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  • Putin’s bet on a Trump presidency backfires spectacularly -- report

    Date: 2017-07-31 18:16:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:6924522

    NEW YORK, July 31 (MENA) - A little more than a year after the Russian effort to interfere in the American presidential election came to light, the diplomatic fallout — an unraveling of the relationship between Moscow and Washington on a scale not ....

  • China relocates more people to tackle poverty

    Date: 2017-07-31 17:21:09 GMT - China - World - SN:65 - ID:6924447

    BEIJING, July 31 (MENA) - China started work on over 12,000 relocation projects in 2017 to lift people out of poverty, Xinhua quoted the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) as saying on Monday. This involves about 2.8 ....

  • US, Japan agree 'further action' against Pyongyang is necessary

    Date: 2017-07-31 07:11:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:6923176

    TOKYO, July 31 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has begun an urgent round of diplomatic consultations with Japan and South Korea about North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test, Voice of America reported. Trump spoke by telephone ....

  • Global (1):Business will take the lead in 2017 China-Arab States Expo

    Date: 2017-07-31 07:05:08 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:6923228

    YINCHUAN, China, July 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 2017 China-Arab States Expo will be held in Ningxia of China from September 6-9th this year. Business communities will be the key role in organizing the Expo. The Seventh China-Arab Businessmen ....

  • Taiwan is hit by 2nd typhoon in just two days

    Date: 2017-07-31 06:46:22 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:6 - ID:6923206

    TAIPEI, July 31 (MENA) - Taiwan was hit by its second major storm after Typhoon Nesat battered the island with 112mph winds which left at least 111 people injured, The Daily Mail reported Monday. Much of the island came to a standstill on ....

  • Damascus calls on UNSC to dismantle int’l coalition against Daesh

    Date: 2017-07-30 22:34:09 GMT - Syria - World - SN:80 - ID:6923085

    DAMASCUS, July 30 (MENA) – Damascus has called on the UN and the UN Security Council to dismantle the international coalition fighting Daesh group in Syria. This came in two messages sent to the UN and UNSC chiefs, urging them to bear their ....

  • EU accused of 'wilfully letting refugees drown' as NGOs face having rescues suspended - report

    Date: 2017-07-30 21:01:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:6922955

    LONDON, July 30 (MENA) – Aid workers have accused the EU of “wilfully letting people drown in the Mediterranean” as they face being forced to suspend rescue missions for refugees attempting the world’s deadliest sea crossing, The Independent ....

  • Putin: 755 US diplomats to depart Russia - report

    Date: 2017-07-30 18:15:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:6922983

    MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) - Up to 755 American diplomats will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington's own policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an exclusive interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel. Russia Today carried the news ....

  • Archbishop of Canterbury declares Sudan new Anglican province

    Date: 2017-07-30 15:43:24 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:49 - ID:6922650

    KHARTOUM, July 30 (MENA) - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby declared Sudan the 39th province of the worldwide Anglican Communion, six years after the predominantly Christian south gained independence from the north. The Anglican church in ....

  • OIC slams Mogadishu terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-07-30 14:59:39 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:42 - ID:6922510

    CAIRO/JEDDAH, July 30 (MENA) - Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned on Sunday Mogadishu's terrorist attack. According to a statement of a copy of which MENA obtained, Secretary General of the organization Yousef bin Ahmad ....

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