World - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

Netanyahu invites Indian president to visit Israel

Date: 2018-01-15 16:49:28 GMT - India - World - SN:93 - ID:7192767

NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who is currently on a visit to India invited the Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Israel, said Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. This came in a meeting between ....

South Africa summons US diplomat to explain Trump's hateful statements

Date: 2018-01-15 15:56:13 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:90 - ID:7192644

PRETORIA, Jan 15 (MENA) - South Africa summoned the United States' senior diplomat in the capital Pretoria over US President Donald Trump's recent disparaging comments about African nations, ABC news reported Monday. Trump has been accused of ....

Turkey’s president says it will oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, Syria

Date: 2018-01-14 22:54:58 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:89 - ID:7190952

ANKARA, Jan 14 (MENA) – Turkey's president vowed to oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, northern Syria, as Syrian rebels also said they were bracing for such an operation, ABC News reported on Sunday. Speaking in the eastern province of Elazig, ....

Official: Cameroon bus crash kills at least 21, injures 38

Date: 2018-01-14 22:41:06 GMT - Cameroon - World - SN:87 - ID:7190950

YAOUNDE, Jan 14 (MENA) - A governor in Cameroon says at least 21 people have been killed and at least 38 injured when a bus veered off a road and crashed into a tree in a ravine, The Washington Post reported. West Region Gov. Awah Fonka said ....

5.4 earthquake hits provinces in Afghanistan

Date: 2018-01-14 17:41:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:7190749

KABUL, Jan 14 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 5.4 on Richter scale trembled some areas in Afghanistan but there was no report of casualties, Pajhwok news agency reported Sunday. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS) the earthquake took ....

Deadly earthquake shakes southern Peru

Date: 2018-01-14 16:38:11 GMT - Peru - World - SN:67 - ID:7190750

LIMA, Jan 14 (MENA) - Two people were killed when a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook Peru on Sunday, according to a regional governor, CNN reported. One of the two victims was a 55-year-old man crushed by a rock in Yauca, tweeted Yamila Osorio, ....

Over 30 children killed in the first two weeks of 2018 in Syria

Date: 2018-01-14 16:15:05 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:65 - ID:7190705

CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - UNICEF said in a report that over 30 children killed in the first two weeks of 2018 in Syria. In a statement carried by Relief Web, Fran Equiza, UNICEF Representative in Syria said, "At a time when most parents are filled ....

Several Daesh militants killed in latest US drone strikes in East of Afghanistan

Date: 2018-01-14 16:11:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:7190684

KABUL, Jan 14 (MENA) - Several militants affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group were killed in the latest airstrikes conducted by the US forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Officials in Nangarhar police commandment said the US ....

Trump rips Wall Street Journal: I never said I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un

Date: 2018-01-14 15:51:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:7190648

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Sunday morning went after The Wall Street Journal, claiming he never said he had a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, The Hill reported. "The Wall Street Journal stated ....

Germany concerned over construction of further Israeli settlements in West Bank

Date: 2018-01-14 15:09:23 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:58 - ID:7190540

CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) – The German Foreign Office said it noted with great concern decisions on the construction of further Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the office said on its official website on Sunday. “Particularly worrying is ....