects - Reports

    Date: 2018-08-15 07:57:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:7534082

    MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a congratulatory telegram he was certain that Moscow and Pyongyang could develop mutually beneficial ties, starting with trilateral projects, the North ....

  • Moon says ending division of two Koreas will achieve 'true liberation'

    Date: 2018-08-15 07:46:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7534070

    SEOUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday used his Liberation Day address to pitch his Korea peace drive, calling for railway, energy and economic cooperation with the North as a cornerstone for Northeast Asian peace and ....

  • Hong Kong confirms 4 local dengue fever cases

    Date: 2018-08-15 07:17:33 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:7534079

    BEIJING, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's Center for Health Protection (CHP) warned that four local cases of dengue fever (DF) have been registered in Hong Kong in a short period of time this month, ....

  • At least 35 killed in Italy bridge collapse

    Date: 2018-08-15 06:05:22 GMT - Italy - World - SN:1 - ID:7533992

    ROME, Aug 15 (MENA) - The death toll for the bridge collapse in Italy has risen to 35, CNN reported on Wednesday, quoting, the office of the Governor of the northwestern Liguria region — where Genoa is located. The office announced it on its ....

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