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  • WHO calls for halting use of antibiotics in healthy animals

    Date: 2017-11-07 22:29:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:126 - ID:7079897

    GENEVA, Nov 7 (MENA) - The World Health Organization has called on farmers and the food industry to stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. The new WHO recommendations aim to help preserve the ....

  • Russian lawmaker calls on US to abandon double standards in foreign policy

    Date: 2017-11-07 20:08:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:113 - ID:7079779

    MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) - Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Tuesday that the US should abandon double standards in relations with other countries and engage in a dialogue for tackling issues in the Middle East and Europe, TASS news ....

  • Japan, US and India held joint maritime drill - agency

    Date: 2017-11-07 19:59:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:111 - ID:7079783

    TOKYO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has held joint naval exercises with the United States and India. The drills took place in the Sea of Japan for the first time, Japan's NHK World reported Tuesday. Self-Defense Force ....

  • Death toll from Vietnam storm climbs to 89 ahead of summit

    Date: 2017-11-07 17:12:24 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:98 - ID:7079754

    HANOI, Nov 7 (MENA) - The death toll from a typhoon that struck Vietnam's south-central coast last weekend, causing widespread flooding, had risen to 89 with 18 others still missing, ABC news reported Tuesday. Typhoon Damrey caused extensive ....

  • UK minister wanted to send aid money to Israeli army - report

    Date: 2017-11-07 17:04:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:97 - ID:7079743

    LONDON, Nov 7 (MENA) - British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel wanted to send aid money to the Israeli army after conducting a string of secret meetings with Israeli figures, including the country’s prime minister, ....

  • Top brass elaborates on Russian military's 'one target, one bomb' principle in Syria

    Date: 2017-11-07 16:24:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:93 - ID:7079622

    MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) - During the Syrian operation, Russian military tested nearly all the modern hardware, implementing the one target, one bomb principle, Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov said at the Defense Ministry’s board meeting ....

  • NATO aims to send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-11-07 15:29:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:88 - ID:7079545

    BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (MENA) - NATO's chief said the alliance plans to send around 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan, half of them from the United States, to bolster efforts to train the Afghan army, ABC news reported Tuesday. Secretary-General Jens ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for attack on TV station in Kabul

    Date: 2017-11-07 12:01:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7078885

    KABUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the armed attack that targeted a local television station in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The attack on Shamshad TV station resulted in killing two security guards, ....

  • Combating terrorism in Syria almost reached the end- Lavrov

    Date: 2017-11-07 11:09:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7078776

    MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday stressed the need to support a political process in Syria as combating terrorism on the Syrian territories has almost reached the end. In a press conference, Lavrov said the ....

  • Kabul TV station Shamshad stormed by gunmen

    Date: 2017-11-07 08:46:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7078503

    KABUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - Gunmen have attacked a local television station in the Afghan capital Kabul, with a number of casualties feared, the BBC reported. The attackers threw grenades and fired guns as they entered the Shamshad TV headquarters, ....

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