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  • Russua's parl't to consider Putin's nomination for PM on May 8

    Date: 2018-05-04 17:42:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:7383737

    MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - If the Russian president nominates a candidate for prime minister on May 7, the State Duma will consider the nomination at its May 8 session, Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin was quoted by state media as saying on ....

  • Greece, Macedonia to keep on working on name dispute

    Date: 2018-05-04 17:08:38 GMT - Greece - World - SN:69 - ID:7383733

    ATHENS, May 4 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia have held talks on resolving a dispute about Macedonia's name that has frustrated the country's hopes of joining the European Union and NATO, ABC News reported. Nikos Kotzias ....

  • White House denies report about troop drawdown in South Korea

    Date: 2018-05-04 16:56:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:7383695

    WASHINGTON, May 4 (MENA) - The White House on Friday strongly denied a New York Times story claiming the administration is talking to South Korea about reducing the number of US troops stationed in that country, The Hill reported. "The New York ....

  • Russian border guards detain Ukrainian ship for illegal fishing off Crimea

    Date: 2018-05-04 16:53:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:7383688

    MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - Russian border guards on Friday detained an Ukrainian ship on the suspicion of illegal fishing, the press-service of the regional border guard office said. The incident occurred off Crimea’s western coast, near Cape ....

  • Britain is committed to support its allies in face of challenges -- minister

    Date: 2018-05-04 16:49:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:7383708

    LONDON, May 4 (MENA) - UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said that Britain remains more committed than ever to our longstanding allies in the face of evolving and intensifying threats, including chemical and biological weapons, according to a ....

  • Terrorist acts plotted in Russia were coordinated from abroad - FSB

    Date: 2018-05-04 16:35:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:7383599

    MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - The Russian Federal Security Service has reported the detention of five Daesh members in the city of Yaroslavl on May 3-4. As the law enforcement agency specified, they were plotting terrorist acts in several Russian cities, ....

  • Trump announces date, location of his meeting with N.Korean leader

    Date: 2018-05-04 16:03:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:7383627

    WASHINGTON, May 4 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced that his administration agreed to a date and a location for his expected meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, The Hill newspaper reported on Friday. "We now have a date. And ....

  • Russia urges other countries to admit they produced Novichok

    Date: 2018-05-04 15:49:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7383465

    MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - Russia is waiting for a reply from the other countries capable of manufacturing chemical warfare agents after the Czech Republic acknowledged it had produced Novichok, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said ....

  • S. Korea, China vow joint efforts in pushing for formal end to Korean War

    Date: 2018-05-04 15:46:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:57 - ID:7383566

    SEOUL, May 4 (MENA) - South Korea and China will closely work together to push for a peace treaty with North Korea that would formally end the Korean War, the countries' leaders said Friday, Yonhap News reported. In a telephone conversation with ....

  • China, US reach agreements on some economic, trade issues

    Date: 2018-05-04 14:54:26 GMT - China - World - SN:52 - ID:7383443

    BEIJING, May 4 (MENA) - China and the United States reached agreements on some issues in their economic and trade consultations in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, and agreed to set up a work mechanism to keep close communication, Xinhua ....

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