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  • Trump discusses North Korea with France’s Macron

    Date: 2017-08-12 19:53:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:6942004

    WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday spoke on a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron about the evolving crisis in North Korea, the White House said. A readout of the call released Saturday stated that Trump ....

  • Car rams into crowd at violent Virginia rally

    Date: 2017-08-12 19:08:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:6941951

    WASHINGTON, Aug 12, (MENA) - A car plowed into a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia of the US, causing injuries, Al Arabiya Al Hadath reported on Saturday. Virginia Governor announced that National Guard Forces are ready, while ....

  • US airstrike leaves 9 militants dead in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-08-12 18:34:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:6941824

    KABUL, Aug 12 (MENA) - At least nine anti-government militants were killed in an airstrike conducted by the US forces in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, the local Khaama reported Saturday. The provincial police commandment in a ....

  • Saudi, Russian FMs discuss ways of cooperation

    Date: 2017-08-12 17:09:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:6941808

    MOSCOW, Aug 12, (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed in a phone call with his Saudi counterpart Adel Al Jubeir current aspects of cooperation between Russia and the Kingdom, TASS news reported Saturday. The foreign ministers ....

  • US Marines pause flights for 24 hours after two deadly crashes

    Date: 2017-08-12 08:43:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:6940935

    WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - The US Marine Corps ordered its aircraft squadrons to suspend flight operations for 24 hours sometime during the next two weeks to review procedures after two of its planes crashed, killing dozens. General Robert ....

  • China warns Washington, Pyongyang of returning to stubbornness methods

    Date: 2017-08-11 16:42:41 GMT - China - World - SN:54 - ID:6940358

    BEIJING, Aug 11, (MENA) - China urged on Friday US and North Korea to refrain from returning to stubbornness and arrogance methods warning of tensions escalation. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks in a press ....

  • Refugee rescue boat sent to help far-right anti-immigrant ship stranded in Mediterranean

    Date: 2017-08-11 13:57:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:6940072

    LONDON, Aug 11 (MENA) - Volunteers on a German refugee rescue ship say they have been deployed to help a far-right vessel that has become stranded in the Central Mediterranean, The Independent reported Friday. Sea-Eye said Italian officials had ....

  • UK denies US request for country's Air Force to join N. Korea spy operation

    Date: 2017-08-11 13:22:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:6940056

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - The UK Defense Ministry denied on Friday the reports that the US had asked the UK air force to join an operation to locate nuclear sites in North Korea. The ministry’s spokesperson denied the allegations that the US filed a ....

  • Oil stockpiles falling as supply cuts take hold, says IEA

    Date: 2017-08-11 13:06:46 GMT - France - World - SN:30 - ID:6940054

    PARIS, Aug 11 (MENA) - Commercial oil stockpiles in industrialized nations have fallen below 2016 levels, but the rebalancing of supply and demand still remains a "stubborn process" despite robust consumption, the International Energy Agency (IEA) ....

  • Russia scrambled jets 4 times in past week to head off spy planes

    Date: 2017-08-11 09:57:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:6939826

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday it had to scramble jet fighters four times over the past week to chase off foreign reconnaissance aircraft, Russian news agency Sputnik reported. Flight intensity figures published on ....

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