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  • Seoul vows more efforts to win release of detained S.Koreans in N.K.

    Date: 2017-06-21 08:11:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:6863681

    SEOUL, June 21 (MENA) - South Korea said Wednesday it will seek more ways to win the release of six South Koreans detained in North Korea as soon as possible amid concerns about their safety, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Concerns ....

  • FMs of S. Korea, Japan agree to cooperate on disarming N. Korea

    Date: 2017-06-21 07:53:24 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:6863655

    SEOUL, June 21 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Japanese counterpart agreed Wednesday to work closely together toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea, Yonhap reported. The agreement was made during the ....

  • Key Macron ally François Bayrou quits French government

    Date: 2017-06-21 07:14:55 GMT - France - World - SN:12 - ID:6863617

    PARIS, June 21 (MENA) - French Justice Minister Francois Bayrou is leaving the government and will not be part of the next one after a reshuffle expected later on Wednesday, France 24 reported. "I have taken a decision not to be part of the next ....

  • Russia says ready to send tourists into space

    Date: 2017-06-20 21:55:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:6863437

    MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) – Director General of the Russian company Glavkosmos said Tuesday that the company, under the support of the Roscosmos state corporation, is ready to provide orbital flights on board the Soyuz spacecraft, with docking at the ....

  • US strikes on Syrian jet, drone mean 'open complicity with terrorists' – Moscow

    Date: 2017-06-20 21:52:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:6863337

    MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Russia accused the US-led coalition of complicity with terrorism after downing a drone operated by pro-regime forces in southern Syria, Sputnik news agency reported. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday ....

  • Inter-agency humanitarian convoy delivers aid to Syria’s Harasta - UN

    Date: 2017-06-20 21:51:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:6863311

    GENEVA, June 20 (MENA) – An inter-agency humanitarian convoy successfully delivered aid for the first time since October 29, 2016 to the besieged East Harasta in Syria after an attempted delivery on Saturday was attacked, Office of the Spokesman of ....

  • Suicide bomber shot dead in Belgium

    Date: 2017-06-20 21:28:47 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:70 - ID:6863457

    BRUSSELS, June 20 (MENA) - Belgian police on Tuesday gunned down a suicide bomber, who was wearing an explosives belt at Brussels Central Station. The station was evacuated following the attack, the police said. (MENA) M I E/M A F ....

  • Portugal plane crashes while putting out fire

    Date: 2017-06-20 21:07:11 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:68 - ID:6863304

    LISBON, June 20 (MENA) - A water-bombing plane said to have been flown by a British pilot has crashed while fighting the devastating forest fires which have killed dozens in Portugal, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. A loud explosion was heard in ....

  • Explosion in Afghanistan leaves judge dead, 3 civilians wounded

    Date: 2017-06-20 14:33:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:50 - ID:6862973

    KABUL, July 20 (MENA) - An explosion took place in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan earlier today, leaving at least four people dead and wounded, Khaama Press reported. The incident took place in ....

  • Malaysia condemns mosque attack in London

    Date: 2017-06-20 14:28:20 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:47 - ID:6862482

    KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (MENA) - Malaysia condemned on Monday the terror attack that targeted Muslim worshipers near Finsbury Park in northern London, killing one person and injuring 10 other according to the latest reports. Malaysian Ministry of ....

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