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  • Pence pays surprise visit to Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-12-22 08:23:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:7153337

    WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (MENA) - United States Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on late Thursday to visit US troops, and discuss President Donald Trump's new strategy on war in Afghanistan with Afghan President Mohammad ....

  • Makeshift bomb explodes near courthouse in Athens

    Date: 2017-12-22 07:46:15 GMT - Greece - World - SN:11 - ID:7153298

    ATHENS, Dec 22 (MENA) - A makeshift bomb exploded outside the Athens Court of Appeal on Friday morning, causing damage to the building, Greek police said. No injuries were reported, the police added. Several Greek media outlets received ....

  • British police reopen roads near Buckingham Palace

    Date: 2017-12-22 07:14:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:9 - ID:7153280

    LONDON, Dec 22 (MENA) - British police started to reopen roads around Buckingham Palace in London late on Thursday after investigating a suspicious vehicle. “All road closures are now in the process of being removed,” London’s transport authority ....

  • Washington says UN vote on Jerusalem not only factor to consider when dealing with countries

    Date: 2017-12-21 21:33:07 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:85 - ID:7153198

    WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (MENA) - US Department of State said that Thursday's UN vote on Jerusalem will not the only factor that US administration would take into consideration in dealing with other countries. "I want to reiterate what President Trump ....

  • Defying Trump, UN General Assembly condemns US decree on Jerusalem

    Date: 2017-12-21 20:58:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:7153187

    NEW YORK, (MENA) - A majority of the world’s nations delivered a stinging rebuke to the United States on Thursday, denouncing its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and ignoring US President Donald Trump’s threats to retaliate by ....

  • Global-PRNewswire(5):Boeing and Embraer Confirm Discussions on Potential Combination

    Date: 2017-12-21 20:04:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:7153167

    CHICAGO and SAO PAULO, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/MENA/ -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and Embraer (BM&FBOVESPA: EMBR3, NYSE: ERJ) today confirmed the two companies are engaged in discussions regarding a potential combination, the basis of ....

  • Jerusalem: UN resolution rejects Trump's declaration

    Date: 2017-12-21 19:36:49 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:79 - ID:7153137

    NEW YORK, Dec 21 (MENA) - The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, BBC news reported on Thursday. The text says that any decisions ....

  • Russia’s Putin condemns launch of missile targeting Riyadh in call with Saudi King

    Date: 2017-12-21 18:35:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:7152824

    MOSCOW, Dec 21 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone conversation with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, condemned the launch of a missile targeting Riyadh from Yemen and noted the importance of investigating the incident, ....

  • Three Israelis jailed in New Zealand for drug smuggling

    Date: 2017-12-21 16:25:55 GMT - Israel - World - SN:56 - ID:7152626

    GAZA CITY, Dec 21 (MENA) - A New Zealand court sentenced three Israelis to prison Thursday for attempting to smuggle drugs into the country, Times of Israel reported. Victor Borisenko, Vladislav Pischako and Guy Shalom were each sentenced to ....

  • Briton detained in Iran 'eligible for early release'

    Date: 2017-12-21 15:38:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:7152693

    LONDON, Dec 21 (MENA) - The husband of a British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was detained for months in Iran said Thursday that she could be granted early release after spending more than 18 months in an Iranian prison over spying ....

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