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UNESCO condemns killing of 2 journalists in Iraq
Date: 2017-06-22 12:53:24 GMT - France - World - SN:44 - ID:6865761
PARIS, June 22 (MENA) – The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, on Thursday denounced the killing of Kurdish journalist Bakhtyar Haddad and French reporter Stéphane Villeneuve in the city of Mosul, Iraq, UNESCO's official website reported. “I ....
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US, Afghanistan discuss bilateral cooperation
Date: 2017-06-22 09:42:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:6865392
KABUL, June 22 (MENA) - Top Afghan and US officials have held talks within the framework of the new bilateral cooperation between Kabul and Washington, said Khaama Press. The Office of the National Security Council (ONSC), in a statement, said ....
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US 'regrets' Russian decision to cancel talks
Date: 2017-06-22 06:55:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:6865189
WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says the US remains open to discussions with Russia despite its decision to cancel talks between Russia's deputy foreign minister and the No. 3 US diplomat, The Daily Mail ....
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Kremlin vows Russia will respond to new US sanctions
Date: 2017-06-21 21:58:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:6864962
MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA)- Moscow is determined to respond to the new US sanctions, Tass news agency quoted Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Wednesday. "Of course, we are," he told reporters when asked if Russia was going to ....
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Malaysia targets reducing smokers to 15 percent by 2025
Date: 2017-06-21 21:51:09 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:87 - ID:6864956
KUALA LUMPUR, June 21(MENA)- Malaysia is targeting to lower the total number of smokers to 15 per cent of the population by 2025 and to only five per cent by 2045, in line with the target of a smoking-free nation. According to Bernama news ....
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Moscow: Washington’s expansion of anti-Russian sanctions “gift” to Ukraine president
Date: 2017-06-21 21:44:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:6864948
MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - The new sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia over the situation in Ukraine are a “political gift” to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Kyiv Post quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as ....
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Macron rolls back on ‘Assad must go’ position
Date: 2017-06-21 21:38:46 GMT - France - World - SN:85 - ID:6865043
PARIS, June 21 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks published on Wednesday that he saw no legitimate successor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and that France no longer considered his departure a pre-condition to resolving ....
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US will help release S. Korean prisoners in N. Korea as well: envoy
Date: 2017-06-21 21:17:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:83 - ID:6864949
SEOUL, June 21 (MENA) - The United States will do its best to help South Korea win the release of its citizens detained in North Korea, the acting US ambassador to Seoul said Wednesday in a meeting with the host country's new foreign ....
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Daesh destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul
Date: 2017-06-21 20:42:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:81 - ID:6865005
MOSUL, Iraq, June 21 (MENA) - Iraq’s Ministry of Defense says Daesh destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the iconic leaning minaret when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures late Wednesday night, Al Arabiya channel said. The ....
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UN renews appeal for humanitarian funds as needs grow
Date: 2017-06-21 15:33:08 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:6864393
GENEVA, June 21 (MENA) - Only a quarter of the $23.5 billion needed for humanitarian assistance programs worldwide this year has been received, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a fresh appeal to donors, the Daily Mail reported. The world ....
