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  • Surrey has been shaken by its third earthquake in two weeks.

    Date: 2018-07-05 18:20:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:7475168

    LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - A 3.1 magnitude quake hit at 10.53 in Newdigate on Thursday, at a depth of 5km, according to the British Geological Survey. The organization initially said it was magnitude 3. The tremor was described as sounding “like two ....

  • Israel-Syria border agreement in danger of collapsing

    Date: 2018-07-05 18:01:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:93 - ID:7475197

    GAZA CITY, July 5 (MENA) - The 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria may be in danger of collapsing, with Syria's announced intention to return military forces to the town of Quneitra, located three kilometers from the Israeli ....

  • Turkey arrests 33 suspected Daesh militants

    Date: 2018-07-05 17:59:53 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:91 - ID:7475294

    ANKARA, July 5 (MENA) - Turkish police on Thursday detained 33 suspected Daesh militants in Istanbul, Sky News reported. Among the detainees, 28 are foreigners. Istanbul police said the suspects arrested were planning to carry out a terrorist ....

  • More than 5 million tourists visit FIFA World Cup host cities in Russia

    Date: 2018-07-05 17:59:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:7475199

    MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - More than 5 million tourists, including 2.9 million foreigners, have visited the cities hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, TASS cited head of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov as saying at a news ....

  • Japanese PM to meet N Korean leader

    Date: 2018-07-05 17:57:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:88 - ID:7475204

    TOKYO, July 5 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed determination to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the issue of the North's abductions of Japanese, Japanese NHK broadcasting reported. Abe was speaking at a ....

  • Germany: Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar undermines two-state solution

    Date: 2018-07-05 17:40:38 GMT - Germany - World - SN:83 - ID:7475193

    BERLIN, July 5 (MENA) - Spokesperson of the German Federal Foreign Office said on Thursday that the imminent demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar and the resulting relocation of its some 170 inhabitants – including over 90 ....

  • Amesbury Novichok poisoning raises ‘serious questions’ over Salisbury clean-up

    Date: 2018-07-05 16:12:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:7475103

    LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - The fact that two people have been poisoned with Novichok in Wiltshire raises “serious questions” over the orchestration of a massive clean-up operation launched in the wake of the Skripal incident, a government source said ....

  • US navy ready to protect navigation in Gulf

    Date: 2018-07-05 15:20:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7475022

    WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - The US Central Command stressed on Thursday the readiness of the US navy to safeguard the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the Arab Gulf. Washington, alongside its allies, will protect the ....

  • Kremlin concerned over new poisoning incident in UK

    Date: 2018-07-05 12:33:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:7474585

    MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - The Kremlin has described the news of another poisoning incident in the UK as disturbing. "This is very disturbing news. Of course, it triggers profound concern in connection with the similar incidents in the UK," Russian ....

  • Moscow hopes Russian-US summit will give fresh impetus to bilateral ties

    Date: 2018-07-05 09:35:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:7474088

    MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North American Department Georgy Borisenko said that Moscow expects the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump to give a fresh impetus ....

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