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  • Macedonia declares state of emergency over wildfires, heat

    Date: 2017-08-06 19:34:20 GMT - Macedonia - World - SN:73 - ID:6933122

    SKOPJE, Aug 6 (MENA) - Macedonia has declared a state of emergency in its southwestern mountainous region due to fear that a heat wave could spread multiple wildfires that have been raging in the country's southwest region, Fox News reported. The ....

  • Truck loaded with 16 tons of explosives in Kabul seized: intelligence officials

    Date: 2017-08-06 15:22:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:56 - ID:6932836

    KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - Afghani intelligence officials said Sunday that a truck carrying more than 16 tonnes of explosives has been seized in District 9 of Kabul and five persons have been arrested. In a statement, the National Directorate of ....

  • SOHR: Regime forces 4 kilometers away from last Daesh's hotbed in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-08-06 15:21:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:6932831

    LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) mentioned that the regime forces have made significant progress against Daesh terrorist group in the eastern countryside of Raqqa. The Syrian troops controlled a ....

  • S. Korea, US hold bilateral meeting in Manila to discuss N.K. issue

    Date: 2017-08-06 09:15:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:6932108

    MANILA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held talks in Manila on Sunday to discuss concerted efforts to deal with the growing threats from North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, Yonhap reported. South Korean ....

  • US suspends search for missing Marines after crash off Queensland coast

    Date: 2017-08-06 06:56:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:6931966

    WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) -The US Navy and Marine Corps has suspended search and rescue efforts for three US Marines missing after their aircraft crashed into the sea off Australia's east coast, SBS reported on Sunday. The Marine Corps said they ....

  • Russia's Rogozin meets Moldovan president in Tehran

    Date: 2017-08-05 22:49:09 GMT - Iran - World - SN:73 - ID:6931887

    TEHRAN, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has held talks with Moldovan President Igor Dodon in Tehran as both men attended the inauguration ceremony for Iranian President Hassan Rohani, Interfax reported. Rogozin, who is ....

  • New Venezuela assembly sacks government critic Luisa Ortega

    Date: 2017-08-05 21:41:13 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:69 - ID:6931867

    CARACAS, Aug 5 (MENA) – Venezuela's new constituent assembly has dismissed Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega, during its first day of work, the BBC reported. Ortega, a vocal critic of left-wing President Nicolas Maduro, had opposed the assembly's ....

  • UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea

    Date: 2017-08-05 21:10:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:68 - ID:6931858

    NEW YORK, Aug 5 (MENA) – The United Nations Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its continued intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing and violations of UN resolutions, the CNN ....

  • Ex-Russian Ambassador Kislyak: Lifting US sanctions on Russia "difficult"

    Date: 2017-08-05 12:41:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:6931118

    MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Now-retired Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak said that the main topic of his conversation with former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was counter-terrorism, Russia Today reported. The talks were ....

  • Former China Development Bank executive sentenced to 14 years in jail for bribery

    Date: 2017-08-05 09:30:52 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:6930919

    BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - Yao Zhongmin, former chairman of the board of supervisors at China Development Bank (CDB), has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. Yao was also ....

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