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  • Chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces arrives in Turkey

    Date: 2017-08-15 09:26:39 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:20 - ID:6945545

    ANKARA, Aug 15 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has begun a three-day visit to Turkey leading a high-ranking politico-military delegation, Press TV reported. Baqeri arrived in the Turkish capital, ....

  • Thai PM to visit White House in October

    Date: 2017-08-15 07:55:20 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:6945376

    BANGKOK, Aug 15 (MENA) - Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha will visit the White House in October. Euronews quoted Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai as saying on Tuesday that trade and security will be on the agenda. "There will ....

  • US defense secretary James Mattis warns N. Korea 'It's game on' if Pyongyang fires missiles that threaten Guam

    Date: 2017-08-15 07:32:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:6945331

    WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - James Mattis, the US defense secretary, raised the stakes over North Korea's nuclear ambitions warning that any attack on Guam could swiftly escalate into war, The Daily Telegraph reported. Mattis gave a blunt warning ....

  • Man arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank

    Date: 2017-08-15 07:21:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:6945335

    WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - A 23-year-old man who was "out for blood" when he attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal ....

  • Global(1):Spreadtrum Launches Complete Lines of High-Performance LTE SoC Platforms for the Global Mainstream Consumer Market

    Date: 2017-08-15 07:20:12 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:6945338

    SHENZHEN, China, Aug 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 15 Beijing time, Spreadtrum successfully held its 2017 Global Partners Conference, "Infinite Chip, Infinite Intelligence", in Shenzhen. Intel, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, ....

  • China issues order to implement UN sanctions on N.Korea

    Date: 2017-08-15 06:47:54 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:6945265

    BEIJING, Aug 15 (MENA) - China's Commerce Ministry issued a ban effective from Tuesday on several imports from North Korea, including coal, iron ore, lead concentrates and ore, lead and seafood, a move that is in line with UN sanctions announced ....

  • China says it will defend interests if US harms trade ties

    Date: 2017-08-15 06:46:36 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:6945266

    BEIJING, Aug 15 (MENA) - China will take action to defend its interests if the United States damages trade ties, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump authorized an inquiry into China's alleged theft of ....

  • Paris run-over attacker says was trying to commit suicide

    Date: 2017-08-14 22:16:31 GMT - France - World - SN:88 - ID:6945178

    PARIS, Aug 14 (MENA) - The driver who steered his car into a pizzeria east of Paris admitted that he was trying to commit suicide. The 39-year-old attacker was driving a BMW and reported to have also had weapons in his car, BBC reported. ....

  • Iranian drone buzzes US aircraft over Gulf

    Date: 2017-08-14 21:47:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:6945185

    WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - An Iranian drone came within 1,000 feet of US aircraft during fixed-wing flight operations on the USS Nimitz in the Gulf Sunday, officials said. The US Navy characterized the approach of the Iranian drone as "unsafe ....

  • 25 killed in Daesh-MILF fighting in Philippines

    Date: 2017-08-14 21:34:18 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:85 - ID:6945110

    MANILA, Aug 14 (MENA) - Fighting between government-backed separatist rebels and pro-Daesh militants has killed at least 25 people in the southern Philippines, the army said on Monday, as the military battles to restore order on the troubled island ....

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