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  • Japanese defense minister leaves for Washington for talks with Mattis

    Date: 2018-04-20 08:41:09 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:7360098

    TOKYO, April 20 (MENA) - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has left for Washington for talks with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported Friday. Onodera left Narita Airport near Tokyo on Friday morning. ....

  • Turkey’s early elections raise concerns in Greece, Cyprus - Paper

    Date: 2018-04-19 22:55:41 GMT - Greece - World - SN:97 - ID:7359863

    ATHENS, April 19 (MENA) - The recent decision taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24 will have direct ramifications on Greece more than ever before, Greek newspaper ....

  • Global-PRNewswire(4):Cantor Fitzgerald Expands into Power, Energy & Infrastructure Investment Banking with the Addition of Kevin Phillips and Hari Chandra

    Date: 2018-04-19 21:58:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:7359876

    Cantor Fitzgerald Expands into Power, Energy & Infrastructure Investment Banking with the Addition of Kevin Phillips and Hari Chandra NEW YORK and LONDON, April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. ("Cantor" or the "Firm"), a leading ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry HQ evacuated over bomb threat

    Date: 2018-04-19 19:55:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:7359769

    MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - Employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry are being evacuated from the building in the center of Moscow after an anonymous phone call alleging a threat of explosion, Sputnik News reported on Thursday. "After an anonymous ....

  • Don't scrap Iran deal, MPs from UK, Franceو Germany urge US

    Date: 2018-04-19 19:47:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:7359696

    LONDON, April 19 (MENA) - More than 500 parliamentarians from France, Germany and the UK have written to their US counterparts urging them to persuade US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. In a joint statement published ....

  • 2 die in light airplane crash in Northern Ireland

    Date: 2018-04-19 19:28:16 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:84 - ID:7359723

    BELFAST, April 19 (MENA) - Police of North Ireland said two people have died in the crash of a light airplane in Northern Ireland, Fox News reported on Friday. Police said Thursday the airplane crashed near Belfast International Airport. The Air ....

  • Koreas to open hotline between leaders Friday

    Date: 2018-04-19 18:00:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:77 - ID:7359533

    SEOUL, April 19 (MENA) – The two Koreas will open a direct telephone line between the countries' leaders on Friday ahead of their summit set for April 27, Yonhap News quoted Seoul's presidential office as saying on Thursday. "The hotline between ....

  • 3 former US Army soldiers convicted in contract killing ordered by international crime boss

    Date: 2018-04-19 17:27:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:7359482

    WASHINGTON, April 19 (MENA) - Three former American soldiers were found guilty Wednesday for the murder-for-hire of a female real estate agent in the Philippines whom an international crime boss accused of cheating him in a land deal, Fox News ....

  • Russia recommends UK holding off from destroying evidence on Skripal case

    Date: 2018-04-19 16:23:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:7359390

    MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - Russia expects to receive comprehensive answers from both the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the UK on the poisoning case of former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, Russian Foreign Ministry ....

  • UK intelligence could be used for unlawful drone strikes, warns Amnesty

    Date: 2018-04-19 16:22:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:7359386

    LONDON, April 19 (MENA) - The UK risks violating international law through its support of lethal US drone strikes around the world, including sharing intelligence to help identify targets and the use of RAF bases, according to a report by Amnesty ....

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