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  • Possible deployment of UN mission to Donbass still on agenda - Kremlin

    Date: 2018-05-21 15:01:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:7410666

    MOSCOW, May 21 (MENA) - Parameters of a possible United Nations mission to Donbass are still being discussed, the situation is complicated by instability at the contact line, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on ....

  • Pompeo offers concessions if Iran makes changes

    Date: 2018-05-21 14:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7410672

    WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is offering a series of dramatic potential US concessions to Iran if it agrees to make "major changes." Pompeo called for a stronger nuclear agreement with Iran following the US ....

  • Wan Azizah leads swearing-in of 13 Malaysian Cabinet ministers

    Date: 2018-05-21 12:48:30 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:49 - ID:7410500

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 - (MENA) - Malaysia's first female Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail led a line-up of 13 Cabinet ministers in taking their oath of office, loyalty and secrecy before Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad ....

  • Taliban leader, comrades killed in Farah airstrike

    Date: 2018-05-21 11:51:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:40 - ID:7410326

    KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - A key Taliban leader and his comrades were killed in an airstrike in western Farah province of Afghanistan. Four Taliban militants including local group leader Mullah Din Mohammad and his three comrades were killed in ....

  • 5 mine disposal experts killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar

    Date: 2018-05-21 09:25:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7409973

    KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - At least five de-miners who were clearing the path for the TAPI gas pipeline project were killed in militants attack in southern Kandahar province, said Khaama Press. According to the local officials, the incident took ....

  • 16 killed in Afghan-US operations in Paktika, Ghazni

    Date: 2018-05-21 08:37:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7409964

    KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - At least 16 militants were killed during separate operations conducted in southeastern Ghazni and Paktika provinces, Khaama press reported Monday. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast said the ....

  • Taliban threatens to target security institutions in Kabul

    Date: 2018-05-21 08:34:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7409969

    KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - The Taliban group has threatened to carry out attacks on security institutions in Kabul as part of their spring offensive, urging the civilians to stay away from such compounds amid growing criticisms that such attacks mostly ....

  • Annual meetings of AfDB kick off in Busan, S.Korea

    Date: 2018-05-21 08:05:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:7409912

    BUSAN/KOREA, May 21 (MENA) - The 53rd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) kicked off on Monday in the Korean port city of Busan and runs till May 25 with the participation of ministers and senior economic experts from 35 ....

  • Indian PM leaves for Russia for informal summit with Putin

    Date: 2018-05-21 07:03:39 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:7409861

    NEW DELHI, May 21 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Russia on Monday morning for an informal summit with President Vladimir Putin in the city of Sochi, Xinhua quoted an official in the country's external affairs ministry as ....

  • Venezuelan president Maduro wins re-election

    Date: 2018-05-21 06:17:55 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:2 - ID:7409834

    CARACAS, May 21 (MENA) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of presidential election Sunday, in a vote that has been criticized both inside and outside of the country, said CNN. Maduro celebrated his re-election during a ....

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