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  • NATO Secretary General welcomes ceasefire announcement by Taliban

    Date: 2018-06-10 09:09:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7437711

    KABUL, June 10 (MENA) - The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the announcement of ceasefire by the Taliban group, the Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported. According to Stoltenberg, the announcement of the ceasefire can be a ....

  • Dozens of houses damaged in Montenegro storm

    Date: 2018-06-09 21:23:54 GMT - Montenegro - World - SN:71 - ID:7437447

    PODGORICA, June 9 (MENA) - Authorities in Montenegro said a powerful storm has damaged dozens of houses and a hospital along the country's Adriatic Sea coast, Fox News reported on Saturday. The storm that engulfed the Boka Kotorska bay area early ....

  • 16 killed, injured in bomb blast in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-06-09 20:55:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:7437402

    KABUL, June 9 (MENA) – A bomb blast in Nangarhar in Afghanistan killed at least four civilians and wounded 16 others, The Washington Post quoted Attahullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, as saying. Khogyani said that four of ....

  • OIC urges dialogue to settle crisis in Mali

    Date: 2018-06-09 20:43:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:65 - ID:7437398

    RIYADH, June 9 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its concern over the political developments in Mali following the violent events in the capital Bamako on June 2. OIC chief Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen called upon ....

  • Trump departs G7 ahead of climate change talks

    Date: 2018-06-09 18:50:40 GMT - Canada - World - SN:60 - ID:7437321

    OTTAWA, June 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump planned an early exit from the Group of Seven talks here Saturday, concluding his fraught visit to the yearly conference of industrialized nations several hours before his counterparts, CNN ....

  • Russia calls for investigation into Australian troops’ crimes in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-06-09 18:07:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7437302

    MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - Moscow calls on the Australian and Afghan authorities to investigate the crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan and bring those responsible to justice, TASS quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying in a ....

  • Japan: 3 wounded in train stabbing

    Date: 2018-06-09 16:03:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:47 - ID:7437123

    TOKYO, June 9 (MENA) - Police in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo say they've received a report that several people have been stabbed on a Shinkansen bullet train, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday. Emergency responders in Odawara ....

  • Russia never asked to be allowed back to G8, Lavrov says

    Date: 2018-06-09 15:58:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:7437113

    MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - Moscow never asked to be allowed back to the Group of Eight (G8), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. While commenting on US President Donald Trump’s suggestion to bring Russia back to the G7, making it G8 once ....

  • Daesh continues resistance in Syria only in US-controlled areas - Russian MoD

    Date: 2018-06-09 11:22:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:7436605

    MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - Pockets of resistance of the Daesh terrorist group in Syria are located only in areas controlled by the United States, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. Konashenkov stressed ....

  • Trump orders delivering assistance to Iraqi minorities through USAID

    Date: 2018-06-09 09:05:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:7436493

    WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump directed the US government to distribute assistance to Iraq’s Christian and Yazidi communities, through USAID. “President Trump and Vice President Pence made restoring the rights and property ....

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