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Russia ready to support agreements aimed at resolving Libya issue — Lavrov
Date: 2017-12-12 22:37:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:7137654
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Moscow is ready to support agreements aimed at resolving the Libya issue, Russian top diplomat Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya in the Government of National Accord Mohamed Taher Siala ....
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UN, partners launch $4.4 billion regional appeal for more than 5 million Syrian refugees
Date: 2017-12-12 21:12:26 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:99 - ID:7137613
GENEVA, Dec 12 (MENA) - A more than $4 billion appeal has been launched to support what one senior United Nations official called on Tuesday “a lost generation” of Syrian refugees caught up in the ongoing conflict, the UN News Center ....
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World Bank to stop funding oil, gas projects from 2019
Date: 2017-12-12 17:50:20 GMT - France - World - SN:87 - ID:7137480
PARIS, Dec 12 (MENA) - The World Bank announced on Tuesday it will stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019, France 24 reported. "The World Bank Group will no longer finance upstream oil and gas, after 2019," it said in a ....
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Putin receives reports about Trump’s tweets — Kremlin
Date: 2017-12-12 17:16:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:7137478
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin receives reports about his US counterpart Donald Trump’s tweets, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying Tuesday. "Moscow considers all statements made on ....
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Syria main source of recent bomb hoaxes in Russia – Russian police
Date: 2017-12-12 16:28:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:81 - ID:7137393
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - The wave of bomb hoax calls in Russia that began in September and sparked numerous evacuations, inflicting multibillion-ruble damages, originated from terrorist-controlled territories in Syria, Russia’s deputy interior ....
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Russia shuts its embassy in Yemen, evacuates diplomats
Date: 2017-12-12 15:45:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:7137336
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Russia says it has temporarily shut its embassy in Yemen and evacuated all of its diplomats, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in Tuesday’s statement that ....
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France rejects any pro-Iran axis in ME
Date: 2017-12-12 11:53:10 GMT - France - World - SN:40 - ID:7136641
PARIS, Dec 12 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has expressed his country's rejection of any Iranian-led axis in the Middle East, calling on Tehran to pull out pro-Iran militias from Syria. In an interview with France 2 channel ....
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Donald Trump visit to UK expected in new year, says US amb.
Date: 2017-12-12 11:31:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:34 - ID:7136592
LONDON, Dec 12 (MENA) - The US ambassador to the UK has said he expects US President Donald Trump to go ahead with a working visit to the UK in the new year, despite a recent Twitter row with Prime Minister Theresa May over the terror threat posed ....
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US amb. to Cyprus: Washington closely following up all events in ME
Date: 2017-12-12 09:15:35 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:17 - ID:7136289
NICOSIA, Dec 12 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Cyprus Kathleen Doherty said Washington has been closely following up all events in the Middle East over the past months, reported Cyprus News Agency. In statements on the sidelines of her visit to the ....
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Terrorist bomb plot targeting Russian 2018 presidential elections foiled – FSB
Date: 2017-12-12 09:07:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:7136324
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled the plot of a terrorist group which planned bombing New Year’s celebrations, followed by targeting the March presidential election, Russia Today reported. Russia’s ....
