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  • Moscow, Washington have chance to find common ground to solve int'l issues -- US diplomat

    Date: 2017-12-17 22:21:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:7145448

    MOSCOW, Dec 17 (MENA) - Moscow and Washington will find a common ground regarding solving the major international issues, the US Ambassador to Russia was quoted by Sputnik news agency on Sunday as having said. "The American and Russians should ....

  • UNESCO to celebrate world Arabic language day

    Date: 2017-12-17 22:10:30 GMT - France - World - SN:76 - ID:7145443

    PARIS, Dec 17 (MENA) - UNESCO will celebrate Monday the world Arabic language day and will organize an event about the role of new technologies and how to harness them at its headquarters in Paris, on 18 and 19 December. In a statement published ....

  • British diplomat found dead in Lebanon - report

    Date: 2017-12-17 20:20:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:7145713

    LONDON/BEIRUT, Dec 17 (MENA) - A young British diplomat has been found murdered in the Lebanese capital Beirut after being strangled and reportedly sexually assaulted, The Telegraph reported Sunday. Rebecca Dykes, 30, from London, who had been ....

  • Putin thanks Trump for CIA data that helped prevent terror attack in St. Petersburg

    Date: 2017-12-17 18:56:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:7145513

    MOSCOW, Dec 17 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for CIA information that helped arrest terrorist who had plotted bomb attacks in St. Petersburg’s Kazan Cathedral and in other crowded places in ....

  • Car bomber attacks NATO convoy in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-12-17 18:35:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:58 - ID:7145564

    KABUL, Dec 17 (MENA) – A car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, killing one civilian and wounding four others but without causing casualties among international forces, Geo News quoted officials as ....

  • Daesh claims suicide bombing of church in Pakistan

    Date: 2017-12-17 17:43:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:54 - ID:7145450

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Terrorist Daesh group claimed Sunday its responsibility of a suicide bomb attack on a church in Pakistan's Quetta, leaving eight people dead and 44 others wounded, Sky News reported. Twitter accounts affiliated with ....

  • 50 Jihadists return to Germany from Syria, Iraq: report

    Date: 2017-12-17 13:56:51 GMT - Germany - World - SN:38 - ID:7144953

    BERLIN, Dec 17 (MENA) - At least 50 Jihadists have returned back to Germany from Syria and Iraq where they fought alongside Daesh terrorists, website Almania quoted a statement by German Federal Foreign Office as saying on Sunday. More than 960 ....

  • Theresa May declares she will not be 'derailed' from Brexit

    Date: 2017-12-17 13:35:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:34 - ID:7144854

    LONDON, Dec 17 (MENA) - Theresa May has vowed to press on with Brexit despite last week’s Commons rebellion. Writing in today’s Sunday Express, she says: “I will not be derailed from my duty to deliver your democratic decision.” The Prime ....

  • Five killed as two suicide bombers storm Quetta Church

    Date: 2017-12-17 09:03:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7144283

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - At least five worshipers were killed and 16 injured when two suicide bombers stormed the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta’s Zarghoon Road, Geo news reported Sunday. No further details were available. (MENA) S ....

  • 1.3 tons of humanitarian aid delivered to Syria's Aleppo region: Russia

    Date: 2017-12-16 22:07:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:7144027

    MOSCOW, Dec 16 (MENA) - Russian officers have delivered a 1.3-ton batch of humanitarian aid to residents of Qasir al-Ward village in Syria’s Aleppo province in the last 24 hours, the Russian center for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria said ....

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