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  • White House vows ‘massive military response’ to North Korea’s nuclear threats, weighs major sanctions

    Date: 2017-09-04 06:19:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:6974018

    WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Trump administration promised Sunday to answer any nuclear threat with a “massive military response,” just hours after North Korea detonated its most powerful bomb to date, the Daily News reported on Monday. The ....

  • China president addresses BRICS Summit

    Date: 2017-09-04 06:03:24 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:6974014

    XIAMEN, Sept 4 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said China will set aside 500 million yuan (about 76 million U.S. dollars) for economic and technological cooperation and exchanges among BRICS countries. Addressing the 9th BRICS ....

  • Chinese president inaugurates BRICS Summit on Monday

    Date: 2017-09-04 02:41:33 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:6973945

    XIAMEN, China, Sept 4 (MENA) - President Xi Jinping will inaugurate on Monday meetings of the BRICS Summit with 10 leaders, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, participating. The Egyptian president arrived here on Sunday to take ....

  • Chinese press highlights BRICS Summit

    Date: 2017-09-04 02:31:54 GMT - China - World - SN:2 - ID:6973942

    XIAMEN, China, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Chinese press on Monday highlighted the BRICS Summit that will kick off here later in the day with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi participating along with nine other leaders. The People newspaper ....

  • Two police officers killed in Ukunda church attack

    Date: 2017-09-03 21:35:17 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:76 - ID:6973904

    NAIROBI, Sep 3 (MENA) - Two police officers were killed when unknown assailants struck a church in Ukunda, Kwale County in Kenya, Kenya's Standard Digital online newspaper reported Sunday. The attackers were riding on motorbike and they made away ....

  • Unexploded WWII bomb leads to evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt

    Date: 2017-09-03 21:28:30 GMT - Germany - World - SN:75 - ID:6973894

    BERLIN, Sept 3 (MENA) - Police said bomb disposal experts have successfully defused a huge World War II-era bomb in the German financial capital Frankfurt that forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents, Voice of America reported ....

  • Nirmala Sitharaman named India defense minister, second woman to hold post since Indira Gandhi

    Date: 2017-09-03 21:18:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:74 - ID:6973903

    NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (MENA) - Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named the new Indian defense minister. Sitharaman is the second woman to hold the post since former prime minister Indira Gandhi, Times of India reported. Sitharaman is one of four ....

  • Man arrested after drone crashes on Chinese high-speed rail line - report

    Date: 2017-09-03 20:46:07 GMT - China - World - SN:73 - ID:6973859

    BEIJING, Sept 3 (MENA) - A man has been detained by police in northern China after a drone crashed on a railway line forcing a high-speed train to make an emergency stop, the Beijing Morning News reported on Sunday. Beijing railway police said the ....

  • Mattis warns North Korea of 'massive military response' if it threatens US

    Date: 2017-09-03 20:09:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:6973892

    WASHINGTON, Sep 3 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary James Mattis issued a stark warning to North Korea on Sunday, saying the country would be met with a "massive military response" if it threatened the U.S or its allies, the Hill newspaper reported ....

  • Putin, Japan's Abe discuss N. Korea nuclear test in phone

    Date: 2017-09-03 20:06:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:6973857

    MOSCOW, Sept 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday discussed the N. Korea nuclear test with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a telephone conversation, Russia Today reported. Putin called on the international community not to ....

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