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  • Tillerson calls Lavrov to discuss Russia-US cooperation on Syria

    Date: 2017-09-15 07:49:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:6991759

    MOSCOW, Sept 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page on Friday. "The foreign policy leaders ....

  • US urges Russia, China to rein in North Korea

    Date: 2017-09-15 07:16:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:6991676

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - The United States urged China and Russia to do more to rein in North Korea. This came after North Korea has fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific ....

  • Japan condemns N. Korean latest ballistic missile launch

    Date: 2017-09-15 07:07:04 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:6991677

    TOKYO, Sept 15 (MENA) - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Friday denounced North Korea's latest launch of intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific Ocean. The missile flew ....

  • North Korea 'fires unidentified missile'

    Date: 2017-09-14 22:55:13 GMT - south korea - World - SN:97 - ID:6991626

    SEOUL, Sept 14 (MENA) - North Korea has fired an unidentified missile eastwards from its capital city, Pyongyang, South Korea's military has said. The South Korean and US militaries are analysing details of the missile, which reportedly flew over ....

  • Rohingya crisis: European MPs call on Myanmar to halt violence

    Date: 2017-09-14 20:29:15 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:87 - ID:6991544

    BRUSSELS, Sept 14 (MENA) - The European Parliament on Thursday demanded the Myanmar military to end its crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine state, the Deutsche Welle reported. The parliamentary resolution called upon the ....

  • Amnesty decries burnings targeting Rohingya

    Date: 2017-09-14 19:46:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:6991455

    LONDON, Sept 14 (MENA) - Amnesty International says it has turned up evidence of an "orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings" by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the last three weeks. The advocacy group is ....

  • US sanctions seven Iranian individuals, two entities

    Date: 2017-09-14 19:28:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:6991443

    WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (MENA) - The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on seven Iranian individuals and two entities, alleging involvement in either malicious cyber activities or enabling Tehran’s nuclear program, the New York Times newspaper ....

  • Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after bomb threat at Cologne Bonn airport

    Date: 2017-09-14 16:51:29 GMT - Germany - World - SN:78 - ID:6991321

    BERLIN, Sept 14 (MENA) - A Turkish Airlines plane was evacuated at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany after a bomb threat. The plane had already begun to taxi on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop, The Independent reported. ....

  • Russian Defense Ministry confident relations with NATO will be restored

    Date: 2017-09-14 08:41:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:6990000

    MOSCOW, Sept 14 (MENA) - Russia will restore the former format of relations with NATO, including within the Russia-NATO Council, in a couple of years, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said. He wouldn't want that cooperation ....

  • India sends relief materials for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

    Date: 2017-09-14 08:02:07 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:6990003

    NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (MENA) - India on Thursday began Operation Insaniyat to provide humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh which is dealing with an influx of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing the violence in Myanmar, The Times of India ....

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